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Akhil Amar is an American legal scholar and Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School. He is a leading authority on constitutional law, and his work has been cited by Supreme Court justices in their opinions. He is the author of several books, including America's Constitution: A Biography, The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction, and America's Unwritten Constitution: The Precedents and Principles We Live By. Amar was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and grew up in Los Angeles, California. He received his B.A. from Yale University in 1980 and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1984. After graduating from law school, he clerked for Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He then served as a professor at the University of California, Davis School of Law from 1985 to 1994, before joining the faculty at Yale Law School. Amar is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He has received numerous awards, including the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award, the American Constitution Society's Liberty Award, and the American Law Institute's Henry J. Friendly Medal. He has also been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, Stanford Law School, and the University of Chicago Law School. As of 2021, Akhil Amar's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.

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Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 6 September, 1958
Birthday 6 September
Birthplace Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Nationality United States

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2008

In 2008, U.S. presidential candidate Mike Gravel said that he would name Amar to the Supreme Court if elected President.

2007

Amar has repeatedly served as a Visiting Professor of Law at Pepperdine School of Law and at Columbia Law School and was recently a visiting professor at University of Pennsylvania Law School. He has also lectured for One Day University. He was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.

1999

In the Winter 1999 edition of the Hofstra Law Review, Amar criticized the Clinton impeachment and stated that it demonstrated how impeachment can be used as a weapon which causes "grave disruption" during elections.

1980

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 Stephen Breyer was still a judge on the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

1976

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.

1958

Akhil Reed Amar (born September 6, 1958) is an American legal scholar known for his expertise in constitutional law and criminal procedure. He holds the position of Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. A Legal Affairs poll placed Amar among the top 20 contemporary US legal thinkers.