Corinne Ann Beckwith (born April 3, 1963) is an associate judge of the

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, the highest appellate court for the District of Columbia. She spent her legal career as a

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before being nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama in 2011.

Biography

Beckwith grew up in Michigan, where she attended public schools in

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and received a B.A. with honors in English from Kalamazoo College in 1985.Official bio of Corinne A. Beckwith
/ref> She was the first person in her family to graduate from college.Testimony of Corinne Beckwith, nominee for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
/ref> After college, Beckwith went into journalism, earning an M.A. from the University of Illinois in 1987 and working as a reporter for the ''

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''. In 1989, she entered law school at the University of Michigan. She served as editor-in-chief of the '' Michigan Law Review'' and graduated with a J.D. in 1992. She then clerked for Judge

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of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Justice

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of the United States Supreme Court before beginning a career in appellate public defense in Michigan and then, beginning in 1999, at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. On March 31, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Beckwith to serve as an associate judge on the

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. On November 18, 2011, the United States Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.

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Official bio of Judge Beckwith
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