President Obama nominated Christopher Schroeder to be the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy on June 4. 2009. A hearing to consider his nomination was held on June 24, 2009. On July 28, 2009, the Judiciary Committee ordered the nomination reported to the Senate for consideration. 
Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination
- July 14, 2009 - Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr., Chair, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
- June 23, 2009 - Joint Letter [Eleanor D. Acheson, former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Policy Development; Walter E. Dellinger III, former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, former Acting Solicitor General; Jamie S. Gorelick, former Deputy Attorney General; Randolph D. Moss, former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel; Beth Nolan, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel; H. Jefferson Powell, former Deputy Assistant Attorney Central for the Office of Legal Counsel, former Principal Deputy Solicitor General; Teresa Wynn Roseborough, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel; Lois J. Schiffer, former Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division; Howard M. Shapiro, former General Counsel, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Richard L. Shiffrin, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel; Seth P. Waxman, former Solicitor General]
- June 22, 2009 - Kenneth W. Starr, Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean and Professor of Law
- June 19, 2009 - David F. Levi, Dean, Duke University School of Law
