Qualifications of Supreme Court Justices

A friend of mine prepared this chart to compare the qualifications of the Supreme Court Justices presently on the court and Judge Sotomayor's qualifications.

QUALIFICATIONS OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES

Stevens

Education: B.A. and Masters in English University of Chicago, JD at Northwestern School of Law on GI bill, highest GPA in school’s history Magna Cum Laude

Professional Experience: Int. Officer WWII, Bronze Star for Codebreaking, Clerked for SC, 18 yrs private practice w/some govt work too

District Court Experience: 0 years

Court of Appeals Experience: 5 years

Professorial Experience: Professor at University of Chicago School of Law in Anti-Trust

Scalia

Education: A.B. Georgetown Summa Cum Laude History, J.D. Harvard, Magna Cum Laude, Law Review Notes Editor

Professional Experience: 5 yrs private practice, 6 yrs serving as Gen Counsel for various Telecommunications Agencies for Nixon/Ford

District Court Experience: 0

Court of Appeals Experience: 4 years (DC Cir of Appeals)

Professorial Experience: Professor at University of Virginia, University of Chicago, Georgetown, Tulane, Stanford

Kennedy

Education: B.A. Poly Sci Stanford, LLB Harvard Law School

Professional Experience: 14 yrs private practice, various govt committee representation work

District Court Experience: 0 years

Court of Appeals Experience: 13 years

Professorial Experience: Professor McGeorge School of Law University of Pacific (Con Law)

Breyer

Education: A.B. Stanford, B.A. Magdalen College Oxford, LLB Harvard Law School

Professional Experience: Clerked at SC, 15 years govt counsel work including a Watergate spec. prosecutor

District Court Experience: 0 years

Court of Appeals Experience: 14 years

Professorial Experience: Professor Harvard Law School

Souter

Education: A.B. Harvard, AB Magdalen College (Rhodes Scholar), M.A. Oxford, LLB Harvard Law

Professional Experience: 3 yrs private practice, New Hampshire AG office until made Atty Gen of NH

District Court Experience: 0 yrs (but 5 yrs Sup Ct. Judge NH plus 7 yrs NH Supreme Ct.)

Court of Appeals Experience: 4 months

Professorial Experience: none

Thomas

Education: A.B. Holy Cross (cum laude), Yale, J.D.

Professional Experience: 3 yrs Asst Atty Gen Mo, 2 yrs private practice, 11 yrs various Govt Agency work including 8 yrs head of EEOC

District Court Experience: 0 years

Court of Appeals Experience: 1 year (DC Cir of Appeals)

Professor Experience: None

Ginsberg

Education: B.A., Cornell, LLB, Columbia Law School

Professional Experience: Law Clerk S.D.N.Y., 7 yrs ACLU Gen Counsel

District Court Experience: 0 years

Court of Appeals Experience: 13 years (DC Cir of Appeals)

Professorial Experience: 19 yrs Law Professor/legal scholar at Columbia, Rutgers, and Stanford

Alito

Education: B.A. Princeton, J.D. Yale Law School

Professional Experience: Law Clerk (3rd Cir), 4 yrs Asst US Atty, 6 yrs Asst to Sol. Gen. and Atty Gen, 3 yrs US Atty NJ

District Court Experience: 0 years

Court of Appeals Expereince: 16 years

Professorial Experience: Seton Hall Law Professor

Roberts (Chief Justice)

Education: A.B. Harvard, J.D. Harvard Law School

Professional Experience: Law Clerk (2nd Cir), SC Law Clerk, 6 yrs var govt atty jobs incl White House Counsel for Reagan, 6 yrs private practice

District Court: 0 years

Court of Appeals: 2 yrs (DC Cir of Appeals)

Professorial Experience: None

PRESIDENT OBAMA’S APPOINTEE TO THE SUPREME COURT

Sotomayor

Education: A.B. Princeton, Summa Cum Laude, J.D. Yale Law School, Editor of Yale Law Journal

Work Experience: 5 yrs ADA NYC, 7 yrs private practice

District Court Expereince: 7 yrs S.D.N.Y.

Court of Appeals Experience: 11 years