Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson, part three

Post-graduation, Jackson served as a law clerk for several judges, including Patti Saris, Bruce Selya, and Stephen Breyer.

Between 1998 and 2003, Jackson worked in private legal practice, and from 2003 until 2005, she worked as the assistant special counsel to the US Sentencing Commission.

Jackson went on to work as an assistant federal public defender in DC, followed by some time as an appellate litigator for Morrison & Foerster.

On July 23, 2009, former President Barack Obama nominated Jackson to the seat as Vice Chair of the US Sentencing Commission, which the Senate unanimously confirmed in February of the following year.

Obama appointed Jackson as a judge for the US District Court in DC in September of 2012, and again in January of 2013, and she was approved by Senate and received her commission that March.