Cristián Eyzaguirre is a JSD candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, specializing in comparative constitutional law through empirical and interdisciplinary methods. His work on constitution-making, social rights, and constitutional design in divided societies has appeared in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Law and Empirical Analysis, Global Constitutionalism, and Latin American Law Review, as well as in edited volumes by Oxford University Press (forthcoming) and Tirant lo Blanch.

Before joining the University of Chicago, Cristián earned his JSM from Stanford Law School (2022), where he was a Knight-Hennessy Scholar and Salzburg Cutler Fellow. He also holds an LLB (summa cum laude, 2016) from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Cristián previously served as a legal advisor to the President of the Republic at the Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency of Chile, overseeing the drafting of decrees, regulations, and legislation. He has also been a research associate with the Comparative Constitutions Project since 2015.

Supervisors: Adam Chilton, Tom Ginsburg