Lawrence Lessig | |
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Born | Lester Lawrence Lessig III June 3, 1961 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) |
Children | 3 |
Website | lessig |
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 of Equal Citizens. Lessig was a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for president of the United States in the 2016 U.S. presidential election but withdrew before the primaries.