Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is joining Harvard's faculty as a professor, the university announced Friday.
Breyer, 83, a graduate of Harvard Law School, announced he would be appointed as the Byrne professor of administrative law and process. His appointment will be effective immediately."I am very pleased to return to Harvard to teach there and to write.
In his new role, he will"teach seminars and reading groups, continue to write books and produce scholarship, and participate in the intellectual life of the school and in the broader Harvard community," the statement from Harvard read. Breyer previously worked for Harvard, joining its faculty in 1967 and remaining there until 1980. Former President Bill Clinton appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1994.Breyer's January announcement that he intended to retire at the end of the 2022 session gave President Joe Biden his first Supreme Court pick. Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed to take Breyer's place, becoming the first black female justice on the high court.
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