Gary C. Williams

Gary C. Williams, Professor of Law, Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Chair in Civil Rights

Professor of Law
Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Chair in Civil Rights

Courses Taught

• Evidence, Libel, Slander and the First Amendment
• Ethical Lawyering
• Privacy and the First Amendment
• Civil Rights Litigation Seminar 

Links

• CV

Education

• BA, University of California, Los Angeles
• JD, Stanford Law School

Background

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.

Public Service

• 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 

Selected Scholarship

• Evidence: A Structured Approach, 5th ed. (2021) (with Victor Gold and Kevin Lapp)
• Drum Majors for Justice: Leading the March Toward Social Justice, 37 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 925 (2004)
• Incubating Monsters? Prosecutorial Responsibility for the Rampart Scandal, 34 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 925 (2001)
• California's Constitutional Right to Privacy: Can It Protect Private Figures from the Unauthorized Publication of Confidential Medical Information? 18 Loy. L.A. Ent. L. Rev. 1 (1997)