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200px indian american united states constitutional law , complex litigation university of california , davis school of law 1963 vikram amar
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vikram amar

vikram david amar -lrb- born 1963 -rrb- is professor and the associate dean for academic affairs at the uc davis school of law -lrb- king hall -rrb- .
before becoming a professor , he clerked for judge william a. norris of the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit and for justice harry blackmun at the supreme court of the united states .
after serving as a clerk , amar worked in the sacramento office of gibson , dunn & crutcher , then began his career in legal academia in 1993 at king hall .
he joined the uc hastings faculty in 1998 , before returning to king hall in 2007 .
in july 2015 , the university of illinois college of law announced that amar was named as the next dean .
amar will assume the deanship , and also become the iwan foundation professor of law , on august 16 .
amar received a ba in history from the university of california at berkeley .
in 1988 he earned his j.d. from yale law school .
he writes a regular column for findlaw 's writ .
he also frequently appears on national radio and television programs as a commentator on contemporary legal issues .
amar 's brother , akhil amar , is sterling professor of law at yale law school .
