This collection comprises the papers of Erwin Chemerinsky, American lawyer, scholar, and founding dean of the UC Irvine School of Law. The papers consist of professional, scholarly, and personal materials documenting his life and career, including publications, teaching materials, case and research files, files related to special projects he worked on, audio and video recordings, media and publicity materials, correspondence, and college and early professional papers. Materials are in analog and digital formats.

Erwin Chemerinsky is an American lawyer and scholar, known for his studies in United States constitutional law and federal civil procedure. He served as the founding dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Law from 2009 to 2017, and is currently the dean of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.

106 Linear Feet (127 boxes) (89 records cartons, 25 document boxes, 7 audiovisual boxes, 6 digital media boxes)

Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact the University Archivist.

The collection is open for research. Audiovisual material has been reformatted and have digital preservation copies. Access to original tapes is restricted; researchers may request listening/viewing copies. The copies may only be used in the UC Irvine Libraries Special Collections and Archives Reading Room and may not be duplicated.