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Erwin Chemerinsky

Erwin Chemerinsky
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Erwin Chemerinsky

Erwin Chemerinsky is the founding dean of the University of California Irvine Law School. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and Harvard Law School. After teaching law at DePaul College of Law, he moved to the University of Southern California, where he taught from 1983 to 2004. He frequently argued cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals in various jurisdictions and occasionally before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is well known in Los Angeles, where he helped draft a new city charter (he chaired the charter commission), issued a report on the city's police department, and commented on the O.J. Simpson trial. From 2004 to 2008 he taught at Duke University School... Read full bio

The Conservative Assault on the Constitution will be released on October 11, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Oct 11, 2011
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution is now available in Trade Paperback
Oct 11, 2011
Sep 28, 2010
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution will be released on September 28, 2010 in Hardcover, eBook
Sep 28, 2010
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Sep 28, 2010
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution will be released on September 28, 2010 in eBook
Sep 28, 2010

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Morris County Daily Record, April 19, 2012
...might direct them to this book or a book by the beloved Dean of Irvines UC Law School, Erwin Chemerinsky, Conservative Assault on the Constitution. Or I might just listen and not direct them to any book. But as a candidate, I have more incentive to...
Morris County Daily Record, April 19, 2012
...might direct them to this book or a book by the beloved Dean of Irvines UC Law School, Erwin Chemerinsky, Conservative Assault on the Constitution. Or I might just listen and not direct them to any book. But as a candidate, I have more incentive to...
ABA Journal, February 1, 2012
...S. Supreme Court could communicate better with the public, according to University of California at Irvine law dean Erwin Chemerinsky. But why stop there? Speaking at a symposium on the court and the press at Brigham Young University’s law school,...
ABA Journal, January 31, 2012
...S. Supreme Court could communicate better with the public, according to University of California at Irvine law dean Erwin Chemerinsky. But why stop there? Speaking at a symposium on the court and the press at Brigham Young University’s law school,...
Columbus Republic, January 12, 2012
...investigative report from its harshest critics might be the best way forward. Rice signed on to work with Erwin Chemerinsky, now head of the UC Irvine law school, and with a few bumps, found allies among her adversaries. In settling a suit against the...
Chicago Tribune, January 9, 2012
...investigative report from its harshest critics might be the best way forward. Rice signed on to work with Erwin Chemerinsky, now head of the UC Irvine law school, and with a few bumps, found allies among her adversaries. In settling a suit against the...
Zimbio, November 21, 2011
...Frank D. Bean, Chancellor’s Professor of Sociology Kitty Calavita, Chancellor’s Professor of Criminology, Law and Society Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, School of Law Joseph F. C. DiMento, Professor of Law and Policy, Planning & Design Valerie Jenness,...
Orange County Register, March 2, 2012
...politicians look honest." Jacob and his mother stole the birthright, and Esau got "bupkis." Defense attorney Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of UC Irvine Law School, sees it differently: Rebecca, he says, was just a "nice Jewish mother" doing the best for her...
ABA Journal, March 1, 2012
...U.S. Supreme Court Print Erwin Chemerinsky One of the more fascinating cases on the U.S. Supreme Court's docket this term involves the constitutionality of the federal Stolen Valor Act, a law that makes...
Orange County Weekly, February 29, 2012
...uphold that mission. Among the many listed participants is constitutional lawyer and Dean of UCI's Law School Erwin Chemerinsky. At the time of the Irvine 11 ordeal, Chemerinksy called the decision to prosecute the activists "harsh" but also publicly...
UC Newswire, February 28, 2012
...life's spiritual dimension. He has written numerous books and articles about the intersection of science and religion. Erwin Chemerinsky, founding dean and Distinguished Professor at UCI's School of Law, is an expert in constitutional law, federal...
Murrieta Patch, February 25, 2012
...they say in the classroom will stand. “The Supreme Court’s denial of review ends the litigation,” said Erwin Chemerinsky, appellate attorney for teacher James Corbett and dean of UC Irvine’s law school. “I am pleased that the lawsuit against...