Editing Lawrence Lessig (section)

== Life and career ==
[[File:IntervjuLessig.ogv|thumb|300px|Interview with Lawrence Lessig in 2009]]
Lessig was born on June 3, 1961, in [[Rapid City, South Dakota]] to Lester Lawrence "Jack" Lessig II (1929–2020) who was an engineer and Patricia "Pat" West Lessig (1930–2019), a real estate agent.<ref>{{cite web | title= Lester L. 'Jack' Lessig Jr. News, Sports, Jobs - Williamsport Sun-Gazette| website=Williamsport Sun-Gazette | date=10 May 2020 | url=https://www.sungazette.com/obituaries/2020/05/lester-l-jack-lessig-jr/ | access-date=9 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/10.10/lessig_pr.html|title=Wired 10.10: Lawrence Lessig's Supreme Showdown|magazine=wired.com|date=October 2002|access-date=August 25, 2015|archive-date=October 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025135138/http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/10.10/lessig_pr.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Steve |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofne2003unse |title=Lessig, Lawrence |work= |year=2003 |isbn=9780761923824 |doi=10.4135/9781412950657 |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sungazette.com/obituaries/2019/05/patricia-west-lessig-pat/ |title=Patricia West Lessig 'Pat' |access-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-date=July 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725104501/http://www.sungazette.com/obituaries/2019/05/patricia-west-lessig-pat/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He has two older step-siblings, Robert (died 2019) and Kitty, and a younger biological sister, Leslie. He grew up in [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania]]. He graduated from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in 1983 with a double degree [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[economics]] and a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] in management. He then studied [[philosophy]] at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], receiving a [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|M.A.]] in 1986. Lessig then returned to the United States to attend law school. He did his first year at the [[University of Chicago Law School]] before transferring to [[Yale Law School]], and graduated in 1989 with a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree.

After graduation from law school, Lessig was a [[law clerk]] for [[Richard Posner]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit|U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]] from 1989 to 1990, and then for Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] from 1990 to 1991.<ref name="resume">{{cite web|last=Lawrence |first=Lessig |title=Curriculum Vitae |url=http://www.lessig.org/info/resume/ |access-date=July 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707013742/http://www.lessig.org/info/resume/ |archive-date=July 7, 2010 }}</ref>

Lessig started his academic career at the [[University of Chicago Law School]], where he was professor from 1991 to 1997. As co-director of its Center for the Study of Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe, he helped the newly independent [[Georgia (country)|Republic of Georgia]] draft a constitution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/951207/georgia.shtml|title=Center helps Eastern European countries shape constitutions|access-date=January 13, 2016|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090612/http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/951207/georgia.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> From 1997 to 2000, he was at [[Harvard Law School]], holding for a year the chair of Berkman Professor of Law, affiliated with the [[Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society]].<ref name="resume" /> He subsequently joined [[Stanford Law School]], where he established the [[Stanford Center for Internet and Society]].<ref name="short-bio">{{cite web|last=Lawrence |first=Lessig |title=Short Biography |url=http://www.lessig.org/info/bio// |access-date=July 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722035945/http://www.lessig.org/info/bio/ |archive-date=July 22, 2010 }}</ref>

Lessig returned to Harvard in July 2009 as professor and director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics.<ref name="hl-news">{{cite news|title=Lawrence Lessig named professor of law at HLS, director of Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics |url=http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/2008/12/12_lessig.html |access-date=July 25, 2010 |newspaper=Harvard Law School |date=December 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010122412/http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/2008/12/12_lessig.html |archive-date=October 10, 2009 }}</ref> In 2013, Lessig was appointed as the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard; his chair lecture was entitled "Aaron's Laws: Law and Justice in a Digital Age."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HAw1i4gOU4 Lessig on "Aaron's Laws – Law and Justice in a Digital Age"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324010436/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HAw1i4gOU4 |date=March 24, 2013 }}. YouTube (2013-02-20). Retrieved on 2013-09-19.</ref><ref>[http://harvardcrcl.org/2013/02/19/a-summary-of-laurence-lessigs-chair-lecture-at-harvard-law-school/ Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review – A summary of Lawrence Lessig's Chair Lecture at Harvard Law School]. Harvardcrcl.org. Retrieved on 2013-09-19. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116180047/http://harvardcrcl.org/2013/02/19/a-summary-of-laurence-lessigs-chair-lecture-at-harvard-law-school/ |date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref>