Lawrence Lessig

Lawrence Lessig

Law professor, democracy activist

TED Speaker

Lawrence Lessig is a law professor who has been fighting for a representative democracy for nearly two decades — and now recognizes an even bigger threat is just ahead. He 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.

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Lawrence Lessig is a law professor who has been fighting for a representative democracy for nearly two decades — and now recognizes an even bigger threat is just ahead. He 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.

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