Erwin Chemerinsky

Erwin Chemerinsky
Erwin Chemerinsky
	Chemerinsky in 2020
Born	May 14, 1953; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Academic background
Education	Northwestern University (BS); Harvard University (JD)
Academic work
Discipline	Constitutional law; Civil procedure
Institutions	DePaul University (1980–1983); University of Southern California (1983–2004); Duke University (2004–2008); University of California, Irvine (2008–2017); University of California, Berkeley (2017–present);
13th Dean of University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; July 1, 2017
Preceded by	Melissa Murray

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 also served as the inaugural dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Law from 2008 to 2017.

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. In 2021 Chemerinsky was named President-elect of the Association of American Law Schools.

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