Akhil Reed Amar is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. Having joined the Yale faculty in 1985 at the age of 26, he is Yale’s only currently active professor to have won the University’s unofficial triple crown—the Sterling Chair for scholarship, the DeVane Medal for teaching, and the Lamar Award for alumni service.
Amar’s work has won awards from both the American Bar Association and the Federalist Society, and he has been cited by Supreme Court justices across the spectrum in more than forty cases—tops in his generation.
He is the author of more than a hundred law review articles and several prizewinning books. His latest and most ambitious book, The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840, has just been published. A wide assortment of his articles and op-eds, and video links to various public lectures and free online courses may be found at akhilamar.com. Along with Andy Lipka, he cohosts a weekly podcast, Amarica’s Constitution.
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"The Words That Made Us" with Akhil Amar
Duke Student Chapter
Duke Law School210 Science Drive
Durham, NC 27708
"America's Constitution": A Live Podcast Recording
Yale Student Chapter
Yale Law School, Sterling Law Building, Room 127127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
14th Annual Rosenkranz Debate & Luncheon
2022 National Lawyers Convention
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20006
The Words That Made Us
George Mason Student Chapter
Scalia Law School3301 Fairfax Drive
Arlington , VA 22206
"Debating the Constitution" with Professor Akhil Amar & Professor Bruce Ackerman
Yale Student Chapter
Yale Law School127 Wall St.
New Haven, CT 06511
14th Annual Rosenkranz Debate & Luncheon
2022 National Lawyers Convention
The 2022 National Lawyers Convention will take place November 10-12, 2022 at the Mayflower Hotel...
14th Annual Rosenkranz Debate & Luncheon
2022 National Lawyers Convention
The 2022 National Lawyers Convention will take place November 10-12, 2022 at the Mayflower Hotel...
II: The Anti-Federalists: Planting Seeds of American Populism (Panel)
2022 National Student Symposium
There is a folk wisdom that connects the American War of Independence’s “no taxation without...
II: The Anti-Federalists: Planting Seeds of American Populism (Panel)
2022 National Student Symposium
There is a folk wisdom that connects the American War of Independence’s “no taxation without...
I: Were the Founders Themselves Originalists? (Panel)
2022 National Student Symposium
Theories of originalism and living constitutionalism currently vie for approval in the courts. Originalists find...