> Lester **Lawrence Lessig** III (born June 3, 1961) is an American legal scholar, academic, 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 U.S. presidential election but withdrew before the primaries. > > [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence%20Lessig)