Christopher Fairfield Edley, Jr. (1953-2024) served on the Harvard Law School faculty from 1981 to 2004. He was an Assistant Professor of Law 1981-1987; and Professor of Law 1987-2004. He served as Faculty Director, Public Interest Program 1990-1992; and Co-Director, The Civil Rights Project 1996-2004.
Research: Environmental law, civil rights research and practice, criminal justice, administrative law, education law.
Education: Swarthmore College A.B. 1973; Harvard Law School J.D. 1978; Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government M.P.P. 1978.
Selected Scholarship / Representative Publications: “Administrative Law: Rethinking Judicial Control of Bureaucracy” (1990); “Not all Black and White: Affirmative Action, Race, and American Values” (1996); “Changing Places: How Communities Will Improve the Health of Boys of Color” (co-editor, 2010).
Noteworthy Appointments: Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget under President Clinton; Dean, University of Berkeley School of Law, 2004-2013.