JOHN D. INAZU

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, expected 2009

Fields: Political Theory and Public Law
Dissertation: The Freedom of Assembly
Committee: Jeff Spinner-Halev (Chair), Mike Lienesch, Susan Bickford,

Jeff Powell (Duke Law), Stanley Hauerwas (Duke Divinity)

• M.A. (Political Theory), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007
• J.D., Duke University School of Law, 2000 (Cum Laude)
• B.S.E. (Civil Engineering), Duke University, 1997 (Cum Laude)

CLERKSHIP

• Honorable Roger L. Wollman, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2004-05

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate General Counsel, Office of the Air Force General Counsel
(National Security and Military Affairs), 2003-04

• Detailed to special investigative team chartered by Secretary of the Air Force to investigate sexual assault at the Air Force Academy—authored two major sections of report provided to Senate and House Armed Services Committees
• Led legal review of policies and practices of the Civil Air Patrol relating to counter-drug, homeland security, and other operational missions
• Served as legal counsel to military witnesses providing testimony to the 9/11 Commission

Associate General Counsel, Office of the Air Force General Counsel
(Acquisition), 2000-03

• Served as lead attorney for the Air Force in over 100 bid protests (including seven hearings), successfully defending over $1 billion of Air Force procurements—eventually assumed oversight responsibility for defense of all protests of Air Force procurements
• Managed and coauthored litigation risk assessment of $300 million cost overrun on major international development contract involving NATO AWACS
• Provided primary legal counsel to independent review of $450 million procurement for contractor logistics support for the C-20 aircraft

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster, Jr. Multiyear Fellowship (UNC-Chapel Hill)
• Meritorious Service Medal w/ oak leaf cluster
• Air Force General Counsel’s Honors Program
• Air Force ROTC Distinguished Graduate
• Chi Epsilon (National Civil Engineering Honor Society)


PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES

• “Personal Forgiveness in Transitional Justice,” forthcoming panel presentation at the 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)
• Boeing v. Roche and the Benefit Theory of Allocability: Unlocking Lockheed or Ignoring Northrop?, 32 Pub. Cont. L.J. 39 (2002) (Second Place, 2002 American Bar Association and Public Contract Law Journal Writing Competition)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Instructor, Poli 276: Major Issues in Political Theory (First Amendment)
• Teaching Assistant, Poli 691H: Honors Seminar in Research Design
• Teaching Assistant, Poli 271: Modern Political Thought

OTHER EXPERIENCE

• Director of Youth Ministries, Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church (2006-08)
• Civitas Leadership Seminar, Center for Public Justice (Washington, D.C.) (2005)
• Volunteer Instructor, Presidential Classroom (Washington, D.C.) (2004)

BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS

• Colorado Bar
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces