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Dershowitz, Alan

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Dershowitz, Alan (Morton)

(born Sept. 1, 1938, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.) U.S. lawyer. He graduated from Yale Law School and clerked for Justice Arthur Goldberg before being appointed to the faculty of Harvard Law School at age 25. Known as a civil liberties lawyer, he appeared for the defense in many highly publicized criminal cases, including those of Claus von Bulow and O.J. Simpson. His journal articles and widely syndicated newspaper columns were published in collections such as The Abuse Excuse (1994); his other books include Reasonable Doubts (1966) and The Best Defense (1982).



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