Advise and Consent: The Process of Choosing Supreme Court Justices, Lisa Gregory, US Embassy

This summer, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will retire. President Obama has appointed Elena Kagan (pictured here) to replace him, which Congress will have to approve. On Monday, June 7, Lisa Gregory will give a talk at the American Center about this process and will explain how Supreme Court Justices are selected and appointed. Ms. Gregory has been in the U.S. diplomatic service for 14 years. Her specialty is political analysis and rule of law development, but she is currently in charge of academic exchanges at the U.S. Embassy. Prior to coming to Moscow, she served overseas in India, Japan, Bosnia and Albania. She has also had assignments at the U.S. State Department in the Human Rights and Democracy Bureau, the Arms Control Bureau and the South Central Europe Bureau. Ms. Gregory received her law degree from Columbia University and her BA in East Asian Studies from Harvard University. In 1988, she was a Fulbright Scholar to South Korea. Ms. Gregory has studied Russian, French and Japanese.