Amy Coney Barrett Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research

Updated 1:06 PM ET, Tue January 16, 2024

(CNN)Here is a look at the life of US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

Personal

Birth date: January 28, 1972
      Birth place: New Orleans, Louisiana
        Birth name: Amy Vivian Coney
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          Father: Michael Coney, attorney
          Mother: Linda Coney
          Marriage: Jesse Barrett (1999-present)
          Children: Emma, Vivian, Tess, John Peter, Liam, Juliet, Benjamin
          Education: Rhodes College, B.A., 1994, graduated magna cum laude; Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 1997, graduated summa cum laude
          Religion: Roman Catholic

          Other Facts

          Has been a member of the conservative Federalist Society and is an elected member of The American Law Institute.
          Associated with a Christian group called People of Praise, though Barrett has not spoken publicly about her relationship to the religious community.
          Two of her children are adopted from Haiti.

          Timeline

          1997-1998 - Law clerk to Judge Laurence Silberman of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
          1998-1999 - Serves as law clerk to Associate Justice Antonin Scalia for the Supreme Court of the United States.
          1999-2001 - Works for the law firm Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin (later merged with Baker Botts LLP) in Washington, DC.
          2001-2002 - Adjunct faculty member, then John M. Olin Fellow at The George Washington University Law School.
          2002-2017 - Professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School.
          May 8, 2017 - President Donald Trump nominates Barrett to the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin.
          October 31, 2017 - Confirmed for judgeship by the Senate. Receives her commission on November 2, 2017.
          September 26, 2020 - Trump announces Barrett as his nominee for the Supreme Court, to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
          October 26, 2020 - The Senate votes, 52-48, to confirm Barrett.
          October 27, 2020 - Barrett is sworn-in, by Chief Justice John Roberts, officially beginning her tenure as the 115th justice on the Supreme Court.
            April 19, 2021 - It is revealed that Barrett has signed a major book contract with Sentinel, a conservative imprint of Penguin Random House.
            October 20, 2022 - Barrett rejects a challenge to President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan brought by a Wisconsin taxpayers group. On November 4, Barrett denies a second request to challenge the plan.