The Constitutional Jurisprudence Clinic provides students with an opportunity to earn independent study credit conducting research, drafting discovery requests, preparing draft summary judgment motions and appellate briefs, attending hearings, and even preparing briefs for filing with the Supreme Court of the United States. Since its founding, the clinic has participated in more than three dozen cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including such landmark cases as:

• Kelo v. New London, Connecticut (property takings case) 
• Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (terrorism case) 
• Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (Ohio school vouchers case) 
• Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (Pledge of Allegiance case)

The Chairman of the Constitutional Jurisprudence Clinic is Professor John Eastman, former law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Dr. Eastman works with a prestigious Board of Advisors, chaired by former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, to develop the clinic's litigation strategy.

John Eastman, Chairman
Phone: (714) 628-2587
Email: jeastman@chapman.edu

Anthony T. (Tom) Caso, Director

Phone: (714) 628-2666

Email: caso@chapman.edu