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    Which Way, L.A.?

    UC Irvine Hires and Unhires Erwin Chemerinsky for the Post of Dean

    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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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    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 He signed a contract a few weeks ago, but on Tusday UC Irvine’s Chancellor Michael Drake rescinded the offer.

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    2. 19:43Federal Court Upholds California’s Clean Car Standards
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