Yale Kamisar

Yale Kamisar (August 29, 1929 – January 30, 2022) was an American legal scholar and writer who was the Clarence Darrow Distinguished University Professor of Law Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. A "nationally recognized authority on constitutional law and criminal procedure", Kamisar is known as the "father of Miranda" for his influential role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona.

Early life and education Kamisar was born in New York City on August 29, 1929. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. His father, Samuel (1903–1976), worked as a bakery salesman; his mother, Mollie (Levine) (1909–1985), was a housewife. His twin sister was Bernice Adler née Kamisar (1929–2017). Kamisar was awarded a scholarship to study at New York University, he was accepted into Columbia Law School, but was forced to put his studies on hiatus to serve in the Korean War from 1951 to 1953. Kamisar also co-wrote Criminal Justice in Our Time. His writings were arguably the most influential in Miranda v. Arizona (1966). Wayne R. LaFave, Marc Spindelman, Jerold H. Israel, Eve L. Brensike, Welsh S. White, and Jeffrey S. Lehman, among others.

Kamisar joined the faculty at the University of San Diego School of Law in 2000 and became a full-time, tenured professor there in 2002. He had three sons David, Gordon and Jonathan with his first wife.

Kamisar died on January 30, 2022, at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was 92 years old, and was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.