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HLS Dean Elena Kagan to be nominated for US Solicitor General

By Douglas A. Berman

Thanks to my status as an alum of the Harvard Law School, I just got big news via a "personal" e-mail from current HLS Dean Elena Kagan.  Here is the first part of the text of the e-mail: I am writing to all of you ? the community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni of Harvard Law School ? to let you know that today President-elect Barack Obama will announce his intention to nominate me to serve as Solicitor General of the United States.  If confirmed by the Senate, I will resign the deanship of the Law School and take a leave of absence from the faculty. I have accepted this nomination because it offers me the opportunity, working under the leadership of the President-elect and his nominee for Attorney General, Eric Holder, to help advance this nation's commitment to the rule of law at what I think is a critical time in our history...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 05, 2009 (boomark / email).