Bloomberg Law
May 17, 2017, 9:15 PM UTC

Berkeley Law Names Constitutional Scholar as Next Dean

Gabe Friedman
Freelancer

The University of California’s Berkeley School of Law on Wednesday named Constitutional Law scholar Erwin Chemerinsky as its next dean, opening a new chapter after its last permanent dean exited in March 2016 amid sexual harassment allegations.

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Since 2009, Chemerinsky has served as the founding dean of U.C. Irvine School of Law, which has earned national recognition for attracting top faculty: A2015 study that tallied the number of citations to its faculty’s research noted the school placed sixth in the nation, just behind ...

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