What is Erwin Chemerinsky?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Erwin Chemerinsky |image = Erwin chemerinsky 09-2007.JPG |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|5|14}} |birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |fields = [[Constitutional law]]<br>[[Civil procedure]] |workplaces = {{Plainlist| *[[DePaul University College of Law]] (1980–1983) *[[University of Southern California Law School]] (1983–2004) *[[Duke University School of Law]] (2004–2008) *[[University of California, Irvine School of Law]] (2008–2017) *[[UC Berkeley School of Law]] (2017–present)}} |education = [[Northwestern University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''Erwin Chemerinsky''' (born May 14, 1953) is an American legal scholar. He is known for his studies of [[United States constitutional law]] and federal [[civil procedure]]. He was the founding [[Dean (education)|dean]] of the [[University of California, Irvine]] School of Law from 2008 to 2017. He is currently the dean of the [[University of California, Berkeley]], School of Law.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Erwin-Chemerinsky-named-dean-of-Berkeley-Law-11152951.php|title=Erwin Chemerinsky named dean of Berkeley Law|last=Sernoffsky|first=Evan|date=2017-05-17|work=[[SFGate]]|access-date=2017-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ocregister.com/2017/05/17/uc-irvine-law-dean-erwin-chemerinsky-named-dean-of-berkeleys-law-school-will-begin-july-1/|title=UC Irvine law dean Erwin Chemerinsky named dean of Berkeley's law school, will begin July 1|last=Haire|first=Chris|date=2017-05-17|work=[[Orange County Register]]|access-date=2017-05-17}}</ref> Chemerinsky was named a fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 2016. The National Jurist magazine named him the most influential person in legal education in the United States in 2017.<ref> [https://www.acslaw.org/person/erwin-chemerinsky/#:~:text=Chemerinsky%20was%20named%20a%20fellow,cum%20laude%20and%20his%20B.S. ACS-American Cons