William Taylor

The UC Board of Regents has reached a settlement to avoid tenure proceedings against former UC Berkeley School of Law dean Sujit Choudhry and has settled a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Tyann Sorrell, who served as Choudhry's executive assistant.

About 40 students and community members gathered on Sproul Plaza on Wednesday afternoon and later marched through the Berkeley Law campus protesting Choudhry’s return, as well as the publication of an open letter written by Choudhry and published in The Daily Californian’s opinion section Tuesday.

Former UC Berkeley law dean Sujit Choudhry filed a new grievance with a campus faculty committee after it determined — in an initial examination — that he failed to show that launching a second investigation of his behavior is unjust.

A week ago, UC Berkeley sophomore Chelsea Evans drove to UCLA to visit her boyfriend. But before she could meet him at his residence hall, UCLA security guided her into lockdown on the first floor of the building. Instead of reuniting with her boyfriend face-to-face, she was left texting him from a supply room surrounded by strangers. There was a gunman on campus.

Former UC Berkeley School of Law dean Sujit Choudhry filed a grievance letter with a campus faculty committee Friday, alleging that administrators violated campus policies by launching a second disciplinary process against him in the aftermath of recent sexual harassment allegations against him.