Vikram D. Amar is the Daniel J. Dykstra Chair at the UC Davis Law School, and from 2015 to 2023 was the Dean at the College of Law of the University of Illinois. He has penned several books and over 100 scholarly articles and chapters.
His work is regularly cited by academics and courts — including the U.S. Supreme Court (where he clerked for Justice Harry A. Blackmun after graduating from Yale Law School.)