Barbara Fried

Barbara Fried is an American law professor based in Stanford, California. She is the mother of Sam Bankman-Fried and Gabe Bankman-Fried, and wife of Joseph Bankman.

She is on faculty at the Stanford Law School.¹⁾

Fried received numerous degrees from Harvard University between 1977 and 1983.

Fried started her career as a clerk to Judge J. Edward Lumbard of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She then worked for the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York City from 1984-1987.²⁾ She joined Stanford Law School in 1987.

In a 2013 interview, Fried discussed a number of topics directly related to effective altruism, particularly the subject of utilitarianism.³⁾ In 2015, Fried wrote a review of Peter Singer's book titled The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically.⁴⁾

Fried also served for a time on the board of directors for the school’s McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society.

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