Judge Bruce Jones
Adjunct Faculty
401 UCB
2450 Kittredge Loop Drive
Wolf Law Building
Boulder, CO 80309
E-mail: a.bruce.jones@colorado.edu
A. Bruce Jones is a district court judge in Denver. He was appointed by Gov. Bill Ritter and took the bench on January 10, 2011. He currently presides over a criminal docket, after recently completing a three-year rotation in civil. Judge Jones received his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M in 1978, and his law degree, with honors, from the University of Texas in 1981. After clerking for a year for Judge Will Garwood on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, he joined the Denver law firm of Holland & Hart in 1982. He became a partner in 1988, and remained with the firm until his appointment to the bench. His practice included both trials and appeals in a variety of areas, including constitutional law and civil rights, media law, commercial disputes, and personal injury. He has tried cases throughout the country, in both federal and state courts. Judge Jones was born in Lamar, Colorado and grew up in a small town in West Texas. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Colorado Law School.
Courses:
| Spring 2024 | Advanced Trial Advocacy | LAWS 7159-801 |
| Spring 2023 | Advanced Trial Advocacy | LAWS 7159-801 |
| Spring 2022 | Advanced Trial Advocacy | LAWS 7159-801 |
| Spring 2021 | Advanced Trial Advocacy | LAWS 7159-801 |
| Spring 2020 | Advanced Trial Advocacy | LAWS 7159-801 |
| Spring 2019 | Advanced Trial Advocacy | LAWS 7159-801 |
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