Six of the eleven judges have clerked for conservative Supreme Court justices. Many of the justices have also clerked in the court of appeals. In 1988 Kagan clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court. After law school, he clerked for Ninth Circuit Judge Herbert Choy. Ikuta worked alongside her former boss, Judge Alex Kozinski, for whom she clerked. After graduation, Mikva clerked for Supreme Court Justice Sherman Minton. She formerly clerked at the Navajo Supreme Court. After law school, Oaks clerked for Chief Justice Earl Warren at the U.S. Supreme Court. Whilst attending law school, Sarwark clerked for the libertarian law firm Institute for Justice. Many of Higginbotham's clerks later clerked on the Supreme Court. Cuomo clerked for Judge Adrian P. Burke of the New York Court of Appeals. He then clerked for Judge Stanley A. Weigel from 1975 to 1976. Blagojevich clerked for Chicago Alderman Edward Vrdolyak. She also clerked for a US Supreme Court Justice. Notably, Alger Hiss clerked for Holmes during his last year on the Court.