Laurie W. Jones

Oklahoma City University School of Law

Interim Associate Dean for Admissions
Legal Research and Writing Professor

Professor Jones served as a judicial intern at the Oklahoma Supreme Court, was a
shareholder and partner at Fenton, Fenton, Smith, Reneau and Moon, an Oklahoma City
insurance defense civil trial and appellate litigation firm, and was a founding member of
the firm of Welch, Jones and Smith. With over twenty-five years of trial and appellate
experience, she has litigated cases at all levels of state and federal courts, including
the United States Supreme Court. She is admitted to practice in the United States
District Courts for the Western, Eastern, and Northern Districts of Oklahoma, the Tenth
Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. She also serves as OCU Law
School’s Pro Bono and Public Interest Law Coordinator and coaches the Frederick Douglass
Moot Court team. 

Professor Jones received her B.A. from the University of California, Davis and her J.D.
from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. She teaches Legal Research and Writing.