Associate Professor of Law
B.A., University of Georgia
J.D., University of Michigan
LL.M., London School of Economics and Political Science
M.A., University of Virginia
E-mail:
kmjones@widener.edu Phone: 717-541-1991
Katherine M. Jones joined the faculty at Widener in 2007 as Associate Professor of Law at Widener's Harrisburg campus. Professor Jones received a B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia in 1982 where she was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa; a J.D. from Michigan Law School in 1985, where she was a member of the Michigan Law Review, and an LL.M. from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1986. She also earned a Masters Degree in American History from the University of Virginia in 1995.
After graduation from law school, Professor Jones worked as a Trial Attorney in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington from 1986-1989; Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 1989 to 1994; Communications Law Consultant, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, summer 1996; Counsel to Chairman Lynn M. Bragg, U.S. International Trade Commission, 1997-1999; International Trade Consultant, King & Spalding, 1999-2000; Communications Law Attorney, 2000 to 2003, Counsel to Chairman Stephen Koplan, U.S. International Trade Commission, 2003 to 2006, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Syracuse University College of Law, 2006-2007.
She is admitted to practice in Georgia and Washington, D.C. and she teaches and writes in the areas of International Trade, International Business, Contracts, Corporations and legal history, including the history of federalism.
Professor Jones has been a fellow at the Eisenhower Institute in Washington, D.C, and taught American History, including Constitutional and Legal History, as a Visiting Professor of History at Michigan State University. She recently completed an article that examines the role of federalism in the history of U.S. regulation of the insurance industry.