Prof. Akhil Reed Amar ’80, Law ’84, is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, where he teaches constitutional law in both Yale College and Yale Law School. He is the author of several books on constitutional law and history, including America’s Constitution: A Biography, America’s Unwritten Constitution, and his latest, The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840.  Prof. 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 40 cases.

A graduate of Yale College in 1980 and Yale Law School in 1984, he clerked for then Judge (and later Justice) Stephen Breyer.  He joined the Yale faculty in 1985 at the age of 26. Prof. Amar is also 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.

Please join us on Thursday, April 28 beginning at 6:30 pm at the Mark Twain House for a short reception.  Prof. Amar will discuss "The American Constitution: Past, Present, and Future" at 7 pm.  Please bring questions as Prof. Amar will lead a robust Q&A session after his formal remarks.

If interested, please register by sending an email to hartford.yale.club@gmail.com so we can send you details on the Carriage House venue at Mark Twain House.  Early registrants will receive a free copy of Prof. Amar's latest book The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840.

This event is free of charge and is made possible by generous contributions from members of the Yale Club of Hartford.