Criminal Procedure 2023 Case and Statutory Supplement

Erwin Chemerinsky

Erwin Chemerinsky became the 13^th Dean of Berkeley Law on July 1, 2017, when he joined the faculty as the Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law.

Prior to assuming this position, from 2008-2017, he was the founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, and Raymond Pryke Professor of First Amendment Law, at University of California, Irvine School of Law. Before that he was the Alston and Bird Professor of Law and Political Science at Duke University from 2004-2008, and from 1983-2004 was a professor at the University of Southern California Law School, including as the Sydney M. Irmas Professor of Public Interest Law, Legal Ethics, and Political Science. From 1980-1983, he was an assistant professor at DePaul College of Law.

He is the author of sixteen books, including leading casebooks and treatises about constitutional law, criminal procedure, and federal jurisdiction. His most recent books are Worse than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism (September 2022) and Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights (2021).

He also is the author of more than 200 law review articles. He is a contributing writer for the Opinion section of the Los Angeles Times, and writes regular columns for the Sacramento Bee, the ABA Journal and the Daily Journal, and frequent op-eds in newspapers across the country. He frequently argues appellate cases, including in the United States Supreme Court.

In 2016, he was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2017, National Jurist magazine again named Dean Chemerinsky as the most influential person in legal education in the United States. In 2022, he was the President of the Association of American Law Schools. He received his B.S. at Northwestern University and his J.D. at Harvard Law School.

Laurie L. Levenson

Professor Levenson is the David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy at Loyola Law School where she teaches evidence, criminal law, criminal procedure, ethics, white collar crime, and trial advocacy. From 1996-1999, she served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Professor Levenson attended Stanford University and UCLA School of Law, where she was the Chief Articles Editor for the Law Review. She clerked for the Honorable James Hunter, III, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Professor Levenson served as an Assistant United States Attorney from 1981-1989. She was Chief of Appeals, Chief of Training, and an Assistant Division Chief. At Loyola Law School, Professor Levenson founded Loyola’s Project for the Innocent. In addition to teaching evidence at Loyola, she regularly teaches evidence at other law schools, including UCLA School of Law, USC School of Law, Southwestern University School of Law, and Pepperdine University Law School. She also frequently lectures on evidence to federal judges for the Federal Judicial Center, as well as to state court judges through the National Judicial College. Professor Levenson is the author of numerous articles and books, including a casebook with co-author Erwin Chemerinsky on Criminal Procedure, as well as the Handbook on the Federal Criminal Rules, California Criminal Law, California Criminal Motions, and California Criminal Procedure. She has published over 100 articles for law reviews and legal publications. Professor Levenson has served on numerous Commissions addressing legal reforms. She is also a frequent commentator on high-profile legal matters, including the Rodney King beating case, O.J. Simpson murder trial, the Michael Jackson trial, impeachment trials, and the Jan. 6 House Committee Hearings.