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Professor Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law School has agreed to an exclusive question-and-answer conversation on cresting case law and highlights of the new term at the U.S. Supreme Court. Michael P. Sams, Esq., and Kendra L. Berardi, Esq., will pitch tough questions about the relevance of key cases to the protection of civil liberties and the future of our nation’s democracy.

You’ve likely heard Amar speak on TV programs as diverse as The Colbert Report, Fareed Zakaria GPS, Erin Burnett Outfront, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Morning Joe, AC360, 11th Hour with Brian Williams, Fox News@Night,and Constitution USA with Peter Sagal. His scholarship also appears regularly in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Time, and The Atlantic. He’s authored more than 100 law review articles, and has published several award-winning books, the most recent of which, The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840, was released in 2021.

Professor Amar has dedicated his stellar career to understanding our nation’s most supreme document. He presents a unique and thought-engaging take on constitutional interpretation that blends Originalism with Liberalism – concepts often thought to be diametrically opposed. He is a brilliant teacher and scholar, and MCLE is excited to hear what he has to offer us.

Join in on this one-hour, virtual thought experiment that unfolds in a lively give-and-take. Learn from the dialog. Come away from this event better informed about our U.S. Constitution and its role and place in the national conversation going on now.

The Richard S. Milstein Lecture Series is made possible through the generosity of MCLE’s Founding Director, Richard S. Milstein, Esq., who values the importance of scholarly dialog on the present and future life of the law in Massachusetts. Prior speakers for the Lecture include Nina Totenberg of National Public Radio, Adam Liptak of The New York Times, Ronald Suskind of Harvard Law School, and Neal Katyal of Georgetown University Law Center and Hogan Lovells Washington, D.C.

You’re invited to this Lecture as Mr. Milstein’s guest!

 

Akhil Reed Amar is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, where he teaches constitutional law in both Yale College and Yale Law School. After graduating from Yale College, summa cum laude, in 1980 and from Yale Law School in 1984, and clerking for then Judge (later Justice) Stephen Breyer, Amar joined the Yale faculty in 1985 at the age of 26. He is Yale’s only living 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 over 45 cases—tops among scholars under age 65. He regularly testifies before Congress at the invitation of both parties; and in surveys of judicial citations and/or scholarly citations, he typically ranks among America’s five most-cited mid-career legal scholars. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has written widely for popular publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Time, and The Atlantic. He was an informal consultant to the popular TV show, The West Wing, and his scholarship has been showcased on many broadcasts, including The Colbert Report, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Morning Joe, AC360, 11th Hour with Brian Williams, Fox News @ Night with Shannon Bream, Fareed Zakaria GPS, Erin Burnett Outfront, and Constitution USA with Peter Sagal.

 

He is the author of more than a hundred law review articles and several books, most notably The Bill of Rights (1998—winner of the Yale University Press Governors’ Award), America’s Constitution (2005—winner of the ABA’s Silver Gavel Award), America’s Unwritten Constitution A(2012—named one of the year’s 100 best nonfiction books by The Washington Post), and The Constitution Today (2016—named one of the year’s top ten nonfiction books by Time magazine). His latest and most ambitious book, The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840, came out in May, 2021. He has recently launched a free weekly podcast, Amarica’s Constitution. A wide assortment of his articles and op-eds and video links to many of his public lectures and free online courses may be found at akhilamar.com.