ERWIN CHEMERINSKY

'Erwin Chemerinsky' (born 1953) is a nationally renowned professor of Constitutional law and federal civil procedure, currently teaching at the Duke University School of Law, a position which he has held since July 1, 2004. He is widely regarded as one of the most famous and respected constitutional law professors in the country. Before that, he taught for over twenty years at the University of Southern California Law School and at DePaul University College of Law. Chemerinsky has published four books (three of which have come out in multiple editions), numerous articles, and a regular column on the United States Supreme Court carried by ''California Lawyer'', the ''Los Angeles Daily Journal'', and ''Trial Magazine''. Chemerinsky has also argued several cases before the United States Supreme Court, including ''Scheidler v. NOW'', ''Tory v. Cochran'', ''Van Orden v. Perry'' and ''Lockyer v. Andrade''. He was educated at Northwestern University and Harvard Law School.
In addition to teaching at the School of Law, Chemerinsky also teaches undergraduate classes in Political Science.
Chemerinsky is married to Catherine Fisk, also a law professor at Duke.
Recently, he declined the offer to become the next dean at the University of North Carolina School of Law.
Professor Chemerinsky has a reputation of being very accessible to his students. President Clinton briefly considered Chemerinsky for an opening on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. However, his brief candidacy ended when Senate Republicans sent the word that his nomination would be dead on arrival.

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Publications

Chemerinsky has published four books:

★ ''Federal Jurisdiction'' (Aspen Law & Business 4th ed. 2003)

★ ''Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies'' (Aspen Law & Business 3d ed. 2006)

★ ''Constitutional Law'' (Aspen Law & Business 2d ed. 2005)

★ ''Interpreting the Constitution'' (Praeger 1987)
In addition, Chemerinsky has published over one hundred law review articles, including publications in the ''Harvard Law Review'', ''Yale Law Journal'', ''Stanford Law Review'', ''Michigan Law Review'', ''University of Pennsylvania Law Review'', ''Syracuse Law Review'', and ''Southern California Law Review''.
Chemerinsky is also a lecturer for the Bar-Bri bar exam prep course, where he lectures about his outline and all applicable Supreme Court cases for 7 hours - without the use of any notes.

External links

★ Duke University School of Law biography

★ University of Southern California Law School biography

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