Source: Harvard dean mulled as solicitor general

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
Fri Jan 2, 9:09 pm ET

WASHINGTON – Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan is the leading candidate to be President-elect Barack Obama's representative at the Supreme Court, a person who had been briefed on the process said Friday.

Kagan could become Obama's solicitor general, who represents the United States before the Supreme Court, the person said.