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Carlton Williams is a movement lawyer and organizer dedicated to building and supporting liberation struggles. He practiced criminal and civil rights law in Massachusetts for several years, beginning his legal career as a criminal attorney with the Roxbury Defenders and serving as a racial justice attorney for a civil liberties non-profit. Williams is an advocate for issues such as war, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights, and Black and Palestinian liberation. He is a member of the National Lawyers Guild and served as chair of the Massachusetts board of directors. He was part of the legal defense for the Occupy Boston movement, providing legal, bail, and court support training for thousands of participant-organizers. In 2015, he contributed to organizing the inaugural Law for Black Lives convening and was a featured speaker at the RadTalks event. He is the Givelber Distinguished Lecturer in Public Interest Law at Northeastern University School of Law, where he teaches about social justice movements and the law. Williams also served as the executive director of the Water Protector Legal Collective, defending and supporting Indigenous environmental justice and sovereignty. He holds a B.A. from the University of Rhode Island and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
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