Erwin Chemerinsky
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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. Today, 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 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 because he thinks the school is underfunded.
[edit] 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, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and the Southern California Law Review.
