John Eastman

John C. Eastman
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Political party	Republican

John C. Eastman is an American law professor and politician. He is the Henry Salvatori Professor of Law & Community Service and former Dean at Chapman University School of Law. in Orange, California. He is also the Founder of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, a public interest law firm affiliated with the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy.

Eastman earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1995, where he was a member of the law review. He also has a Ph.D. and M.A. in Government from the Claremont Graduate School. He earned his B.A. in Politics and Economics from the University of Dallas.

Prior to law school, he served as the Director of Congressional & Public Affairs at the United States Commission on Civil Rights during the Reagan administration. He was also the 1990 Republican nominee for United States Congress in the 34th District of California.

After law school, he clerked for Judge Michael Luttig and Justice Clarence Thomas at the Supreme Court of the United States, then worked as an attorney for the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis, specializing in civil and constitutional litigation. He later joined Chapman to teach constitutional law. He also appears weekly on the Hugh Hewitt show commenting on law.

Dr. Eastman stepped down as Dean of the Chapman University School of Law on February 1, 2010, to pursue the Republican nomination for California Attorney General. On June 8, 2010, Eastman lost the Republican primary to Steve Cooley, who narrowly lost to Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in the November 2, 2010, general election.

External Links

• Biography at the Claremont Institute
• Chapman Law bio
• SSRN page
• Eastman for Attorney General of California

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