Evan H. Caminker (born June 26, 1961,

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) is a Dean Emeritus of the

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. As Dean, he succeeded Jeffrey S. Lehman, who resigned to become president of

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. Caminker was appointed Dean just as the

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issued a landmark ruling upholding the constitutionality of the Law School's affirmative action admissions policies, which had been challenged in a lawsuit filed by the

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. Caminker earned a B.A. in political economy and environmental studies, summa cum laude, from the

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, and his law degree from

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, where he was a

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of the '' Yale Law Journal''. He clerked for Judge William A. Norris of the

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, and Justice William Brennan of the United States Supreme Court. Prior to coming to the University of Michigan, Caminker was a faculty member at the

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. He has practiced law with the Center for Law in the Public Interest in Los Angeles, and as a deputy assistant attorney general in the

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. As a scholar, his research is focused on constitutional law and the nature of judicial decision making. Caminker describes his background in his early years as "a born-and-raised, beach volleyball-playing, suntan-searching Los Angelino."

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University of Michigan Law School Faculty Profile: Evan H. CaminkerDean's Welcome page at UM Law School
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