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Law Practice

Aug. 25, 2009

Liberal Scholar in a Conservative Realm

Among the many people who know Erwin Chemerinsky - and there are very many - there is wide agreement about one thing: No one but Chemerinsky could have created a top law school from scratch. UC Irvine School of Law opens Monday to wide acclaim.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

IRVINE - Among the many people who know Erwin Chemerinsky - and there are very many - there is wide agreement about one thing: No one but Chemerinsky could have created a top law school from scratch.

Chemerinsky is the founding dean of the UC Irvine School of Law, which begins its very first classes for its very first students today.

Following an 8 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony, the students...

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