Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School. Prior to returning to Harvard, he taught at Stanford Law School, where he founded the Center for Internet and Society, and at the University of Chicago. He clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court.
Lessig is a founding board member of Creative Commons and serves on the Scientific Board of AXA Research Fund. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Association, he has received numerous awards including a Webby, the Free Software Foundation's Freedom Award, Scientific American 50 Award, and Fastcase 50 Award.
Cited by The New Yorker as “the most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era,” Lessig has focused much of his career on law and technology, especially as it affects copyright. His current work addresses “institutional corruption”—relationships which, while legal, weaken public trust in an institution—especially as that affects democracy.
His books include: Fidelity & Constraint: How the Supreme Court Has Read the American Constitution (2019), America, Compromised (2018), Republic, Lost v2 (2015), Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It (2011), Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy (2008), Code v2 (2006), The Future of Ideas (2001), and Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (1999).
Lessig holds a BA in economics and a BS in management from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in philosophy from Cambridge University, and a JD from Yale.
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Panel IV: Constitutions, Elections, and Procedure – (How) Can We Change How We Separate Powers?
2024 National Student Symposium
Harvard Law School1585 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
The State of the Research on the Privileges or Immunities Clause
Harvard Student Chapter
Harvard Law SchoolAustin Hall
Cambridge, MA 02138
The Future of the Electoral College
Harvard Student Chapter
Harvard Law School1563 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Luncheon Debate: Resolved: The Electoral College Should Be Abrogated
22nd Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
The Omni Shoreham Hotel2500 Calvert St NW
Washington, DC 20008
Panel IV: Constitutions, Elections, and Procedure – (How) Can We Change How We Separate Powers?
2024 National Student Symposium
Suppose we don’t like how our governmental powers are separated. Perhaps we think the executive...
Panel IV: Constitutions, Elections, and Procedure – (How) Can We Change How We Separate Powers?
2024 National Student Symposium
Suppose we don’t like how our governmental powers are separated. Perhaps we think the executive...
The State of the Research on the Privileges or Immunities Clause
Harvard Student Chapter
Event Video: The State of the Research on the Privileges or Immunities Clause
Luncheon Debate: Resolved: The Electoral College Should Be Abrogated
22nd Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
On January 3-4, 2020, the Federalist Society hosted its 22nd annual Faculty Conference at the...
Luncheon Debate: Resolved: The Electoral College Should Be Abrogated
22nd Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
On January 3-4, 2020, the Federalist Society hosted its 22nd annual Faculty Conference at the...