BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MARCH 6, 2000 ISSUE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY L. Lawrence Lessig III BORN June 3, 1961 in Rapid City, S.D. Grew up in Williamsport, Pa. JOB Constitutional lawyer, a professor at the Berkman Center for the Internet & Society at Harvard. Adviser to Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson in the Microsoft antitrust case. EDUCATION BS in economics from Wharton, 1983; master's in philosophy from Trinity College, Cambridge University, 1986; J.D. Yale, 1989. Clerked for U.S. Circuit Court Judge Richard Posner and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. HIS TAKE ON SCALIA ''I was a token [liberal] in Scalia's chambers. He loves to argue. It was great fun--for him. I was outnumbered.'' PHILOSOPHY In his new book Code, and Other Laws of Cyberspace, Lessig argues that the Internet can threaten privacy, free speech, and innovation if it's not properly overseen by courts and legislatures. He calls for a judicious balance between letting the market work and preventing companies--or government--from exerting too much control. ROLE IN THE MICROSOFT CASE His brief, requested by Judge Jackson, shows a way for the judge to find Microsoft guilty of antitrust violations without running afoul of the appellate courts. WHO FRIENDS JOKINGLY SAY HE RESEMBLES Oedipus, the mythical Greek king who killed his father. Why? Because he disagrees with mentors Posner and Scalia on key areas of the law. FAMILY Last year married Bettina Neuefeind, a German-born lawyer who investigated Kosovo war crimes. BOLDEST ACT Smuggling a heart valve into the Soviet Union for a Jewish dissident in 1985. He hid it in the crotch of his pants. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					RELATED ITEMS The Paul Revere of the Web RESUME: L. Lawrence Lessig III INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

Copyright 2000-2009, by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Use   Privacy Notice