Elena Kagan is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by the Senate in August of that year. She is the fourth woman to serve on the Supreme Court and the first Jewish female justice. She previously served as the first female Solicitor General of the United States and as a professor at Harvard Law School. Justice Kagan is known for her commitment to justice and her dedication to the rule of law.