[1] In 2017, Fink became embroiled in a dispute with the University of California at Los Angeles regarding the non-renewal of his contract.

[5] Fink subsequently earned a Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern Law School and was admitted to the State Bar of California.

[citation needed] Fink began teaching as an adjunct professor at Southwestern Law School in 1993.

Fink designed and taught four[16] courses: Race, Sex & Politics: Free Speech on Campus; Free Speech in the Workplace; Entertainment Law;[17] and Abortion, Gun Control, and the Death Penalty: Arguing Contemporary Social Issues.

[18][19] Throughout the first half of 2017, Fink was engaged in an academic freedom dispute with UCLA administrators, leading to Laura E. Gómez (the former Dean of Social Sciences) opting not to promote him to Continuing Lecturer, effectively ending his employment with the Department of Communication Studies on June 30, 2017.