NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release:  March 30, 2016

Nassau Community College Presents

The Supreme Court and the 2016 Presidential Election

 

Recent Presidential Candidate & Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig

April 27  

Garden City, NY – The Nassau Community College Cultural Program will present The Supreme Court and the 2016 Presidential Election on Wednesday, April 27 at 12:30 p.m. in Room 252/253 of the College Center Building. During the program, Lawrence Lessig, who was a recent presidential candidate and is the "Internet's most celebrated lawyer," will speak about his crusade for campaign finance reform and his clarion call to "fix democracy now." (Download hi res image)

Lawrence Lessig holds a BA in economics, a BS in management, an MA in philosophy and a JD from Yale Law School. He occupies a unique place at the intersection of transformative ideas, citizen activism, and the future of law, digital technologies and democracy itself. His signature rapid-fire presentation style, known as the "Lessig Method" uses dynamic topography and thought-provoking visuals to seize attention and deeply inform.

Lessig, a New York Times bestselling author, first became known for developing the very foundations of Internet law, allowing the sharing of copyrighted content. Throughout his career, Lessig's farseeing ideas have drawn support from some of America's most important business and political leaders. He has garnered numerous honors and awards, including being named one of Scientific American's "Top 50 Visionaries." Each of Lessig's three TED talks has had more than one million views online. (TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks. TED began as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged.)

For more information about The Supreme Court and the 2016 Presidential Election, which is free, open to the public and accessible to the disabled, call 516.572.7148.

Media Contact: Alicia Steger 516.572.9634 alicia.steger@ncc.edu ncc.edu/newsreleases

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