Akhil Reed Amar
D & L Straus Distinguished Visiting Professor, Fall 2006
B.A., summa cum laude; J.D., Yale University, 1980, 1984
Professor Amar is the Southmayd Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School, and is considered by many to be the most outstanding constitutional law scholar of his generation. He was the second youngest person to be tenured and given a chair in the Yale Law School's history. As an undergraduate he attended Yale College, where he majored in history and economics, won many prizes, earned a perfect grade point average, and was a star debater. Later, as a student at Yale Law School, he served as editor of the Yale Law Journal.
Professor Amar is the author of several distinguished scholarly books and law review articles, and is one of the most frequently quoted academics in America. His most recent book is American Constitution: A Biography (Random House 2005). He serves on the Board of Directors for the National Constitution Center.
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