L. Ray Patterson

L. Ray Patterson

L. Ray Patterson

L. RAY PATTERSON (1929–2003) was a widely consulted and cited authority on copyright law and history. He was the Pope F. Brock Professor of Professional Responsibility at the University of Georgia School of Law, and a former Dean of the Emory University Law School. The American Library Association's L. Ray Patterson Copyright Award was established in his honor, and first given out in 2005.