Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean of Berkeley Law
US Berkeley Law

Erwin Chemerinsky is the 13th Dean of University of California, Berkeley School of  Law, where he also serves as the Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law. He was the founding Dean of University of California Irvine School of Law from 2008 to 2017 and has held faculty positions at Duke University and USC’s Gould School of  Law. Chemerinsky has authored nineteen books, including key texts on constitutional law, criminal procedure, and federal jurisdiction, as well as over 200 law review articles. His recent works include Worse than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism (2022) and Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights (2021). He frequently contributes to major publications like the Los Angeles Times, the Sacramento Bee, and the ABA Journal, and has argued several cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. A distinguished scholar and leader, Erwin was named the most influential person in legal education by National Jurist in 2024 and was elected President of the Association of American Law Schools in 2022. He was also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016.