Patricia Williams

‘Dr. King’s message is universal’

In celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Patricia Williams, University Distinguished Professor of law and humanities, and Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern, led a discussion of the problem of civil rights in the age of artificial intelligence.
- by Ian Thomsen January 16, 2020
What do we lose when interactions become transactions?

“Contract law is a beautifully designed body of law,” says Patricia Williams, who joined Northeastern University this fall as University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities, “but it worries me when we take things out of our constitutional protections—our civil rights, our ability to have a public space and public accommodations in that space—and apply to them contract law.”
- by Molly Callahan October 4, 2019

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