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Every Supreme Court justice went to Harvard or Yale Law School - here's where they went for undergrad

Apr 9, 2017, 22:27 IST

Top row (left to right): Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Bottom row (left to right): Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, and Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Wikimedia Commons

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Harvard and Yale Law School graduates have established themselves in some of America's most powerful positions - from president to Supreme Court justice.

In fact, every single current member of the Supreme Court attended law school at Harvard or Yale - though Ruth Bader Ginsburg ultimately got her degree from Columbia Law School after transferring from Harvard Law.

Less well-known is where the justices attended for their undergraduate studies.

Take a look below to find out the alma maters of the justices of the highest court in America.

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