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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner at the home of UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and his wife, Law Professor Catherine Fisk

Tablet: Malak Afaneh, co-president of Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine, has claimed that Fisk assaulted her during a dinner Fisk hosted on April 9 at her private residence, which she shares with her husband, Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky. In a videoapparently filmed by a fellow student during the dinner, which Fisk and Chemerinsky hosted for graduating students, Afaneh is standing on the steps of their home, wearing a “Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions” T-shirt, holding a microphone, and attempting to deliver a speech—which she began with the Muslim greeting in Arabic. Fisk is seen approaching Afaneh from behind and touching her shoulder while grabbing the microphone and asking her to leave. 

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