Which Way, L.A.?
Politics, the Law, and Academic Freedom
A nationally known Constitutional scholar has been hired, then fired as the founding dean of UC Irvine’s new law school. Liberal Professor Irwin Chemerinsky won’t get the job and even some prominent conservatives call it a violation of academic freedom. We’ll hear from him and others tonight. On Reporter’s Notebook, a go-ahead for California’s fight against global warming.
By Warren Olney • • 30m ListenA nationally known Constitutional scholar has been hired, then fired as the founding dean of UC Irvine’s new law school. Liberal Professor Irwin Chemerinsky won’t get the job and even some prominent conservatives call it a violation of academic freedom. We’ll hear from him and others tonight. On Reporter’s Notebook, a go-ahead for California’s fight against global warming.
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UC Irvine is about to open California’s first public law school in forty years, and constitutional scholar Irwin Chemerinsky was picked as the founding Dean. A former professor at USC who’s now at Duke , Legal Affairs magazine calls Chemerinsky one of America’s “ top twenty legal thinkers .” He signed a contract a few weeks ago, but on…
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