2010 Presenters
Alan Dershowitz
Professor Alan M. Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He has published more than 100 articles in magazines and journals such as The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, The Nation, Commentary, Saturday Review, The Harvard Law Review and The Yale Law Journal. More than 300 of his articles have appeared in syndication in 50 national daily newspapers.
In 1983, the Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai B'rith presented Professor Dershowitz with the William O. Douglas First Amendment Award for his "compassionate eloquent leadership and persistent advocacy in the struggle for civil and human rights." He has been awarded the honorary doctor of laws degree by Yeshiva University, the Hebrew Union College, Brooklyn College, Syracuse University and Haifa University.
Professor Dershowitz has written 27 fiction and non-fiction books for a worldwide audience. His most recent titles include Rights From Wrong, The Case For Israel, The Case For Peace, Blasphemy: How the Religious Right is Hijacking the Declaration of Independence, Preemption: A Knife that Cuts Both Ways, Finding Jefferson – A Lost Letter, A Remarkable Discovery, The First Amendment In An Age of Terrorism, and The Case For Moral Clarity: Israel, Hamas and Gaza. His newest novel, The Trials of Zion, combines the tension of a great courtroom drama with the action of a fast-moving thriller, all the while exploring the complicated history of the Holy Land.
LINKS:
Dershowitz's official web site
Harvard Law School's faculty page on Dershowitz
The Huffington Post's page on Dershowitz with accompanying blog entries
Article of Dershowitz's in The New York Daily News
