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The man who President Barack Obama tapped to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court will stand before a group of D.C. elementary school graduates next week. Merrick Garland is giving a commencement speech to fifth-graders exiting J.O. Wilson Elementary School in Northeast on June 15.

Obama nominated Garland, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, in March to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Antonin Scalia’s death.

For the past 18 years, Garland has tutored students at the school, according to The Washington Post, which first reported that Garland will be speaking at the ceremony, set to take place at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. While others may disagree, fifth-grader Vernell Garvin told The Post that her volunteer instructor “never does anything wrong” and “deserves the job,” after learning about the nomination. Garvin, along with Garland’s other mentee, Jenifer Morales Garcia, will introduce him at the ceremony.

Both students are among about 45 fifth-graders who are graduating, according to The Post. Nearly 200 faculty and family members are expected to attend the ceremony as well.

Meanwhile, after a mock confirmation hearing organized by Senate Democrats in March, their Republican counterparts are still refusing to hold a confirmation hearing to decide Garland’s fate as a Supreme Court judge.