# Lawrence Lessig
|  | Lester **Lawrence Lessig** III 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. Lessig was a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for president of the United States in the 2016 US presidential election but withdrew before the primaries. |
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| | wikipedia:: [Lawrence Lessig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig) |
> [!summary]- Wikipedia Synopsis
> Lester **Lawrence 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. Lessig was a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for president of the United States in the 2016 US presidential election but withdrew before the primaries.
Co-created [[Creative Commons]]
Spoke with him after his TedX KC talk - [Of course it matters | Lawrence Lessig | TEDxKC - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erph1L_XwVQ)
Born in [[Rapid City, SD]]
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## Other Notes Related to `= this.file.name`, `= this.of` or `= this.for` or `= this.re` or `= this.in`
```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID
file.link AS Name, in AS In, of AS Of, for AS For, re AS Re, as AS As, contact AS Contact, url AS URL, date AS Date
FROM #Type
WHERE
(
(
any(contains(for, this.for))
OR
any(contains(of, this.for))
OR
any(contains(by, this.for))
OR
any(contains(in, this.for))
OR
any(contains(re, this.for))
OR
any(contains(as, this.for))
AND
this.for
)
OR
(
any(contains(of, this.of))
OR
any(contains(for, this.of))
OR
any(contains(by, this.of))
OR
any(contains(in, this.of))
OR
any(contains(re, this.of))
OR
any(contains(as, this.of))
AND
this.of
)
OR
(
any(contains(of, this.in))
OR
any(contains(for, this.in))
OR
any(contains(by, this.in))
OR
any(contains(in, this.in))
OR
any(contains(re, this.in))
OR
any(contains(as, this.in))
AND
this.in
)
OR
(
any(contains(of, this.as))
OR
any(contains(for, this.as))
OR
any(contains(by, this.as))
OR
any(contains(in, this.as))
OR
any(contains(re, this.as))
OR
any(contains(as, this.as))
AND
this.as
)
OR
(
any(contains(for, this.file.name))
OR
any(contains(for, this.file.link))
OR
any(contains(of, this.file.name))
OR
any(contains(of, this.file.link))
OR
any(contains(in, this.file.name))
OR
any(contains(in, this.file.link))
OR
any(contains(by, this.file.name))
OR
any(contains(by, this.file.link))
OR
any(contains(re, this.file.name))
OR
any(contains(re, this.file.link))
OR
any(contains(as, this.file.name))
OR
any(contains(as, this.file.link))
)
AND file.name !=this.file.name
)
SORT file.etags DESC, date DESC, file.link ASC
```