August 19 – Erwin Chemerinsky with Patt Morrison
The Supreme Court's Landmark October 2025 Term: What it Means for America
Erwin Chemenrinsky
Erwin Chemerinsky became the 13th Dean of Berkeley Law on July 1, 2017, when he joined the faculty as the Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law. Prior to Berkeley Law, from 2008-2017, Chemerinsky was the founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, and Raymond Pryke Professor in Political Science. A study of legal publications between 2016 and 2020 found Chemerinsky to be the most frequently cited American legal scholar. Chemerinsky was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016. The National Jurist magazine has named him the most influential person in legal education in the United States.
Patt Morrison
Patt Morrison has a share of two Pulitzer Prizes as a longtime Los Angeles Times writer and columnist. As a public television and radio broadcaster, she has won six Emmys and a dozen Golden Mike awards. Her first book, “Rio LA,” about the Los Angeles River, was a bestseller. Her most recent book is, “Don’t Stop the Presses! Truth, Justice, and the American Newspaper.”