Education |
Harvard Law School, J.D. (1980) H.E.W. American Indian Fellowship Recipient (1977 - 1980); Research Assistant to Brandeis Professor of Law, Charles M. Haar |
Loyola College, Baltimore, A.B. (1977) Editor-in-Chief, College Newspaper, The Greyhound; Dean's List (six semesters); Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities (1977) |
Admitted to Practice |
Massachusetts |
Personal Work Experience |
E. Thomas Sullivan Professor of Law and American Indian Studies, James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, 1998 - present |
Faculty Chair, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program and Clinic, James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, 1989 - present |
Judge, pro tem, Tohono O'odham Indian Nation, Tucson, Arizona, 1988 - present |
Visiting Professor of Law and Bennet Boskey Visiting Lecturer of Law, Harvard Law School, Winter-Spring 2001 |
Acting Director, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy LL.M. Program, James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, 2000 |
Visiting Professor of Law and Bennet Boskey Visiting Lecturer of Law, Harvard Law School, Winter-Spring 2000 |
Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Winter 1999 |
Chief Justice, Court of Appeals, Pascua Yaqui Indian Tribe, Tucson, Arizona, 1998 - 2000 |
Cross Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law, 1992 - 1993 |
Director, Office of Indian Programs, University of Arizona, 1990 - 1992 |
Associate Justice, Court of Appeals, Pascua Yacqui Indian Tribe, Tucson, Arizona, 1988 - 1997 |
Professor of Law and American Indian Studies, University of Arizona College of Law, 1987 - 1998 |
Marks Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, University of Arizona College of Law, Fall 1986 |
Associate Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1986 |
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1984 - 1986 |
Assistant Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School, 1981 - 1984 |
Legal Consultant, Regional and Urban Planning Implementation, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., 1980 - 1981 |
Teaching Fellow, Boston College Law School, 1980 - 1981 |
Representative Publications
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| Cases and Materials on Federal Indian Law (6th ed. 2011) (co-author, with David H. Getches, Charles F. Wilkinson, & Matthew L.M. Fletcher). |
| Like a Loaded Weapon: The Rehnquist Court, Indian Rights, and the Legal History of Racism in America (2005). |
| Linking Arms Together: American Indian Treaty Visions of Law and Peace 1600-1800 (1997). |
| The American Indian in Western Legal Thought: The Discourses of Conquest (1990). |
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Complete List of Publications |
Presentations
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Invited Guest Speaker, The Rehnquist Court's Assault on Indian Rights in America (Harvard Univ. Native American Programs Community Lecture Series, Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 16, 2000).
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Speaker, Hercules in Braids: The Law Professor as Tribal Judge in Hard Cases (Harvard Law School Faculty Workshop Series, Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 15, 1999).
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Plenary Session Program Speaker, Beyond the Classroom: Scholarship and Teaching in the Service of Public Policy (Assn. Am. L. Sch. 1995 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, La., Jan. 7, 1995).
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| Complete List of Presentations |
Organizations |
Association of American Law Schools |
| Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure (1993 -1995); Executive Committee, Minority Rights Section (1990 - 1993); Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers (1990 - 1991); Chair, Native American Rights Section (1988 - 1989) |
Tucson Metropolitan Urban Native American Affairs Commission 1989 - 1991 |
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Wisconsin Indian Lawyers Association |
| President (1985) |
Indian Rights Association, Philadelphia PA |
| Board of Directors (1981 - 1984), Vice-President (1983 - 1984) |
Public Service |
Catalina Valley Little League Baseball, Coach 1994 - present |
Consultant, Sawridge Cree Band of Alberta 1993 - present (aboriginal sovereignty claims litigation) |
Foothills Futbol Club, Coach 1993 - present |
Catalina Homeowners Association, Board of Directors 1993 - present |
Consultant, Native Hawaiian Advisory Council 1991 - present (water rights and self-determination issues) |
University of Arizona Indian Advisory Committee 1987 - present |
Pro bono work, counsel for Carrier Sekani Tribal Council of British Columbia, Canada (British Columbia Treaty Process) 1999 (filed Request For Precautionary Measures: Matter of Carrier Sekani People (Canada) with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Washington, D.C.) |
Principal Organizer, Conference on Future Directions for the Tribal Law and Policy Program, University of Arizona College of Law 1998 (October 31) |
Principal Organizer, Environmental Conflict Resolution in Indian Country, University of Arizona College of Law 1997 (March) |
Pro bono work, Mayagna (Sumo) Community of Awas Tingni, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Case No. 11.555 1996? (submitted Amicus Curiae Brief as counsel for the National Congress of American Indians) |
Chair, University of Arizona Search Committee, Associate Director, Community and Economic Development, American Indian Studies 1995 |
Chair, University of Arizona Executive Committee, American Indian Studies 1994 - 1995 |
University of Arizona Citizen's Advisory Forum: "Setting Goals for the Recruitment and Retention of Ethnically Underrepresented Students at The University of Arizona" 1994 |
Consultant, New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council, Sydney, Australia 1993 - 1994 (land claims litigation) |
Chair, University of Arizona Search Committee, Director, American Indian Graduate Center 1992 |
Chair, University of Arizona Search Committee, Program Coordinator, American Indian Graduate Center 1991 |
Member, University of Arizona Self-Study Committee, American Indian Studies Program, Graduate College 1991 |
University of Arizona Search Committee, Director of American Indian Studies 1991 |
Principal Organizer, Indigenous Claims Conference, University of Arizona College of Law 1991 (November) |
Counsel and Alternative Delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Commission for the National Indian Youth Council (U.N. NGO) 1990 - 1993 |
Consultant, Tohono O'odham Indian Nation, Arizona 1990 - 1992 (tribal land claims legal issues) |
Consultant, Southwest Indian Agricultural Association 1990 - 1992 |
University of Arizona President's Diversity Action Council 1990 - 1992 |
University of Arizona Provost's Special Committee on Faculty Participation in University Governance 1990 - 1992 |
University of Arizona Graduate College Centennial Award Committee 1990? |
Consultant, Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe, Maine 1990 (tribal constitution drafting process) |
Principal Organizer, Tribal Judges Conference and Workshop: Principles of Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction, University of Arizona College of Law 1990 (November) |
Consultant, National Indian Youth Council, United Nations Non-Governmental Organization 1989 - 1993 |
Counsel, Gila River Indian Community Land and Water Users Association 1989 - 1990 |
University of Arizona Provost's Ad Hoc Committee on Indian Programs 1989 - 1990 |
University of Arizona Native American Draft Program Change Request Committee 1989 - 1990 |
University of Arizona Search Committee, Assistant Dean for Native American Student Affairs 1989 |
University of Arizona American Indian Graduate Center Advisory Council 1988 - 1992 |
North Central Association University of Arizona Decennial Accreditation Committee 1988 - 1990 |
National Lecturer, SMH Bar Review Course, Boston, Massachusetts 1982 - 1991 |
Awards |
| International Advisory Board of the Review of Constitutional Studies |
| Editorial Board, The International Journal of Indigenous Philosophy |
| Editorial Board, H-AMINDIAN, an electronic journal published on the Internet at <http://www.asu.edu/clas/history/h-amindian/> |
| The 1996 Quinlan Lecture, Oklahoma City University School of Law April 9, 1996 |
| National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice Grant 1995 - 1996 |
| Udall Center Faculty Grants Program 1995 - 1996 |
| The Sixth Annual McDonald Lecture on Constitutional Studies, The University of Alberta Law School March 1994 |
| Gustavus Meyers Human Rights Center Award for The American Indian in Western Legal Thought: The Discourses of Conquest 1992 |
| Ford Foundation Research Grant 1992 |
| The George E. Allen Chair of Law, The University of Richmond Law School April 1992 |
| Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Oklahoma Scholar-Leadership Program, University of Oklahoma March 1992 |
| Visiting Scholar, University of Oklahoma School of Law Enrichment Program March 1992 |
| Evans Bunker Distinguished Visiting Scholar, University of Washington School of Law November 1991 |
| James Thomas Lecture, Yale University Law School March 1991 |
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Award: Program on Peace and International Cooperation 1989 - 1991 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities Award: Division of Research Programs 1989 - 1991 |
| University of Arizona Office of Minority Student Affairs Outstanding Faculty Member Award 1989 - 1990 |
| University of Arizona Graduate College Research Award 1989 - 1990 |
| University of Arizona Outstanding Native American Faculty Award 1988 - 1989 |
| American Council of Learned Societies/Ford Foundation Fellowship 1985 - 1986 |
| Project Trochos: University of Wisconsin 1985 - 1986 |
| University of Wisconsin Law School Minority Students Organization Teacher of the Year 1985 |
| University of Wisconsin Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship 1985 |
| Smongeski Fellowship, University of Wisconsin 1985 |
| Council for Instructional Development Grant 1983 |
| Rutgers University Research Council Award 1982 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Fellowship Award 1981 |
| H.E.W American Indian Fellowship Recipient 1977 - 1980 |
Biography |
| An enrolled member of the Lumbee Indian Tribe of North Carolina, Professor Williams was named the first Oneida Indian Nation Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School (2003-2004), having previously served there as Bennet Boskey Distinguished Visiting Lecturer of Law. He is the author of The American Indian in Western Legal Thought: The Discourses of Conquest (1990), which received the Gustavus Meyers Human Rights Center Award as one of the outstanding books published in 1990 on the subject of prejudice in the United States. He has also written Linking Arms Together: American Indian Treaty Visions of Law and Peace, 1600-1800 (1997), and Like a Loaded Weapon: The Rehnquist court, Indian Rights, and the Legal History of Racism in America (2005). He is co-author of Federal Indian Law: Cases and Materials (6th ed., with David Getches and Charles Wilkinson) (2011). His most recent book is entitled Savage Anxieties: The Invention of Western Civilization (2012). The 2006 recipient of the University of Arizona Henry and Phyllis Koffler Prize for Outstanding Accomplishments in Public Service, Professor Williams is the founding Director of the IPLP Program at the Rogers School of law. He has received major grants and awards from the Soros Senior Justice Fellowship Program of the Open Society Institute, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the National Institute of Justice. He has represented tribal groups before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Peoples, and served as co-counsel for Floyd Hicks in the United States Supreme Court case, Nevada v. Hicks (2001 term). Professor Williams has served as Chief Justice for the Court of Appeals, Pascua Yaqui Indian Reservation, and as Justice for the Court of Appeals and trial judge pro tem for the Tohono O'odham Nation. Professor Williams was named one of 2011's "Heroes on the Hill" by Indian Country Today for his work on behalf of the Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group before the OAS Inter-American Human Rights Commission. |
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09/29/2011
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