Former Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar Headed Back To Harvard Law

Elizabeth Prelogar

Former Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar is a noted appellate attorney who ended her SG reign when Joe Biden left the White House. Given the questionable Republican tactics that resulted in a conservatively stacked High Court, Prelogar’s job was particularly challenging. But, by all accounts,  she shined in the role.  After four years arguing in front of the Supreme Court, it looks like she’s after something a little different.

As reported by Law360, she’ll be teaching “Changing Paradigms in the Supreme Court,” something she’s uniquely qualified to opine on:

As a visiting professor, she will teach a first-year course on the Supreme Court’s recent focus on text, history and tradition, as well as its move away from stare decisis, the principle that prior judicial rulings should be respected, according to the class’ website. Michael Dreeben, another solicitor general’s office veteran, is listed as Prelogar’s co-instructor.

Prelogar will teach the class for at least the spring 2025 semester, her faculty assistant, Laura Zeng, told Law360.

One class is all that’s currently on Prelogar’s schedule. That means the door is still open for Biglaw firms that might be interested in locking down the elite appellate litigator.

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