Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School. Harvard has apparently concluded its review of its relationship to the convicted child sex offender, Jeffrey E. Epstein. In September 2019, after expressing that he âprofoundly regret[s]â Harvardâs association with Epstein, University President Lawrence S. Bacow promised âto review how we prevent these situations in the future.â In May 2020, the University released a report completing the first steps of that review. The report found Harvard had taken no money from Epstein after his conviction, though there were further questions that merited study. Two weeks ago, after completing that study, Harvard determined to shutter the research center Epsteinâs money had founded, and âdisciplin[e]â its academic director.