Joshua Aaron Jones
@lawprofjones.bsky.social
Law professor at California Western School of Law. I teach legal writing and research, education law, and artificial intelligence law and practice. I promote positive legal education (positive psychology) through a community of inquiry teaching framework.
Oh no! Is your very important job causing you discomfort? This is some kind of selfish. Cowards. www.axios.com/2025/11/25/c...
Republicans consider quitting Congress early over death threats and infighting
41 members have already announced they plan to call it quits at the end of their term.
www.axios.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Oh no! Is your very important job causing you discomfort? This is some kind of selfish. Cowards. www.axios.com/2025/11/25/c...
After decades of research, the names of 5 million Holocaust victims have now been identified - NBC News
November 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
After decades of research, the names of 5 million Holocaust victims have now been identified - NBC News
Fellow professors, you better be sure. www.dailydot.com/culture/stud...
"Bro I spent hours...hours": Student breaks down after professor flags her hard-written paper as AI
"Sounds like the teacher used AI to say you used AI."
www.dailydot.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Fellow professors, you better be sure. www.dailydot.com/culture/stud...
The article never says what purpose grades serve at Harvard. Maybe the solution is training professors in drafting measurable learning outcomes measured by assessments, rather than focusing on what students are or are not doing. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard College’s Grading System Is ‘Failing,’ Report on Grade Inflation Says | News | The Harvard Crimson
More Harvard College students than ever are passing their classes with flying colors, but the College’s evaluation system is “failing to perform the key functions of grading,” according to a report r...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The article never says what purpose grades serve at Harvard. Maybe the solution is training professors in drafting measurable learning outcomes measured by assessments, rather than focusing on what students are or are not doing. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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The University of North Carolina School of Law tested a trial by AI jury.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The University of North Carolina School of Law tested a trial by AI jury.
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I don't care for the media corruption theory behind school violence. Remember Tipper Gore? At best, we see correlations, but this update from David Riedman is alarming. Check up on your kids' Roblox worlds. k12ssdb.substack.com/p/are-your-k...
Are your kids spending hours with random adults online?
Roblox is an online playground where kids can create virtual worlds...but adults are also making content and grooming pre-teens into school shooters inside a virtual Columbine High.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I don't care for the media corruption theory behind school violence. Remember Tipper Gore? At best, we see correlations, but this update from David Riedman is alarming. Check up on your kids' Roblox worlds. k12ssdb.substack.com/p/are-your-k...
Congratulations to our colleagues who made this list! I keep my eye on these developments, and I couldn't agree more with featuring these schools. www.jdjournal.com/2025/10/20/t...
The Most Innovative Law Schools of 2025: Leading the Future of Legal Education
As technology reshapes industries around the world, law schools are racing to redefine how they prepare the next generation of lawyers. Artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and a heightene...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Congratulations to our colleagues who made this list! I keep my eye on these developments, and I couldn't agree more with featuring these schools. www.jdjournal.com/2025/10/20/t...
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During an annual fall event where giant elephants smash massive pumpkins, a baby elephant was too small to crush the largest gourds, which weigh around 1,000 pounds.
An elephant family smashed pumpkins at the Oregon Zoo. But this baby just wanted to play ball
During an annual fall event where giant elephants smash massive pumpkins, a baby elephant was too small to crush the largest gourds, which weigh around 1,000 pounds.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
During an annual fall event where giant elephants smash massive pumpkins, a baby elephant was too small to crush the largest gourds, which weigh around 1,000 pounds.
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Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times. Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.
Boyd was the chairman of Project Hope, a death row-led nonprofit. Its members are left reeling in the wake of their leader's suffocation execution.
www.treadbylee.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times. Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
For non-lawyers trying to wrap their heads around recent educator persecution, Cornell's Legal Information Institute offers a good explanation of the public employee speech analysis. www.law.cornell.edu/constitution...
Pickering Balancing Test for Government Employee Speech
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October 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
For non-lawyers trying to wrap their heads around recent educator persecution, Cornell's Legal Information Institute offers a good explanation of the public employee speech analysis. www.law.cornell.edu/constitution...
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That‘s definitely antifa
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
That‘s definitely antifa
I didn't make it to a No Kings protest today, but I will do my part to thwart authoritarianism by grading these 1L law office memos. Gotta train more defenders of the Constitution.
October 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I didn't make it to a No Kings protest today, but I will do my part to thwart authoritarianism by grading these 1L law office memos. Gotta train more defenders of the Constitution.
Bad. Very bad. Edicts are easier to implement when the agencies are so gutted there's no one to say, "that's not how this works. That's not how any of this works." www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
A New Wave of Federal Layoffs Will Hit the Education Department
Multiple divisions will lose staff members, according to the union representing agency staffers.
www.edweek.org
October 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Bad. Very bad. Edicts are easier to implement when the agencies are so gutted there's no one to say, "that's not how this works. That's not how any of this works." www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
Fascists always target the professors first. What was the Regime's plan if he failed to escape the U.S.?
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US anti-fascism expert leaves country day after being blocked from flying to Spain
Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was told at gate his trip was cancelled after Trump threats
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Fascists always target the professors first. What was the Regime's plan if he failed to escape the U.S.?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I've got a bit of a hobby of digging up the pleadings in these cases and trying to figure out what went wrong. This piece does a great job of showing how often time pressure contributes (and how often people blame their subordinates). I always wish courts pushed attorneys to give more detail.
Spent many (many!) hours pulling legal explanations and apologies from lawyers who were caught using AI that hallucinated in which they explained to a judge why they used AI. The explanations are astonishing and extremely good:
www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...
www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...
18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It
Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.
www.404media.co
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I've got a bit of a hobby of digging up the pleadings in these cases and trying to figure out what went wrong. This piece does a great job of showing how often time pressure contributes (and how often people blame their subordinates). I always wish courts pushed attorneys to give more detail.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It sounded like good news, at first, but now he will attempt bringing white Christian nationalism to the entire country.
It sounded like good news, at first, but now he will attempt bringing white Christian nationalism to the entire country.
Oklahoma superintendent who tried to put Trump Bibles in classrooms resigns
Ryan Walters, who has led Oklahoma public schools since 2022, is quitting to run a conservative education non-profit
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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It sounded like good news, at first, but now he will attempt bringing white Christian nationalism to the entire country.
It sounded like good news, at first, but now he will attempt bringing white Christian nationalism to the entire country.
www.larcier-intersentia.com/fr/therapies...
I co-wrote a chapter in this book with my pa Mohamed Arafa. No, I don’t speak French.
I co-wrote a chapter in this book with my pa Mohamed Arafa. No, I don’t speak French.
L'interdiction des "thérapies de conversion sexuelle"
Chocs électriques, traitements médicamenteux ou psychiatriques, exorcismes…Derrière l’expression trompeuse de « thérapies de conversion sexuelle »,...
www.larcier-intersentia.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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I co-wrote a chapter in this book with my pa Mohamed Arafa. No, I don’t speak French.
I co-wrote a chapter in this book with my pa Mohamed Arafa. No, I don’t speak French.
I often tell students to hold onto their inspirations for law school and goal practice areas BUT be prepared to pivot where the market demands. Seems like a good time to be a first amendment lawyer.
September 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I often tell students to hold onto their inspirations for law school and goal practice areas BUT be prepared to pivot where the market demands. Seems like a good time to be a first amendment lawyer.
I was thinking on this yesterday. Riedman offers an excellent substack on school shootings, with very timely posts.
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Meme culture, Groypers, school shooters, and ‘Anomie Extremism’
Why are teens posting frog memes, wearing nazi patches, and using codewords like "1488" or "TJD" before they commit a school shooting?
k12ssdb.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I was thinking on this yesterday. Riedman offers an excellent substack on school shootings, with very timely posts.
k12ssdb.substack.com/p/meme-cultu...
k12ssdb.substack.com/p/meme-cultu...
We cannot celebrate political violence toward either side of the spectrum. However, when you propagate hate, indoctrinating kids on campuses to hate, you invite abuse of the second amendment right that you championed. Concealed carry campus. No security. Tragic on so many levels.
September 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We cannot celebrate political violence toward either side of the spectrum. However, when you propagate hate, indoctrinating kids on campuses to hate, you invite abuse of the second amendment right that you championed. Concealed carry campus. No security. Tragic on so many levels.
I have mixed opinions on this. Any thoughts from my fellow scholars? www.reuters.com/legal/legali...
Law profs applaud, and pan, ABA's delay of hands-on learning requirement
Some U.S. law professors said they were discouraged on Monday after a nationwide plan to require more hands-on training for law students stalled before the American Bar Association, while others said the ABA was right to delay a vote on the requirement amid widespread opposition.
www.reuters.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I have mixed opinions on this. Any thoughts from my fellow scholars? www.reuters.com/legal/legali...