Christopher Williams
Christopher Williams is primarily interested in race, gender, sexuality, and their intersection with constitutional law and criminal procedure. He writes on problems related to the criminal justice system as well as the people who attempt to make the criminal justice system more equitable for communities of color. In doing so, Williams’ research not only attempts to highlight pitfalls in the law but also to provide pathways to make the law more equitable.
His publications have appeared in the University of Chicago Law Review, the Michigan Journal of Law Reform and the Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights. In 2023, he became UVA Law’s second Race, Place, and Equity Fellow. Williams was previously a Neubauer Fellow in the sociology department at the University of Chicago and a Dean’s Merit Scholar at the University of California School of Law, where he chaired the Black Law Students Association.
This Essay investigates Chicago city-government policy responses to the four largest homicide waves in its history: 1920–1925, 1966–1970, 1987–1992...
Content warning: this Article discusses police brutality.
The relationship between race, law, and policing is one that has been analyzed by many...
As a new entrant to the field of global studies in law and society, I’ve been trying to make sense of my uneasiness within these new surroundings. I...