Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism
Originalism is the view that the Constitution should be interpreted in accordance with its original meaning—that is, the meaning it had at the time of its enactment.
The Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism at the University of San Diego School of Law studies all aspects of originalism by holding conferences, hosting speakers, sponsoring fellows, operating a blog and promoting originalist scholarship. The Annual Hugh & Hazel Darling Originalism Works in Progress Conference, held in February of each year, brings leading originalist scholars throughout the country and the world to San Diego to discuss current originalist issues.
DIRECTOR
Michael B. Rappaport
Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Professor of Law
MEMBERS
Lawrence A. Alexander
Warren Distinguished
Professor of Law
Laurence P. Claus
Herzog Endowed Scholar and
Professor of Law
Donald A. Dripps
Warren Distinguished
Professor of Law
Michael D. Ramsey
University Professor and
Professor of Law
Steven D. Smith
Warren Distinguished
Professor of Law
AFFILIATED SCHOLARS
James Allan
Professor of Law
TC Beirne School of Law
Jack Balkin
Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment
Yale Law School
William Baude
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Law
University of Chicago School of Law
Mitch Berman
Leon Meltzer Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy
Penn Law
Thomas Colby
Professor of Law
George Washington University School of Law
Richard Ekins
Tutorial Fellow in Law
University of Oxford
Richard Epstein
James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law
University of Chicago Law School
Richard Fallon
Ralph S. Taylor, Jr. Professor of Constitutional Law
Harvard Law School
Stanley Fish
Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor of Humanities and Law
Florida International University
Jeffrey Goldsworthy
Faculty of Law
Monash University
Christopher Green
Associate Professor of Law
University of Mississippi School of Law
Jamal Greene
Vice Dean and Professor of Law
Columbia Law School
Kurt Lash
Guy Raymond Jones Chair in Law
University of Illinois
Gary Lawson
Philip S. Beck Professor of Law
Boston University School of Law
John McGinnis
George C. Dix Professor in Constitutional Law
Northwestern University School of Law
Bernadette Meyler
Carl and Sheila Spaeth Professor of Law
Stanford Law School
Michael Perry
Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law
Emory University School of Law
James Pfander
Owen L. Coon Professor of Law
Northwestern University School of Law
Saikrishna Prakash
James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law
University of Virginia School of Law
Robert Pushaw
James Wilson Endowed Professor of Law
Pepperdine School of Law
Stephen Sachs
Associate Professor of Law
Duke University School of Law