JOHN D. INAZU
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ph.D. (Political Science), 2009
Fields: Political Theory and Public Law
Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster, Jr. Multiyear Fellowship
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.A. (Political Science), 2007
Duke University School of Law, J.D., 2000 (Cum Laude)
Duke University, B.S.E. (Civil Engineering), 1997 (Cum Laude)
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Duke University School of Law
Fellow in the Program in Public Law (2009 – present)
Ellis & Winters, LLP
Special Counsel (2009)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Teaching Fellow (2006 – 2008)
Instructor, First Amendment (2007 – 2008)
Judge Roger L. Wollman
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Law Clerk (2004-2005)
Office of the Air Force General Counsel (National Security and Military Affairs)
Associate General Counsel (2003 – 2004)
Staff Member of Working Group to Investigate Sexual Assault at United States Air Force Academy (2003)
Office of the Air Force General Counsel (Acquisition)
Associate General Counsel (2000 – 2003)
PUBLICATIONS
The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly, 84 Tul. L. Rev. -- (forthcoming)
The Strange Origins of the Constitutional Right of Association, 77 Tenn. L. Rev. -- (forthcoming)
Making Sense of Schaumburg: Seeking Coherence in First Amendment Charitable Solicitation Law, 92 Marq. L. Rev. 551 (2009)
No Future Without (Personal) Forgiveness: Reexamining the Role of Forgiveness in Transitional Justice, 10 Hum. Rts. Rev. 309 (2009)
Boeing v. Roche and the Benefit Theory of Allocability: Unlocking Lockheed or Ignoring Northrop?, 32 Pub. Cont. L.J. 39 (2002)
WORKS IN PROGRESS
The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly (book in progress)
Dworkin’s Integrity and the Public Reason Problem (completed draft)
Rethinking Religious Group Autonomy (completed draft)
Revisiting Roberts v. United States Jaycees: A Failure of the Legal Imagination (completed draft)
Leviathan and the Power of Interpretation (completed draft)
Teaching Law and Scripture (completed draft)
The First Amendment Through the Lens of State Interests (in progress)
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
"The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly"
University of North Carolina School of Law Faculty Workshop (2009)
“Personal Forgiveness in Transitional Justice”
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (2008)
“The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly”
Harvard Graduate Conference in Political Theory (2007)
Respondent to Elizabeth Kiss, “Righting Wrongs: Two Visions of Transitional Justice”
Duke-UNC Political Theory Colloquium (2006)
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church (Durham, NC)
Director of Youth Ministries (2006 - 2008)
Youth Ministry Volunteer (2005 – 2006, 2008 – present)
First Evangelical Free Church (Sioux Falls, SD)
Youth Ministry Volunteer (2004 – 2005)
The Falls Church Episcopal (Falls Church, VA)
Volunteer Worship Leader (2002 – 2004)
Youth Ministry Volunteer (2000 – 2001)
Center for Public Justice
Participant in Civitas Summer Leadership Seminar (2005)
Presidential Classroom
Volunteer Instructor (2004)
Durham and Chapel Hill Young Life
Volunteer Leader (1997 – 2000)
Team Leader (1998 – 1999)
HONORS AND AWARDS
Meritorious Service Medal w/ oak leaf cluster (2003, 2004)
Air Force General Counsel’s Honors Program (2000 – 2004)
Second Place, American Bar Association and Public Contract Law Journal Writing Competition (2002)
Air Force ROTC Distinguished Graduate (1997)
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
Colorado Bar
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ph.D. (Political Science), 2009
Fields: Political Theory and Public Law
Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster, Jr. Multiyear Fellowship
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.A. (Political Science), 2007
Duke University School of Law, J.D., 2000 (Cum Laude)
Duke University, B.S.E. (Civil Engineering), 1997 (Cum Laude)
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Duke University School of Law
Fellow in the Program in Public Law (2009 – present)
Ellis & Winters, LLP
Special Counsel (2009)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Teaching Fellow (2006 – 2008)
Instructor, First Amendment (2007 – 2008)
Judge Roger L. Wollman
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Law Clerk (2004-2005)
Office of the Air Force General Counsel (National Security and Military Affairs)
Associate General Counsel (2003 – 2004)
Staff Member of Working Group to Investigate Sexual Assault at United States Air Force Academy (2003)
Office of the Air Force General Counsel (Acquisition)
Associate General Counsel (2000 – 2003)
PUBLICATIONS
The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly, 84 Tul. L. Rev. -- (forthcoming)
The Strange Origins of the Constitutional Right of Association, 77 Tenn. L. Rev. -- (forthcoming)
Making Sense of Schaumburg: Seeking Coherence in First Amendment Charitable Solicitation Law, 92 Marq. L. Rev. 551 (2009)
No Future Without (Personal) Forgiveness: Reexamining the Role of Forgiveness in Transitional Justice, 10 Hum. Rts. Rev. 309 (2009)
Boeing v. Roche and the Benefit Theory of Allocability: Unlocking Lockheed or Ignoring Northrop?, 32 Pub. Cont. L.J. 39 (2002)
WORKS IN PROGRESS
The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly (book in progress)
Dworkin’s Integrity and the Public Reason Problem (completed draft)
Rethinking Religious Group Autonomy (completed draft)
Revisiting Roberts v. United States Jaycees: A Failure of the Legal Imagination (completed draft)
Leviathan and the Power of Interpretation (completed draft)
Teaching Law and Scripture (completed draft)
The First Amendment Through the Lens of State Interests (in progress)
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
"The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly"
University of North Carolina School of Law Faculty Workshop (2009)
“Personal Forgiveness in Transitional Justice”
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (2008)
“The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly”
Harvard Graduate Conference in Political Theory (2007)
Respondent to Elizabeth Kiss, “Righting Wrongs: Two Visions of Transitional Justice”
Duke-UNC Political Theory Colloquium (2006)
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church (Durham, NC)
Director of Youth Ministries (2006 - 2008)
Youth Ministry Volunteer (2005 – 2006, 2008 – present)
First Evangelical Free Church (Sioux Falls, SD)
Youth Ministry Volunteer (2004 – 2005)
The Falls Church Episcopal (Falls Church, VA)
Volunteer Worship Leader (2002 – 2004)
Youth Ministry Volunteer (2000 – 2001)
Center for Public Justice
Participant in Civitas Summer Leadership Seminar (2005)
Presidential Classroom
Volunteer Instructor (2004)
Durham and Chapel Hill Young Life
Volunteer Leader (1997 – 2000)
Team Leader (1998 – 1999)
HONORS AND AWARDS
Meritorious Service Medal w/ oak leaf cluster (2003, 2004)
Air Force General Counsel’s Honors Program (2000 – 2004)
Second Place, American Bar Association and Public Contract Law Journal Writing Competition (2002)
Air Force ROTC Distinguished Graduate (1997)
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
Colorado Bar
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces