UC BERKELEY LAW — Erwin Chemerinsky didn’t ease in slowly when his year-long term as the American Association of American Law Schools president began in January. The Berkeley Law dean’s opening address pointedly urged legal education to confront society’s increasingly vexing problems head-on. The theme for his presidency — how law schools can make a difference — reflected his belief in their ability and obligation to help propel positive change at a time when faith in America’s core institutions was buckling. Over the course of the year, his own law school did just that.