Bio: Born in Highland Park, Illinois; Yale Law School; law professor at Harvard since 1981, dean since 2009. Vice chair, Legal Services Corp. board of directors.
If picked: She would be the only nonjudge on the bench. Wide interests and experience: international human rights, mass tort litigation. Viewed as compassionate scholar.
Minow would face two challenges as a Supreme Court nominee, according to a number of observers: no judicial experience and a wealth of writings on a wide variety of topics.
