Rate Professor Erwin Chemerinsky

Academic Profile

Academic Background: J.D., Harvard Law School, 1978; B.S., Northwestern University, 1975.

Research Interests: Constitutional law, civil procedure, federal jurisdiction, and First Amendment law.

Appointments: Founding Dean (2008–2017) and Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law; former Dean, UC Berkeley School of Law.

Awards: American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award, 2003; Society of American Law Teachers Award for Teaching Excellence, 2010.

Publications: Author of The Case Against the Supreme Court (Viking, 2014), Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies (Aspen Publishers, 7th ed., 2019).

Additional Contributions: Frequent commentator on legal issues for national media, including NPR and PBS.