ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
CHRISTIAN CORRIGAN
Class of 2005
Christian Corrigan began at Wichita Collegiate in 1990 and
graduated as member of the class of 2005.
During his time at Collegiate he was a four year letterman in varsity
football, serving as a captain his senior year and twice receiving
all-conference honors. He was a two-time
4A state powerlifting champion and set three state records for his weight
class. He was a two-time captain of the
debate team. He also participated on the
scholar’s bowl, golf, and baseball teams.
He was a member of Madrigals and participated in fourteen theatrical
productions during his time at WCS. In
2004, he was elected Governor of Boys State of Kansas. He was on the high honor roll every semester,
a member of the Cum Laude Society, and as a senior he received the Headmaster’s
Award.
He went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts in Political
Science and International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania, where
he was a four-time varsity letter winner and all-conference selection in Sprint
Football. He received his law degree
from the University of Kansas, where he was an editor of the Kansas Law Review.
He has worked for the Office of the Chief Counsel for Kansas
Governor Sam Brownback, the Kansas Legislature’s House Judiciary Committee, and
the American Legislative Exchange Council.
His political experience includes time on John McCain’s 2008
presidential campaign and several congressional campaigns. During the 2014 midterm elections, he served
on the legal team for the North Carolina Republican Party.
Christian currently resides in Washington, D.C. and serves
as Director of Publications for the Federalist Society for Law & Public
Policy Studies, an organization of conservative and libertarian lawyers
dedicated to reforming the American legal system. He works with attorneys, judges, law
professors, and elected officials to advance the rule of law and the first
principles espoused by America’s Founding Fathers and the Framers of the U.S.
Constitution.
In his personal capacity, he writes on politics, public
policy, and constitutional law. His work
has been published in the Washington
Times, the Washington Examiner, Human Events, the Wichita Eagle, Doublethink
Magazine, and the University Daily
Kansan. His law review article,
“McDonald v. Chicago: Did Justice Thomas
Resurrect the Privileges or Immunities Clause from the Dead? (And Did Justice
Scalia Kill It Again?),” was published by the Kansas Law Review in 2012.
He also co-authored the Kansas Law
Review’s 2011 Criminal Procedure Survey.
In the fall, he will be returning to Kansas to clerk for
Justice Caleb Stegall of the Kansas Supreme Court.
Words from Christian’s classmate
"For almost as long as I can remember
during our time together at WCS, Christian told anyone who would listen that he
wanted to be an astronaut. Though I believe this desire was heavily based
on a trip to the Kansas Cosmosphere in third grade, I also think it was based
on inherent aspirations to be a pioneer and change our country for the
better. We took a small step toward this goal together by heading up our
4th grade Chillers snow cone business during what I believe was the most
profitable year in the history of the project. I have absolutely no facts
to back that up.
Though, during his high school football days,
Christian the aspiring astronaut probably became Christian the aspiring Kansas
City Chief, he never lost his patriotic and pioneering spirit. Always the
first person to suggest an America-themed event during law school at KU, it was
well known that Christian was destined for our nation's capital, Washington,
D.C.
Living and working in the same areas we toured
together during our 7th grade trip to the capital city, Christian now uses the
breadth of his education to help improve our country's legal system.
Though dreams of a walk in space may now have been replaced by dreams of a walk
into the Oval Office, Christian will always remain a proud American and proud
Wichita Collegiate School alumnus."
Van Winter, WCS Class of 2005
