Akhil Reed Amar
| Akhil Amar | |
|---|---|
| Born | Akhil Reed Amar September 6, 1958 Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields |
Constitutional law Criminal procedure Federal jurisdiction Legal history |
| Institutions |
Yale Law School Columbia Law School |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Notable students |
John Yoo Neal Katyal Chris Coons Michael Bennet Jake Sullivan Cory Booker Sarah Cleveland Cyrus Habib |
Akhil Reed Amar (born September 6, 1958) is an American legal scholar, an expert on constitutional law and criminal procedure. Formerly the Southmayd Professor of Law at Yale Law School, he was named Sterling Professor of Law in 2008 and Adjunct Professor of Law in Columbia Law School in 2016. A Legal Affairs poll placed Amar among the top 20 contemporary US legal thinkers.
Amar was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where his parents were medical students from India studying at the University of Michigan. His parents later became U.S. citizens. He graduated from Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California in 1976. His brother, Vikram Amar, is dean of the University of Illinois College of Law.
Amar is a summa cum laude graduate of Yale College (B.A., 1980) and a graduate of the Yale Law School (J.D. 1984), where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. Amar clerked for future U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer when he was a judge on the First Circuit Court of Appeals.
Amar is the author of numerous publications and books, most recently The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issues of our Era. The Supreme Court has cited his work in over thirty cases.
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