Sandra Slack Glover, the appellate chief for the U.S. attorney of Connecticut and a former law clerk to Sandra Day O’Connor, was nominated Tuesday by Gov. Ned Lamont as a justice of the state Supreme Court.

If confirmed by legislators, Glover would succeed Maria Araujo Kahn and become Lamont’s third appointee to Connecticut’s highest court after Christine E. Keller and Joan K. Alexander. Kahn resigned to become a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Glover, 52, of Guilford is a 1997 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School who clerked for two powerhouse figures in American jurisprudence, first for Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago and then for O’Connor, the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Sandra Slack Glover is highly respected within Connecticut’s legal community and around the country as an accomplished appellate lawyer,” Lamont said in a written statement. “Throughout her career, both in private practice and public service, she has demonstrated a respect for the rule of law and a commitment to ensuring that justice is served fairly.”

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