Michael L. Connolly[1] (born June 3, 1980) is an American activist, attorney, and politician from Massachusetts.

[2] While in law school, he volunteered with the Appellate Division of the Committee for Public Council Services where he served as an editor for the Intellectual Property and Technology Forum.

In 2016, he was backed by Our Revolution, a Bernie Sanders-based political organization, and was endorsed by the prominent Cambridge academics Noam Chomsky and Lawrence Lessig.

[5] Connolly opposed the November 2016 "ballot question that would lift the charter school cap" and supports the legalization of recreational marijuana.

[9] Connolly is 6 feet 8 inches tall and played college football at Duke University.