Edith Jones graduated from Alamo Heights High School, where she was a National Merit Scholar. In 1971, she received her B.A. in Economics from Cornell University, graduating with honors. In 1974, she was awarded her J.D. at the University of Texas Law School, where she was a law review editor and received the Order of the Coif.
Judge Jones was the first female partner at Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Jones (now Hunton Andrews Kurth) where she practiced various types of litigation and bankruptcy cases. Judge Jones went on the federal bench on June 1, 1985.
Judge Jones served as a former member of the National Bankruptcy Review Commission, and as a member of the Judicial Conference Commission on Bankruptcy Rules. Judge Jones served on the White House Fellows Commission. Judge Jones served on the board of the Sam Houston Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. She has been a member of the Garland Walker Inn of Court in Houston for more than 20 years and its President for at least ten years. Judge Jones is also on the Board of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation.
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Practice Groups: The Continued Independence of the Judiciary
2024 National Lawyers Convention
The Washington Hilton1919 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20009
Special Guest Speaker Judge Edith Jones
Houston Student Chapter
University of Houston Law Center4170 Martin Luther King Blvd
Houston, TX 77204
Barbecue with Texan Federalists: Judge Edith Jones and Judd Stone
Miami Student Chapter
University of Miami School of Law1311 Miller Drive, Alma Jennings Student Lounge
Coral Gables, FL 33146
Mere Natural Law
2023 National Lawyers Convention
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20006
Practice Groups: The Continued Independence of the Judiciary
2024 National Lawyers Convention
Recent times have seen growing criticism of the Supreme Court's legitimacy, with some claiming that...
Practice Groups: The Continued Independence of the Judiciary
2024 National Lawyers Convention
Recent times have seen growing criticism of the Supreme Court's legitimacy, with some claiming that...
Mere Natural Law
2023 National Lawyers Convention
The U.S. Supreme Court’s originalist jurisprudence has been on display in its most recent terms...
Mere Natural Law
2023 National Lawyers Convention
The U.S. Supreme Court’s originalist jurisprudence has been on display in its most recent terms...
Panel I: What is Democracy?
2023 National Student Symposium
There has been much discussion about threats to democracy over the past year. But conceptions...