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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. We have included the alma mater of Justice Antonin Scalia, who died recently at the age of 79.
Antonin Scalia — Georgetown University
Scalia graduated valedictorian of Georgetown in 1957 with a degree in history. He continued on to Harvard Law School where he graduated in 1960.
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.
