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RonNell Andersen Jones

Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law


Full Profile Phone: 801/587-8756
Email: ronnell.andersen.jones@law.utah.edu
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  • Professor RonNell Andersen Jones publishes guest essay in The New York Times about E. Jean Carroll verdict

  • Professor RonNell Andersen Jones profiled about clerking for late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

  • Professor RonNell Andersen Jones speaks to MSNBC about Rudy Giuliani defamation case

  • Professor RonNell Andersen Jones speaks to media about former president Trump’s request for televised federal trial

  • In national media, RonNell Andersen Jones discusses Fox News defamation suit

  • Prof. RonNell Andersen Jones receives Stonecipher Award for article about U.S. Supreme Court’s press characterizations

  • Prof. RonNell Andersen Jones receives Distinguished Professor Award from University of Utah

  • RonNell Andersen Jones named visiting scholar at Columbia’s Knight First Amendment Institute

  • Professor RonNell Andersen Jones featured in the New York Times discussing election defamation suit

  • Professor RonNell Andersen Jones and alumnus elected to American Law Institute

  • Professor RonNell Andersen Jones discusses defamation law in light of the Depp-Heard trial with the New York Times

  • Professor RonNell Andersen Jones receives University of Utah’s Presidential Societal Impact Scholar Award

  • Professor RonNell Andersen Jones featured in The New York Times discussing the recent Supreme Court draft leak

  • Professor RonNell Andersen Jones discusses how Utah’s trigger law will reshape abortion access with KUER

  • Professor RonNell Andersen Jones discusses Alex Jones & Infowars defamation suits on NBC News

  • Professor RonNell Andersen Jones quoted in the New York Times about Sarah Palin’s defamation action trial

  • Utah Law professors present at AALS Annual Meeting

  • Professor RonNell Andersen Jones discusses social media and the political divide on PBS Utah’s The Hinckley Report

  • Professor RonNell Andersen Jones discusses free speech Supreme Court case with the Deseret News

  • Professor RonNell Andersen Jones discusses Trump media lawsuit with the Washington Post

  • Professor RonNell Andersen Jones discusses the Sullivan standard with the New York Times

  • Recent publications from Utah Law faculty members