Erwin Chemerinsky
American lawyer and scholar (born 1953) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Erwin Chemerinsky (born May 14, 1953) is an American legal scholar known for his studies of constitutional law and federal civil procedure. Since 2017, Chemerinsky has been the dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law. Previously, he was the inaugural dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Law from 2008 to 2017.[1][2]
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Erwin Chemerinsky | |
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Born | (1953-05-14) May 14, 1953 (age 70) |
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Education | Northwestern University (BS) Harvard University (JD) |
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Discipline | Constitutional law Civil procedure |
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13th Dean of University of California, Berkeley, School of Law | |
Assumed office July 1, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Melissa Murray |
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Chemerinsky was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016. The National Jurist magazine named him the most influential person in legal education in the United States in 2017.[3] In 2021 Chemerinsky was named President-elect of the Association of American Law Schools.