Harvey Silverglate

Harvey Silverglate
Born
May 10, 1942 (1942-05-10) (age 83)

EducationPrinceton University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
OccupationAttorney
OrganizationFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
Spouse
(m. 1976; died 2020)
Websiteharveysilverglate.com

Harvey Allen Silverglate (born May 10, 1942) is a retired American attorney, journalist, writer, and a co-founder of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).

Silverglate was a member of the board of the Massachusetts chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and also taught at Harvard Law School, the University of Massachusetts Boston, and at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.

He was an attorney in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He practiced in academic freedom, civil liberties, criminal defense, and students' rights cases. He also co-founded FIRE with Alan Charles Kors.