WCS ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

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