Many of the faculty have already moved in at UCI and are preparing the school before it admits its first students.
The person who will coordinate admission, Victoria Ortiz, has moved from UC Berkeley.
“We are excited to be getting off the ground,” Ortiz said. “As far as I am concerned, the law school is about the students. If we don’t have students around, it gets pretty lonely.”
Ortiz made the decision to leave Berkeley to fill a similar capacity at UCI as the assistant dean of student services and director of admissions because this was a chance to build something from the ground up.
“This is the kind of opportunity that doesn’t present itself every day,” she said. “How could you say no to that?”
Ortiz added that the chance to work with Chemerinsky, as well as the team of faculty he has brought in, made the job worthwhile.
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FOUNDING FACULTY OF UCI’S LAW SCHOOL
Rebecca Avila, assistant dean of administration and finance. Avila is coming to UCI after serving as the senior associate dean of administration and finance at USC Annenberg School for Communication.
Rex Bossert, director of communications and public affairs. One of the two journalists getting on board at UCI, he is the former editor in chief of the National Law Journal.
Dan L. Burk, professor. Formerly a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, Burk is an expert in cyber law and biotechnology.
Charles Cannon, assistant dean of development and external affairs. Cannon is leaving after 19 years of work at UCLA, where he held numerous jobs, including in alumni relations, communications and special events.
