Congratulations To The 2022 Bristow Fellows

And a trivia question about SCOTUS and the Office of the Solicitor General.

The Office of the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice (photo by David Lat).

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Question: how many alumni of the Office of the Solicitor General, which represents the federal government before the U.S. Supreme Court, now sit on the Supreme Court?

Answer: four. Justice Elena Kagan served as Solicitor General (2009-2010), Chief Justice John Roberts served as Principal Deputy Solicitor General (1989-1993), Justice Samuel Alito served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General (1981-1985), and Justice Brett Kavanaugh served as a Bristow Fellow (1992-1993). And if Justice Leondra Kruger of the California Supreme Court becomes Justice Leondra Kruger of the U.S. Supreme Court, the number will rise to five; she worked at OSG from 2007 to 2013, serving as acting Principal Deputy from 2010 to 2011.

Serving at OSG is both an impressive credential and an incredible experience. So congratulations to the five brilliant young lawyers who just landed Bristow Fellowships, the prestigious one-year fellowships at OSG that allow lawyers to work on Supreme Court cases just a few years out of law school. Here are the Bristow Fellows for October Term 2022 (2022-2023):