# Alan Dershowitz (@alan-dershowitz)

Alan Dershowitz (born 1938) is an American legal scholar, appellate lawyer, and public commentator identified with civil liberties and controversial defenses.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Alan Dershowitz's public record._

## Topics

- [Appellate Advocacy](/@alan-dershowitz/appellate-advocacy.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Public Controversy](/@alan-dershowitz/controversy.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Academic Career](/@alan-dershowitz/academic-career.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/alan-m-dershowitz/
- blog: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79065782.html
- blog: https://www.courtlistener.com/person/alan-morton-dershowitz/

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "alan-dershowitz", "question": "…"}`.
