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Lawrence Lessig
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American academic, political activist
Lawrence Lessig is an American academic and political activist who focuses on legal and technological issues. His work matters because he advocates for changes to how laws govern digital technology and political systems, influencing public debate about copyright, internet freedom, and campaign finance reform.
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Lessig
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Rapid City
- Occupation
- teacher
- Employer
- Stanford University
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- law
- Official website
- lessig.org
- Image
- Lessig portrait.jpg
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- Lawrence Lessig
- date of birth
- 1961-06-03
- nickname
- Larry Lessig
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- name in native language
- Lawrence Lessig
- writing language
- English language
- social media followers
- 4141
- clerked for
- Antonin Scalia
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Encyclopedic overview
Lester Lawrence "Larry" 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. 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 U.S. presidential election but withdrew before the primaries.
Life and career
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