Roscoe Jones Jr.

Dean and Professor of Law

Drake University Law School

2024 - Current

Dean Designate, Jan 2024 - Jul 2024

Fellow

AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION

2023 - Current

Partner, Co-Chair, Public Policy Practice Group

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP

2022 - 2024

Counsel and Co-Chair, Public Policy Group, May 2021 - Jan 2022; Counsel, Dec 2019 - Jan 2022

Lecturer

University of MIchigan Law School

2019 - 2023

Adjunct Lecturer

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL

2022 - 2022

Lecturer

YALE LAW SCHOOL

2021 - 2021

Lecturer

Harvard Kennedy School

2020 - 2020

Chief of Staff

U.S. House of Representatives

2019 - 2019

Lecturer\

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER

2019 - 2019

Legislative Director

UNITED STATES SENATE

2017 - 2019

Acting Chief of Staff, Jun 2018 - Jul 2018; Senior Counsel, Jan 2015 - Apr 2017

Assistant U.S. Attorney

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

2013 - 2015

Special Counsel to Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez (detail), Feb 2012 - Apr 2013; Appellate Attorney, Feb 2010 - Jan 2012

Senior Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee

UNITED STATES SENATE

2009 - 2010

Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sep 2006 - Jan 2009

Francis D. Murnaghan Appellate Advocacy Fellow

Public Justice Center

2005 - 2006

Law Clerk, District Court of Maryland

United States Courts

2004 - 2005

Law Clerk, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Aug 2003 - Aug 2004

University of Virginia School of Law

J.D. (2003)

2000 - 2003

Activities: Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, Co-Founder of the Center for the Study of Race and Law, and Member of Raven Society.

Stanford University

A.B. (2000) | History and Political Science

1996 - 2000

Activities: President, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Nu Sigma Chapter, President, Black Pre-Law Society, Stanford Football Team

The American Law Institute

Elected Member

Current

Council on Foreign Relations

Lifetime Member

2023 - Current