Every Supreme Court justice went to Harvard or Yale Law School — here’s where they went for undergrad

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Harvard and Yale Law School graduates have established themselves in some of America’s most powerful positions — from president to Supreme Court justice.

In fact, every single current member of the Supreme Court attended law school at Harvard or Yale — though Ruth Bader Ginsburg ultimately got her degree from Columbia Law School after transferring from Harvard Law.

Less well-known is where the justices attended for their undergraduate studies.

Take a look below to find out the alma maters of the justices of the highest court in America.

Anthony Kennedy — Stanford University

Kennedy graduated from Stanford in 1958 with a degree in political science. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1961.

 

Clarence Thomas — College of the Holy Cross

Thomas graduated cum laude from College of the Holy Cross in 1971 with a degree in English literature. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1974.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Cornell University

Ginsburg graduated from Cornell University in 1954 with a degree in government. She started at Harvard Law School in 1956, before transferring to Columbia Law School when her husband took a job in New York.

She graduated from Columbia in 1959, tying for first in her class.

 

 

Stephen Breyer — Stanford University

Breyer graduated from Stanford University in 1959 with a degree in philosophy. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1964.

John G. Roberts — Harvard University

Roberts graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1976 with a degree in history. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1979.

 

 

Samuel Alito — Princeton University

Alito graduated from Princeton University in 1972 with a degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1975.

Sonia Sotomayor — Princeton University

Sotomayor graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1976 with a degree in history. She graduated from Yale Law School in 1979.

Elena Kagan — Princeton University

Kagan graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1981 with a degree in history. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1986.

Neil Gorsuch — Columbia University

Gorsuch graduated from Columbia in 1988. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1991.

Antonin Scalia — Georgetown University

Gorsuch’s appointment to the Supreme Court filled the seat left vacant after Antonin Scalia’s death in February 2016. Scalia graduated valedictorian of Georgetown in 1957 with a degree in history. He continued on to Harvard Law School where he graduated in 1960.

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