Christopher Edley, Jr., quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, January 6, 2013

“Obama teaches the nation about race just by being before our eyes and on our minds every day,” Edley said. But in the “cold politics of race,” he said, any attempt from the liberal side to add a racial perspective to national debates is likely to backfire―in particular, if it comes from a nonwhite president…. “I don’t expect a pragmatist like Obama to change his leadership style to that of moral crusader.”

Christopher Edley quoted in The New York Times, November 7, 2012

“Will he be more pugnacious and more willing to swing for the fences on domestic issues, judicial appointments and so forth?” asked Christopher Edley Jr., a dean of the law school at the University of California, Berkeley, and a longtime Obama friend who has been disappointed at times. “You can react to a narrow victory by trimming your sails, or you can decide ‘What the hell, let’s sail into the storm and make sure this has meant something.'”

Christopher Edley quoted in The Phoenix, November 1, 2012

“Students will discover that when they become alumni, they will take any opportunity to come back and visit,” said Christopher Edley Jr. ’73, Dean of UC-Berkeley Boalt School of Law and speaker of the highlight of the weekend, the McCabe Lecture entitled “Creating the K-16 Education System American Needs.”

Christopher Edley quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, October 16, 2012

Christopher Edley Jr., the head of UC Berkeley School of Law, said he was concerned about “the students’ actions off campus, but it’s up to the Nevada legal system to examine the facts and rule in this case. It’s premature to speculate about any possible consequences. The justice system must run its course.”

Christopher Edley quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 1, 2012

The “terrible shape” of the economy combined with potential donors’ perceptions of the UC system made securing the money difficult, Mr. Edley said in an interview. “Many donors felt that with the size of the UC, we should be able to finance these investments internally,” he said. “They apparently weren’t sensitive to the serious effects of state budget cuts.”

Christopher Edley quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 1, 2012

The “terrible shape” of the economy combined with potential donors’ perceptions of the UC system made securing the money difficult, Mr. Edley said in an interview. “Many donors felt that with the size of the UC, we should be able to finance these investments internally,” he said. “They apparently weren’t sensitive to the serious effects of state budget cuts.”

Christopher Edley cited in Los Angeles Times, September 13, 2012

In May, a separate draft report about campus responses to civil disobedience across UC urged administrators to use mediation instead of confrontation in most cases, although it said pepper spray might remain a necessary tool of last resort. A final version of that report, by UC Berkeley law school Dean Christopher Edley and UC general counsel Charles Robinson, was released Thursday with no major policy changes.

A similar story appeared in The Davis Enterprise

Christopher Edley quoted in San Jose Mercury News, July 24, 2012

“I worry that jumping into what our private peer institutions are doing feels a little like me-tooism rather than a vision,” he said. “Our mission has to do more with figuring out how to serve the thousands of California students who won’t fit on a UC campus. It risks being a distraction from the somewhat urgent need to figure this stuff out.”

Christopher Edley cited in Financial Times, June 22, 2012

Shortly after Obama appointed the ebullient Rahm Emanuel as his White House chief of staff, he received a call from Christopher Edley, dean of the Berkeley law school. Edley thought the president-elect had made an unwise decision and should rethink. Obama was irritated…. Here, also, the difference with Clinton is telling.