Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is applauding Judge Brett Kavanaugh for hiring all female clerks, marking the first time there are more women serving as clerks for the Supreme Court in history.

The notorious RBG, 86, praised the latest addition to the Supreme Court on Friday in prepared remarks at the Second Circuit Judicial Conference.

She said that while Kavanaugh, 54, has contributed to the great strides of inclusivity in the courtroom, there's still more work to be done.

'Justice Kavanaugh made history by bringing on board an all-female law clerk crew. Thanks to his selections, the Court has this Term, for the first time ever, more women than men serving as law clerks,' she said according to her speech released by the court.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is praising Brett Kavanaugh for hiring all-female law clerk crew of four women, marking the first time there are more women serving as clerks for the Supreme Court in history

'[But] women did not fare nearly as well as advocates. Only about 21% of the attorneys presenting oral argument this Term were female; of the thirty-four attorneys who appeared more than once, only six were women,' Ginsburg added.

Kavanaugh was sworn into the Supreme Court in October 2018 following controversial and high-profile investigation into claims that he sexually assaulted a string of women in his high school and college years.

In one of his public hearings California professor Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about allegations that he held her down and groped her at a party in the 1980s, which Kavanaugh denied.

In his Supreme Court nomination process, Kavanaugh vowed to appoint four female law clerks

Kavanaugh was sworn onto the Supreme Court in October 2018

After the scandal, he vowed in the nomination process to appoint four female law clerks - a promise he's followed through. It marks the first time that women account for a majority of the Supreme Court clerks.

Only one of those four women appointed by Kavanaugh had previously clerked for him according to the New York Times.

The other three previously clerked for lower-court judges appointed by Republican presidents.

In the speech she also remarked on the case Department of Commerce v. New York which seeks to ask a citizenship question on the 2020 census questionnaire.

She also touched on Just Anthony Kennedy's retirement saying that it could have 'greatest consequence for the current term, and perhaps for many terms ahead.'