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Patricia J. Williams (born 1951) is a prominent law critic and a proponent of critical race theory
Critical race theory

Critical Race Theory began as a response to critical legal studies. CRT is concerned with racism, racial subordination and discrimination. It emphasizes the socially constructed and discursive nature of Race , considers judicial conclusions to be the result of the workings of the intersection of race with other social phenomena but sees race...
, an offshoot of 1960s social movement
Social movement

Social movements are a type of Group action . They are large wiktionary:informal groupings of individuals and/or organizations focused on specific politics or social issues, in other words, on carrying out, resisting or undoing a social change....
s that emphasizes race as a fundamental determinant of the American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 legal system.

Williams received her bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years....
 from Wellesley College in 1972, and her Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor is a first professional degree graduate degree and professional doctorate in law degree. The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century as a degree similar to the old European doctor of law degree and the legal studies counterpart to the M.D....
 from Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, it is the United States' oldest law school in continuous operation....
 in 1975. She was a fellow in the School of Criticism and Theory at Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private university, coeducational university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, New Hampshire. Incorporated as "Trustees of Dartmouth College,"...
 and has been an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School
University of Wisconsin Law School

The University of Wisconsin Law School is the professional school for the study of law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin....
 and its department of women's studies.






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Patricia J. Williams (born 1951) is a prominent law critic and a proponent of critical race theory
Critical race theory

Critical Race Theory began as a response to critical legal studies. CRT is concerned with racism, racial subordination and discrimination. It emphasizes the socially constructed and discursive nature of Race , considers judicial conclusions to be the result of the workings of the intersection of race with other social phenomena but sees race...
, an offshoot of 1960s social movement
Social movement

Social movements are a type of Group action . They are large wiktionary:informal groupings of individuals and/or organizations focused on specific politics or social issues, in other words, on carrying out, resisting or undoing a social change....
s that emphasizes race as a fundamental determinant of the American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 legal system.

Williams received her bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years....
 from Wellesley College in 1972, and her Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor is a first professional degree graduate degree and professional doctorate in law degree. The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century as a degree similar to the old European doctor of law degree and the legal studies counterpart to the M.D....
 from Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, it is the United States' oldest law school in continuous operation....
 in 1975. She was a fellow in the School of Criticism and Theory at Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private university, coeducational university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, New Hampshire. Incorporated as "Trustees of Dartmouth College,"...
 and has been an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School
University of Wisconsin Law School

The University of Wisconsin Law School is the professional school for the study of law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin....
 and its department of women's studies. Williams also worked as a consumer advocate in the office of the City Attorney in Los Angeles.

Williams is a member of the State Bar of California
State Bar of California

The State Bar of California is California's official bar association. It is responsible for managing the admission of lawyers to the practice of law, investigating complaints of professional misconduct, and prescribing appropriate discipline....
 and the Bar
Bar (law)

Bar in law contexts can have multiple meanings, but most originate from the bar in a courtroom. Quite simply, the bar is a wikt:railing or wikt:barrier that separates the front part of a courtroom - which includes a judge's bench and tables where attorneys or barristers conduct matters before the court - from the back part of the courtroom...
 of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a United States federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the United States district court in the following United States federal judicial district:...
. Williams has served on the advisory council for the Medgar Evers College
Medgar Evers College

Medgar Evers College is a college campus of The City University of New York.MEC was founded in 1970 through cooperation from educators and community leaders in central Brooklyn....
 for Law and Social Justice of the City University of New York
University of New York

There is no institution of higher education in the New York or the United States of America that bears the name University of New York. However, in confusion, it is possible that such a reference may regard the following:...
 and on the board of governors for the Society of American Law Teachers, among others.

She was the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
MacArthur Foundation

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a major private grant -making private foundation based in Chicago that has awarded more than US$4 billion since its inception in 1978....
, which she held from June 2000 until June 2005.

Williams is currently the James L. Dohr Professor of Law at Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School, located in New York City, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League. David Schizer is the dean....
, and writes a column for The Nation magazine titled "Diary of a Mad Law Professor." Her column for The Nation has recently changed from bi-weekly to monthly.

Bibliography

  • The Alchemy of Race and Rights: A Diary of a Law Professor (1991) (ISBN 0-674-01470-7)
  • The Rooster's Egg (1995) (ISBN 0-674-77942-8)
  • Seeing a Color-Blind Future: The Paradox of Race (1997) (ISBN 0-374-52533-1)
  • Open House: Of Family, Friends, Food, Piano Lessons, and the Search for a Room of My Own (2004) (ISBN 0-374-11407-2)


External links

  • - Her articles for "The Nation"