Biden solicitor general lands at Harvard Law

By Pamela King | 01/24/2025 01:25 PM EST

Elizabeth Prelogar will teach a course about the transformation of the Supreme Court.

Elizabeth Prelogar

Elizabeth Prelogar, former solicitor general of the United States, during her confirmation hearing. Francis Chung/E&E News

The Biden administration’s top Supreme Court advocate has accepted a teaching gig at Harvard Law School.

Elizabeth Prelogar — who has argued dozens of cases before the nation’s highest bench, including the landmark 2022 climate case West Virginia v. EPA — will teach a course this spring about changing paradigms in the Supreme Court.

The class aims to make sense of new approaches that have emerged at the conservative-dominated high court, including restrictions on administrative agencies, according to a course catalog.

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Prelogar witnessed the court’s evolution on that issue firsthand during her service as solicitor general from 2021 to 2025.

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