“When I was growing up, my mother would always say, 'It will go on your permanent record.' There was no 'permanent record.' If there were a 'permanent record,' I'd never be able to be a lawyer. I was such a bum in elementary school and high school... There is a permanent record today, and it's called the Internet.”

American lawyer and law professor

Alan Morton Dershowitz is an American lawyer, law professor, and legal commentator known for his work in U.S. constitutional and criminal law. He taught at Harvard Law School from 1964 to 2013, and in 1993 he was appointed Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law. He is also a regular media contributor and political commentator, with a public profile shaped by legal analysis and debate.