Fall 2014 Donoho Colloquium: Lawrence Lessig, activist and legal scholar

Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law professor and creator of the May Day Pac for campaign finance reform, will discuss "How to save Democracy without being too Democrat/Republican"

October 20, 2014
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location
Filene Auditorium, Moore Building
Sponsored by
Neukom Institute
Audience
Public
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Victoria Smith
603-646-8737

Joins us for the Fall 2014 Donoho Colloquium when Professor Lawrence Lessig will offer his views on "The Cross-Partisan Challenge: How to Save Democracy Without Being Too Democrat/Republican"

Free and open to the public; reception to follow

Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School, director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, and founder of Rootstrikers, a network of activists leading the fight against government corruption. He has authored numerous books, including Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Our Congress—and a Plan to Stop It, Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, Free Culture, and Remix. Lessig holds a BA in economics and a BS in management from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in philosophy from Cambridge, and a JD from Yale. As Professor at Stanford Law School, Lessig founded the school’s Center for Internet and Society. He clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court.

Details: http://neukom.dartmouth.edu/donoho_colloquium/lawrence_lessig.html

 

Location
Filene Auditorium, Moore Building
Sponsored by
Neukom Institute
Audience
Public
More information
Victoria Smith
603-646-8737