Vikram Amar

Vikram D. Amar
Born c. 1963 (age 48–49)
Nationality United States
Fields Constitutional law, Complex litigation
Institutions University of California, Davis School of Law
Alma mater Las Lomas High School,
University of California, Berkeley,
Yale Law School

Vikram David Amar (born c. 1963) is professor and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the UC Davis School of Law (King Hall). Before becoming a professor, he clerked for Judge William A. Norris of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for Justice Harry Blackmun at the Supreme Court of the United States. 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 B.A. in History from the University of California at Berkeley. In 1988 he earned his J.D. from Yale Law School.[1]

He writes a regular column for Findlaw's Writ. He also frequently appears on national radio and television programs as a commentator on contemporary legal issues.

Amar's brother, Akhil Amar, is Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

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