Jul. 3, 2023
Berkeley Law dean says video about ‘unstated affirmative action’ was out of context
“What I mean by unstated affirmative action is: What if the college or university doesn’t tell anybody, doesn’t make any public statements? I’ll give you an example from our law school. But if ever I’m deposed, I’m going to deny I said this to you,” Erwin Chemerinsky said in a video clip recorded in a classroom.
UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky responded Monday to a viral video clip in which he appears to suggest he would lie under oath while describing to a class how he gets around California law that makes race discrimination in hiring and college admissions illegal.
Chemerinsky said in an email that the video takes his comments out of context, that his statements to his students were lighthearted and private and that Berkeley Law...
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