By the end of hearings on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, the nation may be more familiar with her work on a few amicus briefs than her writing of more than 500 opinions as a trial judge.

Jackson authored or contributed to amicus briefs during her tenure as a federal public defender and as a lawyer in private practice. The briefs earned high-profile attention during her confirmation hearings because, although written years ago, they addressed still-controversial topics such as abortion and the war on terror.