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Alan Dershowitz
discusses
Taking the Stand:
My Life in the Law
$5 tickets on sale now. Please note the change of time and venue. We apologize for any inconvenience.
This event includes a book signing
DateNov
6
Wednesday
November 6, 2013 8:30 PM ET |
LocationFirst Parish Church
1446 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 |
Tickets
$5.00
|
Harvard Book Store is pleased to welcome Harvard Law School professor and famed defense lawyer ALAN DERSHOWITZ for a discussion of his book Taking the Stand: My Life in the Law.
In Taking the Stand, Dershowitz reveals the evolution of his own thinking on such fundamental issues as censorship and the First Amendment, civil rights, abortion, homocide, and the increasing role that science plays in a legal defense. He describes his struggles academically at Yeshiva High School and growing up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, his successes at Yale, clerking for Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg, and his appointment to full professor at Harvard Law School at age 28—the youngest professor in the school's history. Dershowitz went on to work on many celebrated and high-profile cases, from appealing (successfully) Claus Von Bulow's conviction for the murder of his wife Sunny, to the O.J. Simpson trial, to defending Mike Tyson, Leona Helmsley, Patty Hearst, and countless others. He is currently part of the legal team advising Julian Assange.
"One of the most high-profile lawyers in America, known for his work on newsworthy cases...raises provocative questions about the many dilemmas in modern American jurisprudence, including those related to the separation of church and state, affirmative action, human rights, and the right to privacy. Dershowitz offers much of interest...” —Publishers Weekly
Please note the change of time and venue from the Brattle Theatre at 6pm to First Parish Church Meetinghouse at 7:30pm. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Walking from the Harvard Square T station: 2 minutes
As you exit the station, cross Mass. Ave. and look for the newsstand called Crimson Corner. Turn right and proceed north along Mass. Ave. going toward the Cambridge Common. You will pass the Harvard Coop, Bank of America, and CVS. The First Parish Church is located at the corner of Mass. Ave. and Church St. Please enter through the front door of the church.
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