EDUCATION
J.D., The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
summa cum laude
Order of the Coif
Ranked first in class
Ohio State Law Journal
B.S., Communications, Utah State University, summa cum laude
CLERKSHIPS
The Honorable Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Supreme Court of the United States
The Honorable Judge William A. Fletcher, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
SCHOLARSHIP
A former newspaper reporter and editor, Professor Jones researches and writes on legal issues affecting the press and on the intersection between media and the courts. She is a regular presenter at media law conferences and served as the director of the 2007 Media Subpoena Study, a nationwide study of the frequency and impact of subpoenas served upon newspapers and television newsrooms. Her work on the project was featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post and USA Today, as well as on MSNBC, Fox News and National Public Radio. The first of two articles reporting her findings appeared in Minnesota Law Review (http://ssrn.com/abstract=1125500). A second article is forthcoming in Washington Law Review (http://ssrn.com/abstract=1407105).
TEACHING
Professor Jones teaches courses on Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Media Law, Statutory Interpretation, and the Supreme Court. She team-teaches with Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor an annual course about the United States Supreme Court at the University of Arizona, where Professor Jones was a Distinguished Faculty Fellow from 2004 to 2008.
EXPERIENCE
Before entering legal academia, Professor Jones clerked for Judge William A. Fletcher of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor of the United States Supreme Court and worked in the appellate division of the law firm of Jones Day, where her practice focused on litigation before the United States Supreme Court. She has served as a lecturer on media law at The Ohio State University and Ohio Wesleyan University. Before coming to BYU, Professor Jones was the Distinguished Faculty Fellow at the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law.
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Ohio
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
RonNell Andersen Jones, Media Subpoenas: Impact, Perception, and Legal Protection in the Changing World of American Journalism, ___ Wash. L. Rev. ___ (2009) (forthcoming) Download the article on SSRN
Materials cited in article:
RonNell Andersen Jones, Avalanche or Undue Alarm? An Empirical Study of Subpoenas Received by the News Media, 93 Minn. L. Rev. 585 (2008) Download the article on SSRN
Materials cited in article:
Sandra Day O’Connor and RonNell Andersen Jones, Reflections on Arizona’s Judicial Selection Process, 50 Ariz. L. Rev 15 (2008)
Guest, Utah Public Radio's Access Utah, "The Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court," May 2009
Keynote Speaker, "Reporter's Privilege and the Proposed Federal Shield Law," Society of Professional Journalists Annual Conference, April 2009
Co-teacher with former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, "Conversations on the Supreme Court," University of Arizona Rogers College of Law, February 2009
Panelist, “Recent Developments in First Amendment Law,” November 2008, PLI Communications Law in the Digital Age Conference, New York, New York
Guest, Utah Public Radio's Access Utah, "First Monday at the Supreme Court," October 2008
Event Moderator, “A Symposium on New Media and the Courts,” William H. Rehnquist Center on the Constitutional Structures of Government, Tucson, Arizona, September 2008
Speaker, “Protecting Confidential Sources,” September 2008, Brigham Young University Department of Journalism (sponsored by the Media Law Resource Center)
Panelist, “Recent Developments in First Amendment Law,” November 2007, PLI Communications Law Conference, New York, New York
Speaker, “The Future of Affirmative Action after Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1,” September 2007, Arizona Bar Association CLE
Speaker, “Marbury v. Madison and Popular Constitutionalism,” June 2007, Arizona Judicial Conference
Presenter, “Appellate Advocacy: Observations and Advice,” February 2007, Arizona District Court Conference (co-presenter with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor)
Panelist, “Recent Developments in First Amendment Law,” November 2006, PLI Communications Law Conference, New York, New York
Panelist, “The First Amendment in the Roberts Court,” September 2006 Arizona Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminar
Director of National Programming, “National Constitution Day: A Crisis of Judicial Independence,” September 2006
Moderator and Panelist, “Arizona’s Supreme Court Legacy,” Arizona State Bar Convention, Phoenix, Arizona, June 2006.
Consultant, “Establishing a Student-Run Law Journal,” Tsinghua Law Review, Beijing, China, May and June 2006
Endowed Lecture, The Ohio State University Annual Strong Lecture, October 2005, “The Jurisprudential Legacy of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.”
Moderator and Panelist, the University of Arizona Constitution Day Roundtable, September 2005, “The Role of Law Clerks at the United States Supreme Court.”
Panelist, University of Arizona Women’s Studies Department/UA Foundation Statewide Conference, September 2005, “Sandra Day O’Connor: A Conversation”
Commentator for major media outlets, including MSNBC, Jim Lehrer News Hour, Christian Science Monitor, and National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, July 2005
Panelist, Arizona District Court Conference, Tucson, Arizona, February 2005, “Media and the Courts: The Collision Between Fair Trial and Free Press”
Speaker, Utah Continuing Legal Education, October 2004, “Recent Supreme Court Cases: Constitutional Challenges to Self-Regulation Efforts by the Bench and Bar.”
Panelist, Brigham Young University, October 2004, “Challenges for a New Generation of Women Lawyers”
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Executive Committee, Association of American Law Schools Section on Mass Communication Law
Member, American Bar Association Committee on Teaching Media Law
HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
Moritz College of Law Distinguished Alumni Service Award, 2007
The Ohio State University Thompson Young Alumni of the Year Award, 2006
Student editor, Communication Law & Policy, 1999-2000
Strong Award for Excellence in Legal Writing, 1999
Studied Law at St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford, 1998
Graduate Student of the Year, University of Nevada School of Journalism, 1996
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