Slumped in a chair in his office, UC Berkeley law Dean Christopher Edley looks relaxed. But Boalt Hall, and the rest of the Berkeley campus, is a war zone.
Although the economy is flailing and the tattered state budget has dramatically limited the university's ability to hire new faculty, UC Berkeley's top-tier competitors don't appear to be slowing their campaigns to lure away the school's professors. Offers from top private schools are still hitting Berkeley departments struggling to maintain prestige.

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