John D. Inazu
Senior Lecturing Fellow and Fellow in the Program in Public Law
Mr. Inazu came to the Law School in the fall of 2009. Prior to coming to Duke Law, he was a teaching fellow and instructor in the First Amendment in the political science department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before that, he clerked for Judge Roger L. Wollman, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. From 2000-2004, he served as an associate general counsel for the Department of the Air Force at the Pentagon as part of the Air Force General Counsel’s Honors Program, where he focused on governmental contracts litigation, national security, and military personnel matters.
Mr. Inazu is a cum laude graduate of both Duke University School of Law and Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. in political theory from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research focuses on the First Amendment, law and religion, political theory, and jurisprudence. His scholarly work appears in the Tulane Law Review, Tennessee Law Review, Marquette Law Review, and other academic publications. His current book project is on The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly.
Mr. Inazu has been a participant in the Civitas Summer Leadership Seminar at the Center for Public Justice and a volunteer instructor with the Presidential Classroom.