University of Illinois College of Law has named West Coast law professor Vikram Amar as its new dean effective Aug. 16.Monday’s announcement comes 16 months after the resignation of the school’s previous dean and three months after the school named Amar one of its three finalists.“I’ve been working with them for a number of weeks,” Amar, 52, said.He added that he and the school have “been proceeding in the expectation that this would work out” since May.Amar’s 2015-16 salary …