Berkeley Law hires ousted left-wing prosecutor to run new legal clinic.
Voters recalled Boudin from his position as San Fran district attorney
The University of California Berkeley’s law school just announced that it hired Chesa Boudin, a former prosecutor who was booted from office, to run its new legal clinic.
San Francisco voters booted Boudin from the district attorney job in a 2022 recall election, but now he is back to work, running Berkeley Law’s new Criminal Law & Justice Center. He left in disgrace just two and a half years after he started the job.
Boudin is the son of Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, who both served time in prison for murder and robbery in connection to their involvement in the Weather Underground. The Berkeley news release notes that Boudin was raised by his “adoptive parents,” but never names them – he was raised by domestic terrorist Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.
Related: Ex-Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot headed to Harvard to teach.
Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will teach a course at Harvard later this year on “Health Policy and Leadership,” she announced on Thursday.
“I’ve always loved teaching, and the opportunity to get back to it is something I am really excited about,” Lightfoot said in a statement. “I learned a lot over the past four years, and this gives me an opportunity to share my experiences and perceptions of governing through one of the most challenging chapters in American history.”
On the Right, safety nets are scarcer.
h/t Glenn