Prior to joining the Chapman law faculty, Dr. Eastman served as a law clerk to the Honorable Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, and to the Honorable J. Michael Luttig, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He practiced law with the national law firm of Kirkland & Ellis, representing major corporate clients in federal and state courts and with respect to State Attorneys General investigations, in complex commercial contract litigation and in consumer litigation. Dr. Eastman has also represented various pro bono clients, through affiliations with several public interest organizations that litigate matters involving property rights, economic opportunity, and first amendment freedom of speech, freedom of association, and freedom of religion issues. On behalf of the Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, he has participated as amicus curiae before the Supreme Court of the United States in several cases of constitutional significance, including Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, United States v. Morrison, and Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Dr. Eastman has appeared as an expert legal commentator on numerous television and radio programs, including C-SPAN, Fox News, OCN, NPR, KNX in Los Angeles, KFWB in Los Angeles, WABC in New York, the Michael Reagan Show, the Jane Chastain Show, the Michael Jackson show, Airtalk with Larry Mantle, and LA Live with Duffy. His provided commentary on the Supreme Court’s decision in the Boy Scouts case that was carried by CBS Radio in New York, CNS Radio, The Associated Press, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Fox Television and Reuters News Service. He has a weekly segment on the nationally-syndicated Hugh Hewitt show debating current legal issues with U.S.C. Law Professor Erwin Chemerinsky. He publishes a monthly column entitled "First Principles" in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals, and he has published numerous op-eds in newspapers around the country, including the Washington Post and the Orange County Register.

Most importantly, Dr. Eastman coaches in the Catholic baseball league and serves as the Den leader for his son’s cub scout pack.

Eating Up the Bread of Our Children
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, February 2006)

Statesmen, Demagogues, and the Rule of Law
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, January 2006)

Wrong Question in Hamdi
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, January 2004)

The New Glass Ceiling
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, June 2003)

Justice Delayed
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, May 2003)

Patronizing Diversity
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, February 2003)

Justice at Christmas
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, December 2002)

Why Dick Cheney is Fighting the GAO
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, July 2002)

The Federalism Side of School Vouchers
  by John C. Eastman, Edwin Meese (Editorial, July 2002)

Judge Shopping by...Judges?
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, June 2002)

The Vanishing Right to Property
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, May 2002)

Puppets on a String
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, April 2002)

The Federalism Issue Underlying The Vouchers Case
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, February 2002)

Moral Equivalency in International Law
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, January 2002)

President Bush’s Christmas Present
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, December 2001)

Military Tribunals are Perfectly Constitutional
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, November 2001)

The Forgotten, Newest Amendment: Is It Already a Dead Letter?
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, October 2001)

To Defend America, Let Us All Do Our Part to Ensure that America is Worth Defending
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, September 2001)

Deadly Sucker Fish
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, August 2001)

Colorblind Equality—The Father of All Moral Principle In Us
  by John C. Eastman, Edwin Meese III (Editorial, August 2001)

Morality Without God?
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, July 2001)

Bad News for Good News Clubs?
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, July 2001)

Balancing the Ninth
  by John C. Eastman (Editorial, June 2001)

Justice Thomas and the Oft-Forgotten Virtue of Prudence
  by John C. Eastman (On Principle, December 1998)