Gary C. Williams
Professor of Law and
Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Chair in Civil Rights
Contact Information
Phone: (213) 736-1090
Fax: (213) 380-3769
E-mail: gary.williams@lls.edu
919 Albany St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211
Educational and Professional Background
BA, University of California Los Angeles
JD, Stanford University
Gary Williams was staff counsel for the Agricultural Labor Relations Board from 1976-79 and staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California from 1979-85. Williams was appointed assistant legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California in 1985, a position he maintained until joining the Loyola Law School faculty in 1987.
Professional Memberships and Activities
Past President, Board of Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California
At large member, National Board of Directors, American Civil Liberties Union
Program Director, National Institute for Trial Advocacy
"Drum Majors for Justice: Leading the March Toward Social Justice," Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review (2004)
"Incubating Monsters? Prosecutorial Responsibility for the Rampart Scandal," 34 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 829 (2001)
"California's Constitutional Right to Privacy: Can It Protect Private Figures from the Unauthorized Publication of Confidential Medical Information?" 18 Loyola Entertainment Law Journal 1 (1997)
Evidence, Libel, Slander and the First Amendment, Ethical Lawyering, Privacy and the First Amendment, Civil Rights Litigation Seminar