The Honorable Charles Fried served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1995 until 1999 while teaching Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School as a distinguished lecturer. Following his tenure on the Court, Fried returned to Harvard Law School as a full-time member of the faculty and Beneficial Professor of Law. Fried was appointed Solicitor General of the United States in 1985, after serving as Deputy Solicitor General and Acting Solicitor General. He represented the Reagan Administration before the US Supreme Court in 25 cases.

Fried is the author of eight books, including Modern Liberty and the Limits of Government (2006); Saying What the Law Is: The Constitution in the Supreme Court (2004); and Making Tort Law: What Should Be Done and WhoShould Do It (with David Rosenberg, 2003). Fried was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1971– 72.

Fried will visit the College of Arts & Sciences on March 6 and March 13, in the RidgeWay Gym.