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{{Short description|American lawyer (1953–2024)}}
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|name = Chris Edley
| name = Chris Edley
|office = Dean of the [[UC Berkeley School of Law|University of California, Berkeley School of Law]]
| office = Dean of the [[UC Berkeley School of Law|University of California, Berkeley School of Law]]
|term_start = 2004
| term_start = 2004
|term_end = 2013
| term_end = 2013
|predecessor = [[Bob Berring]] (acting)
| predecessor = [[Bob Berring]] (acting)
|successor = [[Gillian Lester]] (acting)
| successor = [[Gillian Lester]] (acting)
|birth_name = {{nowrap|Christopher Fairfield Edley Jr.}}
| birth_name = {{nowrap|Christopher Fairfield Edley Jr.}}
|birth_date = {{birth date|1953|1|13}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1953|1|13}}
|birth_place = [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S.
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| death_place = [[Stanford, California]], U.S.
|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse = [[Maria Echaveste]]
| spouse = [[Maria Echaveste]]
|education = [[Swarthmore College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Harvard University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]], [[Master of Public Policy|MPP]])
| education = [[Swarthmore College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Harvard University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]], [[Master of Public Policy|MPP]])
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'''Christopher Fairfield Edley Jr.''' (January 13, 1953 – May 10, 2024) was an American lawyer and the [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of the [[University of California, Berkeley School of Law]] from 2004 to 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.berkeley.edu/php-programs/faculty/facultyProfile.php?facID=4954 |title=Berkeley Law - Faculty Profiles |publisher=UC Berkeley School of Law |access-date=May 21, 2014}}</ref> He served as President of the Opportunity Institute, an organization he co-founded with [[Hillary Clinton]] advisor [[Ann O'Leary (lawyer)|Ann O'Leary]].
'''Christopher Fairfield Edley Jr.''' (January 13, 1953 – May 10, 2024) was an American lawyer and the [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of the [[University of California, Berkeley School of Law]] from 2004 to 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.law.berkeley.edu/php-programs/faculty/facultyProfile.php?facID=4954 |title=Berkeley Law - Faculty Profiles |publisher=UC Berkeley School of Law |access-date=May 21, 2014 |archive-date=May 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521182316/http://www.law.berkeley.edu/php-programs/faculty/facultyProfile.php?facID=4954 |url-status=live }}</ref> He served as President of [[The Opportunity Institute]], an organization he co-founded with [[Ann O'Leary (lawyer)|Ann O'Leary]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theopportunityinstitute.org/the-opportunity-institute-launch|date=Feb 16, 2016|title=New Non-Profit, The Opportunity Institute, Takes Unique Approach to Social Mobility|publisher=The Opportunity Institute}}</ref>


==Life and career==
==Early life==
Edley was born on January 13, 1953.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f20v23TpqUQC&q=%22Edley,+Christopher%22+AND+%221953%22|title=Who's Who Among African Americans|date=2003-05-01|publisher=Gale / Cengage Learning|isbn=9780787659158|language=en}}</ref> He was a leading figure in Democratic policy circles for four decades, serving as a senior member of five presidential campaigns, as an economic policy and budget official under Presidents [[Jimmy Carter]] and [[Bill Clinton]], and as a chair of the [[Obama-Biden 2008|Obama-Biden]] transition team.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Dean Edley to Help Obama with White House Transition - Berkeley Law|url = https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/dean-edley-to-help-obama-with-white-house-transition/|website = Berkeley Law| date=6 November 2008 |access-date = 2016-02-24|language = en-US}}</ref> In 2011 he was appointed by [[United States Secretary of Education|U.S. Secretary of Education]] [[Arne Duncan]] as co-chair of the congressionally chartered National Commission on Equity and Excellence in Education.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Christopher Edley Jr.|url = http://all4ed.org/people/christopher-edley-jr/|website = Alliance For Excellent Education|access-date = 2016-02-24|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303053141/http://all4ed.org/people/christopher-edley-jr/|archive-date = 2016-03-03|url-status = dead}}</ref>
Edley was born on January 13, 1953,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f20v23TpqUQC&q=%22Edley,+Christopher%22+AND+%221953%22|title=Who's Who Among African Americans|date=2003-05-01|publisher=Gale / Cengage Learning|isbn=9780787659158|language=en}}</ref> to Christopher F. Edley Sr., President of the [[UNCF|United Negro College Fund]], and Zaida Coles Edley, an actress and speech therapist.<ref name="latimes-srobit">{{cite news |last1=McLellan |first1=Dennis |title=Christopher F. Edley, 75; Former Chief of United Negro College Fund |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-08-me-edley8-story.html |access-date=12 May 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2003-05-08 |archive-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512173630/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-08-me-edley8-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He was raised in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], and [[New Rochelle, New York]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Marquard |first=Bryan |date=9 June 2024 |title=Christopher Edley Jr., Civil Rights Advocate in White House and Academia, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/06/09/metro/christopher-edley-jr-civil-rights-advocate-white-house-academia-dies-71/ |access-date=30 June 2024 |work=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref>


== Career ==
After receiving his undergraduate degree in mathematics from [[Swarthmore College]] he attended [[Harvard Law School]], where he later served as a professor, teaching [[Administrative law of the United States|Administrative Law]] an<nowiki/>d founding the Harvard Civil Rights Project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theopportunityinstitute.org/christopher-edley-jr/|title=Christopher Edley Jr.|website=The Opportunity Institute|access-date=2016-03-04}}</ref> He served as an advisor to President Clinton's [[One America Initiative]], was a member of the [[United States Commission on Civil Rights]], and chaired President Clinton's 1998 Affirmative Action Review. In the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], he supported and advised candidate [[Barack Obama]], one of his former students at Harvard Law School.<ref name="Slate">[[Emily Bazelon|Bazelon, Emily]] (2007-11-26) [http://www.slate.com/id/2177688/pagenum/all/ On the Advice of Counsel], ''[[Slate.com]]''</ref> He was elected to the [[Common Cause]] National Governing Board in 2010. On August 16, 2013, he announced his intention to resign as [[Berkeley Law]] dean, effective December 31, 2013.
Edley was a leading figure in Democratic policy circles for four decades, serving as a senior member of five presidential campaigns, as an economic policy and budget official under Presidents [[Jimmy Carter]] and [[Bill Clinton]], and as a chair of the [[Obama-Biden 2008|Obama-Biden]] transition team.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Dean Edley to Help Obama with White House Transition - Berkeley Law|url = https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/dean-edley-to-help-obama-with-white-house-transition/|website = Berkeley Law|date = 6 November 2008|access-date = 2016-02-24|language = en-US|archive-date = March 5, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305083000/https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/dean-edley-to-help-obama-with-white-house-transition/|url-status = live}}</ref> In 2011 he was appointed by [[United States Secretary of Education|U.S. Secretary of Education]] [[Arne Duncan]] as co-chair of the congressionally chartered National Commission on Equity and Excellence in Education.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Christopher Edley Jr.|url = http://all4ed.org/people/christopher-edley-jr/|website = Alliance For Excellent Education|access-date = 2016-02-24|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303053141/http://all4ed.org/people/christopher-edley-jr/|archive-date = 2016-03-03|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="Watson">{{cite web |last1=Watson |first1=Jamal |title=Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away |url=https://www.diverseeducation.com/faculty-staff/article/15670640/chris-edley-prominent-legal-scholar-passes-away |website=Diverse |date=2024-05-12 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512182304/https://www.diverseeducation.com/faculty-staff/article/15670640/chris-edley-prominent-legal-scholar-passes-away |url-status=live }}</ref>


Edley completed his undergraduate studies in mathematics at [[Swarthmore College]], later serving on its Board of Managers, a position which his father had also held. Edley next attended [[Harvard Law School]], becoming a professor of [[Administrative law of the United States|Administrative Law]]. Working with [[Gary Orfield]], Edley founded the [[Harvard Civil Rights Project]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theopportunityinstitute.org/christopher-edley-jr/|title=Christopher Edley Jr.|website=The Opportunity Institute|access-date=2016-03-04|archive-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307224344/http://theopportunityinstitute.org/christopher-edley-jr/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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According to legal journalist [[Emily Bazelon]], Edley "has written thoughtfully and moderately about [[affirmative action]]."<ref name=Slate/>


Edley was married to [[Maria Echaveste]], former deputy chief of staff for U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]]. He died on May 10, 2024, at the age of 71.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-11 |title=Tragic News – The Passing of Chris Edley, Visionary and Beloved Dean |url=https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/message-from-dean-chemerinsky-tragic-news-the-passing-of-chris-edley-visionary-and-beloved-dean/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Berkeley Law |language=en-US}}</ref>
Edley served as an advisor to President Clinton's [[One America Initiative]], was a member of the [[United States Commission on Civil Rights]], and chaired President Clinton's 1998 Affirmative Action Review. In the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], he supported and advised candidate [[Barack Obama]], one of his former students at Harvard Law School.<ref name="Slate">{{Cite news |last=Bazelon |first=Emily |date=2007-11-26 |title=On the Advice of Counsel |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/11/the-campaigns-build-their-legal-brain-trusts.html |access-date=2024-06-30 |work=Slate |language=en-US |issn=1091-2339}}</ref>

Having served since 2004, Edley resigned as Dean of the [[UC Berkeley School of Law]] at the end of 2013 to undergo treatment for [[prostate cancer]]. In 2016, he returned to teaching law at Berkeley and served as interim dean of the [[UC Berkeley School of Education]] between 2021 and 2023.<ref name=":0" />

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According to legal journalist [[Emily Bazelon]], Edley "has written thoughtfully and moderately about [[affirmative action]]."<ref name="Slate" />

== Personal life ==
Following two divorces, Edley married [[Maria Echaveste]], the former deputy chief of staff for U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]]. He died from complications of surgery in Stanford, California on May 10, 2024, at the age of 71.<ref>{{cite web|title=Christopher Edley Jr., Civil Rights Expert Heard by Presidents, Dies at 71|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/obituaries/christopher-edley-jr-dead.html|date=May 13, 2024|last=Risen|first=Clay|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 13, 2024|archive-date=May 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514000829/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/obituaries/christopher-edley-jr-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-11 |title=Tragic News – The Passing of Chris Edley, Visionary and Beloved Dean |url=https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/message-from-dean-chemerinsky-tragic-news-the-passing-of-chris-edley-visionary-and-beloved-dean/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Berkeley Law |language=en-US |archive-date=May 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511222433/https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/message-from-dean-chemerinsky-tragic-news-the-passing-of-chris-edley-visionary-and-beloved-dean/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Published works==
==Published works==
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* {{cite book|author=Edley, Christopher Jr.|year=1998|title=Not All Black and White: Affirmative Action and American Values|isbn=0-374-52541-2|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/notallblackwhite0000edle}}
* {{Cite book |last=Edley |first=Christopher, Jr. |url=https://archive.org/details/notallblackwhite0000edle |title=Not All Black and White: Affirmative Action and American Values |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |year=1998 |isbn=0-374-52541-2 |url-access=registration}}
*Administrative Law: Rethinking Judicial Control of Bureaucracy
* {{Cite book |last=Edley |first=Christopher, Jr. |url=https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/administrative-law-rethinking-judicial-control-bureaucracy |title=Administrative Law: Rethinking Judicial Control of Bureaucracy |year=1990 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0300040791}}


==References==
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Chris Edley
Dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law
In office
2004–2013
Preceded byBob Berring (acting)
Succeeded byGillian Lester (acting)
Personal details
Born
Christopher Fairfield Edley Jr.

(1953-01-13)January 13, 1953
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedMay 10, 2024(2024-05-10) (aged 71)
Stanford, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMaria Echaveste
EducationSwarthmore College (BA)
Harvard University (JD, MPP)

Christopher Fairfield Edley Jr. (January 13, 1953 – May 10, 2024) was an American lawyer and the Dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law from 2004 to 2013.[1] He served as President of The Opportunity Institute, an organization he co-founded with Ann O'Leary in 2016.[2]

Early life

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Edley was born on January 13, 1953,[3] to Christopher F. Edley Sr., President of the United Negro College Fund, and Zaida Coles Edley, an actress and speech therapist.[4] He was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New Rochelle, New York.[5]

Career

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Edley was a leading figure in Democratic policy circles for four decades, serving as a senior member of five presidential campaigns, as an economic policy and budget official under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, and as a chair of the Obama-Biden transition team.[6] In 2011 he was appointed by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as co-chair of the congressionally chartered National Commission on Equity and Excellence in Education.[7][8]

Edley completed his undergraduate studies in mathematics at Swarthmore College, later serving on its Board of Managers, a position which his father had also held. Edley next attended Harvard Law School, becoming a professor of Administrative Law. Working with Gary Orfield, Edley founded the Harvard Civil Rights Project.[9]

Edley served as an advisor to President Clinton's One America Initiative, was a member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and chaired President Clinton's 1998 Affirmative Action Review. In the 2008 presidential election, he supported and advised candidate Barack Obama, one of his former students at Harvard Law School.[10]

Having served since 2004, Edley resigned as Dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law at the end of 2013 to undergo treatment for prostate cancer. In 2016, he returned to teaching law at Berkeley and served as interim dean of the UC Berkeley School of Education between 2021 and 2023.[5]

According to legal journalist Emily Bazelon, Edley "has written thoughtfully and moderately about affirmative action."[10]

Personal life

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Following two divorces, Edley married Maria Echaveste, the former deputy chief of staff for U.S. President Bill Clinton. He died from complications of surgery in Stanford, California on May 10, 2024, at the age of 71.[11][12]

Published works

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  • Edley, Christopher, Jr. (1998). Not All Black and White: Affirmative Action and American Values. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0-374-52541-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Edley, Christopher, Jr. (1990). Administrative Law: Rethinking Judicial Control of Bureaucracy. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300040791.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

References

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  1. ^ "Berkeley Law - Faculty Profiles". UC Berkeley School of Law. Archived from the original on May 21, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  2. ^ "New Non-Profit, The Opportunity Institute, Takes Unique Approach to Social Mobility". The Opportunity Institute. February 16, 2016.
  3. ^ Who's Who Among African Americans. Gale / Cengage Learning. May 1, 2003. ISBN 9780787659158.
  4. ^ McLellan, Dennis (May 8, 2003). "Christopher F. Edley, 75; Former Chief of United Negro College Fund". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 12, 2024. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Marquard, Bryan (June 9, 2024). "Christopher Edley Jr., Civil Rights Advocate in White House and Academia, Dies at 71". The Boston Globe. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  6. ^ "Dean Edley to Help Obama with White House Transition - Berkeley Law". Berkeley Law. November 6, 2008. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  7. ^ "Christopher Edley Jr". Alliance For Excellent Education. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  8. ^ Watson, Jamal (May 12, 2024). "Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away". Diverse. Archived from the original on May 12, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  9. ^ "Christopher Edley Jr". The Opportunity Institute. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  10. ^ a b Bazelon, Emily (November 26, 2007). "On the Advice of Counsel". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  11. ^ Risen, Clay (May 13, 2024). "Christopher Edley Jr., Civil Rights Expert Heard by Presidents, Dies at 71". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  12. ^ "Tragic News – The Passing of Chris Edley, Visionary and Beloved Dean". Berkeley Law. May 11, 2024. Archived from the original on May 11, 2024. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
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