Boalt Hall Dean Named to Obama’s Transition Team
By Stephanie M. Lee November 5, 2008 | 3:31 pm
Posted in: Academics and Administration, Local Elections 2008
The day after Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States, the Illinois senator announced his team that will help smooth the transition from one administration to the next, according to CNN.
One of the members on the advisory board is Christopher Edley, dean of UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law and Obama’s former professor at Harvard Law School. Edley campaigned for the senator during a rally in the spring.
Former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta, longtime Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett, and Pete Rouse, Obama’s Senate chief of staff, will oversee the operation, CNN reports.
[...] According to the The Chicago Tribune, UC Berkeley Law School Dean Christopher Edley is among those chosen by Obama to help him with the [...]
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