Thursday, May 24, 2012 ~ 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ~ $35
The Pacific Club, 4110 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach 92660
Dr. John C. Eastman
Henry Salvatori Professor of Law & Community Service,
Chapman Law School
The Constitution on the Precipice:
A Review of Washington’s Latest Controversies
Dr. John C. Eastman is the Henry Salvatori Professor of Law and Community Service at Chapman University School of Law. He served as Dean from 2007 to February 2010, when he stepped down to pursue a bid to become California Attorney General. He joined the Chapman law faculty in August 1999, specializing in Constitutional Law, Legal History, and Property.
Dr. Eastman also serves as the Director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, which he founded in 1999, a public interest law firm affiliated with the Claremont Institute. On their behalf, he has participated as amicus curiae before the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Courts of Appeals, and State Supreme Courts in numerous cases of constitutional significance. In addition, he is Chairman of the Federalist Society’s Federalism & Separation of Powers practice group.
He previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, and also clerked in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth District before going into practice with a national law firm.
Dr. Eastman earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. He also has a Ph.D. and M.A. in Government from the Claremont Graduate School, with fields of concentration in Political Philosophy, American Government, Constitutional Law, and International Relations. He has a 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 and was the 1990 Republican Nominee for Congress in California’s 34th District.
Dr. Eastman has presented testimony before the U.S. Congress, has appeared as an expert legal commentator on numerous television and radio programs, and has published numerous op-eds in major newspapers around the country.
We will also present our scholarship winners!
This will be our last luncheon before the summer break - please invite friends and join us.
$35 check payable to NHRW must be received by Saturday, May 19th – RSVP Early
(please include phone number)
~ $45 if after May 19th ~
Mail to: Sheila Thomsen, 10 Rue Cannes, Newport Beach, CA 92660-5901
You may call Sheila with questions – (949) 720-1726


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