5 things to know about Ketanji Brown Jackson

STORY: (SOUNDBITE) (English) KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, SUPREME COURT NOMINEE SAYING: "I am truly humbled by the extraordinary honor of this nomination."

Five things you should know about Ketanji Brown Jackson

1// Jackson was raised in Miami and attended Harvard Law School

2// Earlier in her career she represented criminal defendants

who could not afford a lawyer

(SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYING: "It's my honor to introduce to the country a daughter of former public school teachers, a proven consensus builder, an accomplished lawyer, a distinguished jurist."

3// She worked as a Supreme Court clerk

for liberal Justice Stephen Breyer

(SOUNDBITE) (English) KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, SUPREME COURT NOMINEE SAYING: "Justice Breyer not only gave me the greatest job that any young lawyer could ever hope to have, but he also exemplified every day in every way that a Supreme Court Justice can perform at the highest level of skill and integrity, while also being guided by civility, grace, pragmatism and generosity of spirit."

4// Since 2021, she has served on the influential U.S. Court of Appeals

for the District of Columbia Circuit

after eight years as a federal district judge in Washington

5// She was part of a three-judge panel that ruled against Trump's bid

to prevent White House records from being handed over

to a congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack