{"id":101724,"date":"2025-01-24T14:02:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T22:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/24\/former-solicitor-general-elizabeth-prelogar-headed-back-to-harvard-law\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T14:02:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T22:02:37","slug":"former-solicitor-general-elizabeth-prelogar-headed-back-to-harvard-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/24\/former-solicitor-general-elizabeth-prelogar-headed-back-to-harvard-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar Headed Back To Harvard Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She&#8217;s teaching only one class this semester&#8230;<br \/>\nThe post Former Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar Headed Back To Harvard Law appeared first on Above the Law.<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1080251\" class=\"post-1080251 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-law-schools tag-elizabeth-prelogar tag-harvard-law-school tag-law-schools\">\n<div class=\"post__content single-post\">\n<div class=\"single-post__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"single-post__content-column\">\n<div id=\"single-post-content\" class=\"single-post__content\">\n<div id=\"attachment_785000\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-785000\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-785000\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Elizabeth-Prelogar-300x169.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"GittingsLegal \u2013 NE70916\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-785000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Prelogar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar is a noted appellate attorney who ended her SG reign when Joe Biden left the White House. Given the <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2018\/04\/senator-mitch-mcconnells-career-high-stealing-a-supreme-court-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">questionable Republican tactics<\/a> that resulted in a conservatively stacked High Court, Prelogar\u2019s job was particularly challenging. But, by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ElieNYC\/status\/1772735064444387769\" rel=\"nofollow\">all accounts<\/a>,\u00a0 she shined in the role.\u00a0 After four years arguing in front of the Supreme Court, it looks like she\u2019s after something a little different.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2278932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reported by<\/a> Law360, she\u2019ll be teaching \u201cChanging Paradigms in the Supreme Court,\u201d something she\u2019s uniquely qualified to opine on:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As a visiting professor, she will teach a first-year course on the Supreme Court\u2019s 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\u2019 website. Michael Dreeben, another solicitor general\u2019s office veteran, is listed as Prelogar\u2019s co-instructor.<\/p>\n<p>Prelogar will teach the class for at least the spring 2025 semester, her faculty assistant, Laura Zeng, told Law360.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One class is all that\u2019s currently on Prelogar\u2019s schedule. That means the door is still open for Biglaw firms that might be interested in locking down the elite appellate litigator.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-766490 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_5243-1-scaled-e1623338814705-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kathryn Rubino Headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\">Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1XC11QhFCWxWr4NQrk2sEA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of <a href=\"https:\/\/legaltalknetwork.com\/podcasts\/thinking-like-a-lawyer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#711a10051903081f3110131e07140519141d10065f121e1c4e0204131b1412054c281e0403544341321e1d041c1f\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">her<\/a> with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/01\/former-solicitor-general-elizabeth-prelogar-headed-back-to-harvard-law\/%E2%80%9C\/\/twitter.com\/Kathryn1%22%E2%80%9D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Mastodon <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Kathryn1%22\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@[email\u00a0protected].<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She&#8217;s teaching only one class this semester&#8230; The post Former Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar Headed Back To Harvard Law appeared first on Above the 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. 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