Ketanji Brown Jackson
Ketanji Brown Jackson is an American lawyer and jurist. Born September 14, 1970, in Washington, D.C.. Positions held include United States federal judge (2013–2021), Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (2021–2022) and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (2022–). Educated at Harvard Law School and Miami Palmetto High School. Awards include Time 100.
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- Described as
- American lawyer and jurist (born 1970)
- Other names
- Ketanji Onyika Brown, Ketanji Brown, Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson
- Born
- September 14, 1970 · 2 references
- Born in
- Washington, D.C. · 1 reference
- Name at birth
- Ketanji Onyika Brown
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- lawyer; judge · 1 reference; federal judge · 1 reference; jurist · 1 reference
- Positions held
- United States federal judge (2013–2021) · 1 reference; Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (2021–2022); Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (2022–) · 2 references
- Worked for
- Goodwin; United States Sentencing Commission; Morrison & Foerster
- Education
- Harvard Law School (1993–1996); Miami Palmetto High School · 1 reference; Harvard University (1988–1992)
- Awards
- Time 100 (2022) · 1 reference
- Spouse
- Patrick Jackson (1996–) · 1 reference
- Wikipedias with a page
- 43
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1385237186
Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson (née Brown; kə-TAHN-jee; born September 14, 1970) is an American lawyer and jurist who is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Jackson was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Joe Biden on February 25, 2022, and confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn into office that same year. She is the first Black woman, the first former federal public defender, and the sixth woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Miami, Florida. She received her undergraduate and legal education at Harvard University, where she served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review, and clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer, whose seat she later assumed on the Supreme Court. From 2010 to 2014, Jackson was the vice chairperson of the United States Sentencing Commission. In 2013, she was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as a district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. President Joe Biden elevated her to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2021, where she served until 2022. Jackson served as a Harvard Board of Overseers member from 2016 to 2022.
Alongside justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, Jackson is considered part of the Roberts Court's liberal wing.
- Born, in its opening lines
- September 14, 1970
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