Vikram Amar
Vikram Amar is the Dean of the University of Illinois College of Law, where he also serves the Iwan Foundation Professor of Law. His primary fields of teaching and study are constitutional law, federal courts, and civil and criminal procedure. A fuller bio and CV can be found at https://www.law.illinois.edu/faculty/profile/VikramAmar, and he can be reached at [email protected].
Posts by Vikram Amar
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Law SchoolsThe New York Bar’s Misguided Discrimination Against Out-Of-State Law Schools
New York is a great state, and this overt favoritism is beneath it. -
Law SchoolsFirst Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Why You Should Incorporate 'Soft Skills' Into Your Legal Writing
The soft skills associated with good legal writing let you see your writing from your reader’s perspective. 
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First Monday Musings by Dean Vik Amar: Some Preliminary Thoughts On 2019 Bar-Pass Rates
If we are looking at all law schools throughout the country, and if the baseline is not 2018, but rather 2012 or 2013, then we are still far away from 'normalcy.'
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Law SchoolsFirst Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Tips For Law Students To Help Them Succeed In The Upcoming Interview Season (Part II)
Some solid advice on how to get the most out of the interview process and increase your chances of getting the job you want. -
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First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Tips For Law Students To Help Them Succeed In The Upcoming Interview Season
Some solid advice on how to get the most out of the interview process and increase your chances of getting the job you want. -
Law SchoolsFirst Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: What Can Law Profs Learn -- From Grading Exam Answers -- About How To Write Good Questions?
Four thoughts for law teachers to consider as they construct future exams. -
Law SchoolsFirst Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Sensitivity To The Possibility Of Long-Term Podium Pullback By Universities
The concern about the heckler’s veto is real, and important. But so too are universities’ concerns about safety and cost. -
Law SchoolsFirst Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Reflections On The Lawsuit Against Harvard Law Review
Efforts by law reviews to increase diversity need to be viewed in the larger context of attempts by law schools to diversify more generally. 
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Law SchoolsFirst Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Why 'Blind' Grading Prevalent At Law Schools Should Be Exported To Other Parts Of Education
Protecting students from biased assessments of their work and the work of their peers isn't the only advantage of blind grading. -
Law SchoolsFirst Monday Musings by Dean Vik Amar: A Few Interesting Topics At The January 2019 AALS Meeting
What's going on with the GRE v. LSAT debate for law schools, and how will schools deal with NALP's new rules? -
Law SchoolsFirst Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: UCLA Law Professor And Asian American Groups Question UC Admissions Policies
Though different in key respects from the Harvard admissions lawsuit, UC controversy is part of a larger focus on admissions treatment of Asian Americans. -
First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Reflections On The Harvard Admissions Trial
Even if the plaintiffs win in proving Harvard has unfairly treated Asians, the remedy they seek may be way too sweeping. -
Law SchoolsFirst Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Reflections On The Upcoming ‘Law School Docket’
What items are on the collective docket of American law schools in the near and intermediate futures?
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First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: 5 Pieces Of Advice For New (And Returning) Law Students
Important tips and tricks from a law school dean that will help you start the new academic year on the right foot. -
Law SchoolsFirst Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: A Helpful Conversation On Campus Speech Issues Featuring Erwin Chemerinsky And Geof Stone
How should free speech flare-ups on public university campuses be handled? -
Law SchoolsFirst Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of ABA Reaccreditation Of Law Schools
A law school dean's observations about the current state of the ABA accreditation business. -
Law SchoolsFirst Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Reflections On The 2018 AALS Meeting
Providing information that is relevant to prospective law students is only part of what law schools need to be doing as they try to get a better handle on future admissions trends. -
Law SchoolsFirst Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: What It Means For Newly Minted Lawyers To Take Their Oaths
The single most important profession over the next few decades may very well be the one new lawyers are entering today. -
Law SchoolsWhen Should Law Deans Or Other Academic Administrators Comment On Public Controversies?
First Monday Musings by Dean Vik Amar. -
Law Professors, Law Schools, Media and JournalismFirst Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Why We In Legal Academia Should Assist In Legal Journalism, But Do So Carefully
Legal academics can and should help educate the public about the law.
