Keith P. Ellison

Judge Keith P. Ellison

Personal

Birthday:

1950

Birthplace:

New Orleans, LA

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Law clerk, Hon. Skelly Wright, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1976-1977
Law clerk, Hon. Harry Blackmun, Supreme Court of the United States, 1977-1978
Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1978-1999

Education

Name of School:

Harvard University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1972

Name of School - Second:

University of Oxford

Degree - Second:

B.A.

Degree Year - Second:

1974

Name of School - Third:

Yale University Law School

Located in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale Law School, is one of the world's premier law schools. It offers an unmatched environment of excellence and educational intimacy in the form of world renowned faculty, small classes, limitless opportunities for clinical training, and strong encouragement of public service. Small by design, our impact on the world is measured by its accomplished graduates and its ongoing scholarship and outreach through 17 centers and projects.

Degree - Third:

J.D.

Degree Year - Third:

1976

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Southern District of Texas

Court Name:

Texas Southern District Court

President Nominating:

William J. Clinton

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

7/7/1999