Chris Edley

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Quote of the Day: Let’s Get Ready to Rumble

Televise this chief justice and this president on stage at the Kennedy Center for three hours talking about the role of government and the future of our polity. This historic clash of intellectual titans would be the most powerful civics lesson since the Federalist Papers, and we could sure use it. — Berkeley Law Dean […]

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A New Name for Boalt Hall: WGWAG School of Law!

Dean Christopher Edley, listen up. The people have spoken, and here is their verdict. UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall should be renamed… the White Guys With Asian Girls School of Law! Don’t like this idea? That’s okay. At least we didn’t charge you $25,000 for it. UC Berkeley dropping Boalt Hall from law school’s official name […]

Law Schools

Boalt To Expel AutoAdmit Prankster?

This was forwarded to us by a tipster: April 25, 2007 To: Boalt Community From: Dean Christopher Edley, Jr. It has been a week since the distressing events involving a Boalt student’s threat —a hoax — against the community at Hastings College of the Law. I am writing to let you know that all our […]