Nationality United States Siblings Akhil Amar Fields Constitutional law | Role University Professor Name Vikram Amar | |
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Born c. 1963 (age 51–52) Institutions University of Illinois College of Law, University of California, Davis School of Law Alma mater Las Lomas High School,
University of California, Berkeley,
Yale Law School Education University of California, Berkeley, Yale University, Yale Law School, Las Lomas High School Books Constitutional Law - 2013, American Civil Procedur, Constitutional Law - Cases an, Constitutional Law 2012: Cases an Similar People Akhil Amar, Mark Tushnet, Neal Katyal | ||
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Vikram David Amar (born c. 1963) is an American legal scholar focusing on constitutional law, federal courts, and civil and criminal procedure. In August 2015, he became dean of the University of Illinois College of Law and the Iwan Foundation Professor of Law. He is at present the only person of South Asian descent serving as a dean of a major American law school.
Prior to his arrival at Illinois Law, Amar was professor and senior associate dean for academic affairs at the UC Davis School of Law (King Hall). Before becoming a professor, he clerked for Judge William Albert Norris of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for Justice Harry Blackmun at the U.S. Supreme Court (where he appears to be the first person of South Asian heritage to have clerked). After serving as a clerk, Amar worked in the Sacramento office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, then began his career in legal academia in 1993 at King Hall. He joined the UC Hastings faculty in 1998, before returning to King Hall in 2007.
Amar received a BA in history from UC Berkeley. In 1988 he earned his J.D. from Yale Law School, serving as an articles editor for the Yale Law Journal.
He writes a biweekly column for justia.com. Previously, he wrote a regular column for FindLaw's Writ. He also frequently appears on national radio and television programs as a commentator on contemporary legal issues.
Born and raised in Northern California, Amar has two brothers: Akhil Amar is Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School, and Arun Amar is a professor of neurosurgery at USC in Los Angeles.