Born in Shanghai, the son of Russian Jewish refugees, Laurence Tribe is a legal scholar, teacher, and activist who taught at Harvard Law School from 1968 until his retirement in 2020 and is now Carl M. Loeb University Professor of Constitutional Law Emeritus at Harvard University.  Mr. Tribe taught and mentored many of today’s leading public officials, including President Barack Obama, Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justice Elena Kagan, and has written many influential books and articles about law and the U.S. Constitution.  He has argued dozens of Supreme Court cases, defending LGBT rights, the rights of racial minorities, and reproductive rights — all without charge.  Recipient of numerous honorary degrees, Mr. Tribe was appointed in 2010 by President Obama as the first Senior Counselor for Access to Justice.