UC-Irvine rehires Erwin Chemerinsky

By way of Law Blog Central's summary of Althouse, MoneyLaw has just learned that UC-Irvine has rehired Erwin Chemerinsky.

Editor's note: The image accompanying this post comes courtesy of the Office of the Chancellor of the University of California at Irvine. It portrays Chancellor Michael Drake not with Erwin Chemerinsky, but with UC-Irvine's mascot, Peter the Anteater.

Update, 5:34 p.m. Eastern: Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, we now have a joint image of Chancellor Drake and soon-to-be Dean Chemerinsky. In addition, Brian Leiter has commented on the appointment.