Associate Dean Amar Comments on Justice Souter for NY Times Online
Associate Dean Vikram Amar commented on retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter's contributions to the Court in "Room for Debate," a feature of the New York Times website. Dean Amar, one of a group of 10 legal scholars contributing brief essays on Justice Souter, wrote on his impressions of Souter's personality based on a private meeting he had with the Justice shortly after the November 2008 election.
Vikram Amar, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Law with the UC Davis School of Law, is a national authority in the fields of constitutional law, civil procedure, criminal procedure, and remedies. His biweekly column for FindLaw.com, the leading provider of online legal information, centers on his expertise in constitutional law.