Harvey A. Silverglate

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Harvey A. Silverglate (born May 10, 1942) is an attorney based out of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is the co-founder, with Alan Charles Kors, of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), for which he also serves as the current Chairman of the Board of Directors.^[1]

He holds degrees from Princeton University ('64) and Harvard Law School ('67). He is a practicing attorney, specializing in civil liberties litigation, criminal defense, academic freedom, and students' rights cases. He is Of Counsel to the Boston law firm Good & Cormier.

In addition to his law practice, Silverglate is a journalist and writer. He is a regular columnist for the Boston Phoenix, writing on politics, law, and civil liberties.^[2] He writes 'The Free for All' blog for the Boston Phoenix with Wendy Kaminer.^[3] In addition to his regular column and blog, he also has written columns and op-eds for the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, the National Law Journal, Reason magazine, and other publications.^[4]

Silverglate is a member of the board of the Massachuetts chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. He has also taught at Harvard Law School, the University of Massachusetts College III (in Boston), and at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.

Silverglate is married to the portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman. Their son Isaac lives in New York City.

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Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target Innocent Americans ('forthcoming' 2008)
The Shadow University: The Betrayal Of Liberty On America's Campuses by Alan Charles Kors (Author) and Harvey A. Silverglate (Author) ISBN 0-06-097772-8 (1999)