Christopher Edley, Dean of UC Berkeley's Law School, Will Lecture at UC Santa Barbara on Educational Reform

Christopher Edley, Jr., Dean of the Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley, will deliver a free public lecture at UC Santa Barbara on Thursday, April 28, at 12:30 p.m.

His presentation, titled "Finding a New Civil Rights Paradigm in Federal and State K-12 Education Reform," will be held in the McCune Conference Room in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building.

A reception with light refreshments will begin at noon.

Edley was appointed dean of the law school last July.

Previously, he served on the faculty of Harvard Law School for 23 years.

His research interests focus on public policy and administrative law, with an emphasis on civil rights.

Edley earned both a law degree and a master's degree in public policy from Harvard, where he was an editor and officer of the "Harvard Law Review."

He was co-founder of the Civil Rights Project at Harvard, a multidisciplinary research and policy think tank that focused on issues of racial justice. He recently completed a six-year term on the bipartisan U. S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Edley's publications include "Not all Black and White: Affirmative Action, Race and American Values," which grew out of his work as special counsel to President Clinton, and "Administrative Law: Rethinking Judicial Control of Bureaucracy."

As special counsel to the president, he directed the White House review of affirmative action.

He has served on various committees of the National Research Council, including the executive committees of the Board on Testing and Assessment.

The UCSB event is sponsored by the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, the Office of Academic Preparation and Equal Opportunity, and the Center for Interdisciplinary Human Development.

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