Elizabeth Prelogar, who represented the Biden administration at the US Supreme Court, is going to teach at Harvard Law.
The former solicitor general has been named a visiting professor for the spring semester at her Ivy League alma mater. She’ll co-teach a course with Michael Dreeben on the changing paradigms in the Supreme Court, a spokesman for Harvard Law School said.
Prelogar was assistant to the solicitor general when Dreeben served as deputy solicitor general, a role he held for 24 years before leaving the office in 2019.
The Idaho native had been quiet about her career plans after resigning from the office following the change in administration, leaving many in the legal world wondering what she would do next. President Donald Trump has nominated his personal lawyer, John Sauer, to replace Prelogar.
During her time in the office, Prelogar argued for the government in some of the most controversial cases to come before the Supreme Court in recent history, including Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The court ultimately ruled against her position in that case when it overturned the constitutional right to abortion in 2022.
Prelogar was last before the court on Jan. 10, urging the justices to uphold a federal law that threatens to ban TikTok Inc. in the US if its Chinese parent, ByteDance, didn’t sell the American version of the video-sharing app. She won the case with a unanimous ruling from the court.
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