Renowned Legal Scholar and Former U.S. Solicitor General Charles Fried Dies at 88

Fried, a Longtime Harvard Law School Professor, Remembered for His Intellectual Prowess and Openness

Charles A. Fried, a renowned conservative legal scholar and former U.S. solicitor general under President Ronald Reagan, has passed away at the age of 88.
Fried joined Harvard Law School as a professor in 1961 and taught for over 60 years, announcing his retirement at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year.
He served as an associate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts from 1995 to 1999 and was known for his work on constitutional law.
Fried was remembered for his openness and intellectual prowess, having argued for the overruling of Roe v Wade as Solicitor General, but later writing an opinion piece arguing the other way.
Despite his conservative leanings, Fried was known to have voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and defended former Harvard President Claudine Gay in a December opinion piece.