Early Life and Education
Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Fried came to the United States with his parents in 1939, and the Frieds did so to avoid Anti Semitism and the Holocaust. He and his parents then became United States citizens in 1948. After studying at the Lawrenceville School and receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1956--where he was a member of the Princeton Charter Club--, Fried attended Oxford University, where he earned a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Law in 1958 and 1960, respectively, and was awarded the Ordronnaux Prize in Law (1958). In 1960, Fried received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Columbia Law School, where he was a Stone Scholar. Subsequently he served as law clerk to Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan II.
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