Harvey Allen Silverglate was born on May 10,1942 and is an American attorney, journalist, writer, and a co-founder of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
12 Facts About Harvey Silverglate
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Harvey Silverglate holds degrees from Princeton University and Harvard Law School.
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Harvey Silverglate is a practicing attorney, specializing in civil liberties litigation, criminal defense, academic freedom, and students' rights cases.
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Harvey Silverglate was a columnist for the Boston Phoenix, writing on politics, law, and civil liberties.
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Harvey Silverglate authored two books, The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses and Three Felonies a Day, which details the extension of vague federal criminal laws into daily conduct that would not be readily seen as criminal.
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Harvey Silverglate was a featured speaker at a rally by Demand Progress in memory of Aaron Swartz and wrote an op-ed for Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly about Swartz's prosecution by the US Attorney's Office.
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Harvey Silverglate sat on the board of visitors at Ralston College, a new liberal arts college in Savannah, Georgia.
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Harvey Silverglate was a candidate in the 2009 Harvard Board of Overseers elections.
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Harvey Silverglate's platform focused on reforming the student disciplinary board, eliminating speech codes, and restoring the student voice in university outreach efforts.
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Harvey Silverglate's campaign had been covered in The Boston Globe and the Harvard Law Record, and he made an appearance on Greater Boston with Emily Rooney.
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Election results were announced at commencement, June 4,2009, and Harvey Silverglate finished in eighth place, with 11,700 votes, 1,600 short of winning a seat.
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Harvey Silverglate was married to the portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman, who died on May 30,2020.