Vikram Amar

Vikram D. Amar
Born (1963-02-15) February 15, 1963 (age 61)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA)
Yale University (JD)
Scientific career
FieldsConstitutional Law,
Federal Courts,
Civil Procedure
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
University of California, Davis

Vikram David Amar (born February 15, 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.[1] He returned to the University of California, Davis School of Law as a Distinguished Professor of Law in 2023.[2]

  1. ^ "University of Illinois names Vikram Amar dean of the College of Law". University of Illinois College of Law. July 6, 2015. Archived from the original on August 8, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  2. ^ "Vikram D. Amar". U. C. Davis School of Law. The Regents of the University of California. Retrieved January 22, 2024.