Office of the PresidentDear Member:
I am writing to let you know that the City Bar has completed its extensive evaluation of Solicitor General Elena Kagan's qualifications and found her to be Highly Qualified to be a Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The report was released earlier today.
Our report has been delivered to the Senate Judiciary Committee and the White House in connection with the ongoing confirmation process.
The City Bar has been evaluating judicial candidates for 140 years in a non-partisan manner based upon the nominees' competence and merit. We have evaluated every U.S. Supreme Court nominee since 1987. Our evaluation process was thorough and independent, and I want to give special thanks to those members who responded to our request for comments on the Kagan nomination.
After reviewing and analyzing information from many sources, the City Bar, through its Executive Committee, found that Solicitor General Kagan demonstrates exceptional legal ability and intellectual prowess; an extraordinary level of accomplishment in numerous positions within the legal profession; an outstanding grasp of the role of the Supreme Court and the judiciary in the structure of our government and in American society; and the principled, open-minded judgment and temperament needed to address the matters that come before the Supreme Court and to work effectively with the other justices.
Our subcommittee's excellent work is a credit to the City Bar. You may find a copy of the report on our website here .
Sincerely, 
Samuel W. Seymour