John Paul Jones
Professor of Law
Biographical Profile
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Office: Room 323
Tel. (804) 289-8211
Fax (804) 289-8683
jjones@richmond.edu
Founder of the Constitution Finder
Courses Taught: Administrative Law, Admiralty Law, Civil Rights Law, Constitutional Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, First Amendment Law, Military Law, Law of War
Education
LL.M., Yale University (1982)
J.D., University of San Diego School of Law (1980)
graduated magna cum laude
Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) (1972 & 1979)
Naval Justice School (1970)
Honors
B.A., Marquette University (1969)
Honors Program
Professional Experience
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA
Professor of Law, 1988-present,
Associate Professor of Law, 1985-1988,
Assistant Professor of Law, 1982-1985
Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce
Editor (2001-2005),
Assoc. Editor (1995-2000, 2006- )
The World Bank
Consultant (Albanian Legal Education) (1999-2000)
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Visiting Scholar (1988-1991)
U.S. Court of Claims
Judicial Clerk, Hon. David Schwartz (1980-1981)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Judicial Extern, Hon. J. Clifford Wallace (1980)
University of San Diego School of Law
Research Assistant, Prof. Kenneth Culp Davis (1979)
Fighter Squadron 213
Legal Officer (1971-1973)
Central & East European Law Initiative, American Bar Association
Constitutional Advisor (1992- )
(Albania, Lithuania, Macedonia, Ukraine)
Administrative Law Advisory Committee, Virginia Code Commission
Member (1994-2000, 2007)
Recent & Featured Publications
Anthony M. Kennedy in The Supreme Court Justices: A Biographical Dictionary (Melvin I. Urofsky, ed., 2d. ed. (forthcoming from CQ Press).
Expatriation, United States v. Kahriger, and Anthony McLeod Kennedy in The Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (Paul Finkelman, ed.) (forthcoming from Routledge Reference).
The Supreme Court: A Unique Institution in The Highest Court in the Land, U.S. Department of State E-Journal (April, 2005)
URL: http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itdhr/0405/ijde/jones.htm.
Brief of Alain de Foucauld as Amicus Curiae in R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. v. The Wrecked and
Abandoned Vessel, No. 04-1933, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, on appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (2004).
Brief of Professors Francesco Berlingieri et al. as Amici Curiae in Norfolk Southern Railway Co.,
v. James N. Kirby Pty. Ltd., No. 02-1028, Supreme Court of the United States, on Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (2004).
Collisions in 8 Benedict on Admiralty (J. Edginton, ed., 2005).
Bar Admissions
California and Virginia