Joshua Aaron Jones, Curriculum Vitae (last updated Sept. 2025)

Teaching Philosophy

Research Agenda

Diversity Statement

Teaching Portfolio (a pdf Portfolio with the above and additional materials)

Scholarship

Ryan Abbott and Elizabeth Rotham, Encyclopedia of AI and the Law, Chapt. ##, Child Data and Privacy (Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming Fall 2025).

Brian Larson et al., Legal Argumentation: Reasoning and Writing About the Law, Chapt. 20, Reading Cases and Briefing Rules (CALI eLangdell, forthcoming Fall 2025).

Brian Larson et al., Legal Argumentation: Reasoning and Writing About the Law, Chapt. 25, Cognitive Contexts, Chapt. 25 (CALI eLangdell, forthcoming Fall 2025).

Sexual Orientation Therapy in Islamic Law and US Law, Cornell Undergrad. Int’l L. Rev. 306 (Spring 2025) (co-author Mohamad A. A’rafa).

Implementing ABA Standard 303(b)(3): Positive Legal Education Through a Community of Inquiry, 48 Vt. Law R. 564 (2024).

Mohamad A. A’rafa, Perceptions and Misperceptions of Donald Trump, Chapt. 3, A Spectrum of Positions: Donald Trump and LGBTQ+ Rights (Nova Publishing, March 2022).

Title IX’s Substantive Equity Mandate for Transgender Persons in American Law Schools: A Call to Disaggregate SOGI Data, 44.3 NYU R. L. Soc. Change 399 (Summer 2020).

Florida Family Law Bounds of Advocacy: A Mandate for Collaborative Practice? 43 Nova L. R. 1 (2019).

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973: A Double-Edged Sword for the Protection of Students with Gender Identity Disorder, 25 Wis. J. L. Gender & Soc’y 353 (Fall 2010).

Works in Progress or Brainstorming

• White Nationalist Populist Rhetoric Threatens Public Educaiton and Democracy

Teaching Preferences

In no particular order, except my priorities for Legal Research and Writing and Education Law.

• Legal Research and Writing (1L and advanced topics)
• Education Law
• Family Law
• Artificial Intelligence
• Collaborative Dispute Resolution
• LGBTQIA and Diversity Issues
• Civil Procedure and other 1L courses as needed

Service

American Association of Law Schools: Section on Legal Writing, Research, and Rhetoric; past-chair Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues; CWSL Representative

Legal Writing Institute: current chair, Public Relations, Website, Social Media, and LWIC Committee; treasurer, LWI Biennial Conference 2026; AI Committee

Association of Legal Writing Directors: co-chair, Website and Social Media Committee

American Bar Association: Resources Committee on Outcomes and Assessments

Education

Pre-Law

Douglas High School – Advanced Diploma

University of Montevallo – Bachelor of Music Education, cum laude; Senior Elite (valedictorian for Davis School of Music)

Law School

University of New Hampshire School of Law – JD/Master of Education Law; Diversity Scholar; Public Interest Coalition Fellowship; teaching assistant; research assistant

University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law – LL.M in Government and Public Policy with an emphasis in school law; Downey Brand Fellow for Public Service and Leadership; Education Pipeline Initiative

Finally Home in the Academy

California Western School of Law: Legal Skills I and II; Education Law; Artificial Intelligence Law and Practice; currently on the Curriculum Committee and advisor to the Federal Bar Association; Distinguished Teaching Award 2022-2023.

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law: Visiting Assistant Professor 2019-2021; Legal Communication and Analysis I and II; Collaborative Family Law; Trusts and Estates; Outlaw Advisor; Diversity Committee; finalist, IU Open Educational Resources Competition 2019.