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Kirkland and Ellis Professor of Law David B. Wilkins ’77 said earlier this month that Roberts was “more conservative than the typical Harvard Law student in the 1970s.” However, Wilkins said that today’s political climate is very different...
After graduating from HLS, Roberts went to Washington, where he clerked for William H. Rehnquist, who at the time was an associate justice on the Supreme Court,
Roberts later worked in the offices of the Attorney General and the White House Counsel, in addition to serving as Principal Deputy Solicitor General under Kenneth W. Starr in the first Bush Administration.
In between stints with the government, Roberts worked at the law firm Hogan & Hartson, where he established himself as a top appellate lawyer with an impressive record—he has argued a total of 39 cases before the Supreme Court, winning 25 of them.
Bush nominated him to the D.C. Circuit Court in January 2003. It was the third nomination for Roberts, who had previously been nominated to that court by both Bushes. The third time proved the charm—Roberts was confirmed in May, 2003.