Lawrence Lessig
American legal scholar and activist (born 1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Lawrence Lessing.
Lester Lawrence Lessig III (born June 3, 1961) is an American legal scholar and political activist. He is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the former director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University.[1] He is the founder of Creative Commons and Equal Citizens. Lessig was a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for president of the United States in the 2016 US presidential election but withdrew before the primaries.
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Born | Lester Lawrence Lessig III (1961-06-03) June 3, 1961 (age 62) Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. |
Education | University of Pennsylvania (BA, BS) Trinity College, Cambridge (MA) Yale University (JD) |
Known for | founding Creative Commons and Equal Citizens |
Title | Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University (2009–2015) |
Political party | Democratic |
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Spouse |
Bettina Neuefeind (m. 1999) |
Website | lessig |
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