Norman Abrams

Norman Abrams (born July 7, 1933) is an American academic, and Professor Emeritus at the UCLA School of Law. He succeeded Albert Carnesale on 30 June 2006 as interim-chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles until his permanent replacement, Gene D. Block, was appointed on 1 August 2007. He was the first person of Jewish descent to hold the Chancellor position at UCLA. He is the author of Federal Criminal Law and Its Enforcement (with Beale and Klein) and Anti-Terrorism and Criminal Enforcement as well as co-author of Evidence - Cases and Materials with Judge Jack B. Weinstein.