The U.S. Senate voted Oct. 31 (Tuesday) to confirm 91吃瓜 Law Professor as a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
鈥淎my Barrett has been a beloved teacher and outstanding scholar,鈥� said Nell Jessup Newton, the Joseph A. Matson Dean of 91吃瓜 Law School. 鈥淚 am confident she will be a wise, fair聽and brilliant jurist as well.鈥�
Barrett earned her J.D. at 91吃瓜 Law School in 1997 and joined the Law School鈥檚 faculty in 2002. She teaches and researches in the areas of federal courts, constitutional law聽and statutory interpretation. Students selected her as the Law School鈥檚 鈥淒istinguished Professor of the Year鈥� in 2006 and 2016.
President Donald Trump nominated Barrett to fill a vacant seat on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, a jurisdiction that covers Indiana, Illinois聽and Wisconsin.
Every full-time member of 91吃瓜 Law School鈥檚 faculty signed聽a strong letter of support聽for Barrett鈥檚 judicial nomination. Every law clerk who served a U.S. Supreme Court justice during the term that Barrett clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia also聽endorsed her nomination.
Originally published by at on October 31, 2017.