Thomas Jipping is a Senior Legal Fellow in the Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law at Advancing American Freedom, where his work involves constitutional law, the federal courts, and issues including religious freedom, abortion, and gender.
Jipping’s previous experience includes more than seven years in a similar position at the Heritage Foundation; 15 years on U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch’s Judiciary Committee staff, including several as his chief counsel; and 13 years in legal policy positions at Concerned Women for America and the Free Congress Foundation. His scholarship and commentary have appeared in journals and in both online and print publications across the country and he has testified before committees of both Congress and several state legislatures.
Jipping received his J.D. cum laude and M.A. in political science from the State University of New York, after which he clerked for Judge William D. Hutchinson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and his B.A. with honors in political science from Calvin College. He is an active member of New Hope Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Fairfax, Virginia.