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Vikram D. Amar
University of California, Davis School of Law
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Expertise
- Criminal Law
- Constitutional Law
- Civil Procedure (Including Civil Litigation And Complex Litigation)
- Remedies
- Appellate Advocacy
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 157473
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Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
- Distinguished Professor of Law
- University of California, Davis School of Law
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- Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs - 2008-2015; Professor of Law - 2007-2015; Professor of Law -1997-1998.
- Dean and Iwan Foundation Professor of Law, College of Law, University of Illinois
- University of Illinois College of Law at Urbana-Champaign
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- Professor of Law
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law
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- Visiting Professor of Law
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law
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- Visiting Professor of Law, 2007
- Visiting Professor of Law
- UCLA School of Law
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- Acting Professor of Law
- University of California, Davis School of Law
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- Associate
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
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- Law Clerk to Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun
- United States Supreme Court
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- Law Clerk to Judge William A. Norris
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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Education
- Yale Law School
- J.D. (1988)
- Activities: Articles editor for the Yale Law Journal
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- University of California - Berkeley
- B.A. (1985) | History
- Honors: Distinction in Scholarship, Recipient of Kraft Prize
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Professional Associations
- American Law Institute (ALI)
- Elected Member
- - Current
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- Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Gale Publishing Co.)
- Consultant
- - Current
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- National Association of Attorneys General
- Consultant
- - Current
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- Center for Civic Education, Calabasas, CA
- Consultant
- - Current
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- California State Bar # 157473
- Member
- - Current
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Publications
Articles & Publications
- Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials (with Jonathan D. Varat and Evan Caminker, 16th ed., Westbury, N.Y.:
- Foundation Press (with 2023 Supp.)
- Supplement for Rotunda and Nowakâs Treatise on Constitutional Law: Substance and Procedure 5th Volumes 1-6 (with Akhil Reed Amar and Steven Calabresi)
- Thomson Reuters
- Federal Practice and Procedure, Jurisdiction 3d Vol.17 (with Charles A. Wright and Arthur R. Miller, St. Paul
- West Group, (with 2022 Supplement)
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Videos
Breaking Down the Bench: Key Rulings From the 2023 2024 Supreme Court Term
Join us for another lively Supreme Court Term discussion as Professors Amar and Dorf return to discuss the leading cases the Supreme Court decided in its most recent Term, as...
2023 24 Supreme Court Term Preview
Join Professors Vikram David Amar and Michael C. Dorf for a members-only webinar offering an overview of key cases for the upcoming Supreme Court term. The discussion will explore matters...
2022-23 Supreme Court Term in Review
Professors Vikram Amar and Michael Dorf will discuss the leading cases the Supreme Court decided in its most recent Term, as well as those issues that the Court failed to...
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