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Todd M. Jones: 3L, Film Editor, and Devoted Husband [By Mahsa Khalilifar]

Born in Washington, DC, Todd Jones first decided to pursue a life filled with film production rather than law.

“I put law school off,” he says. “I went into

film production, made short films…did the

festival circuit.”

At 22, Jones graduated from the University

of Scranton in Pennsylvania with a political

science degree. When law school started,

he continued to make features but mainly

focused on home and school.

“I married a Long Islander,” he says. “We got

a home before [I] got into law school.”

Jones’s father was a patent attorney, but

Jones says his dad was a “scientist first,

a lawyer second; every once in a while, he

would encourage [him to go into law].”

Jones was ready to take on law, though.

He currently lives in Central Islip, NY, and

attends school at the Touro College Jacob D.

Fuchsberg Law Center.

He credits his wife for being supportive of his

interest in film and law. They met in August

of 2003 on their first day as undergraduates.

They’ve been married for �0 years and don’t

have any kids yet, but they’re planning to

eventually start a family.

“Being married makes it easier [to go

through school]; she’s almost endlessly

supportive,” Jones says. He adds that he is

able to attend social events at school with his

wife and that it ultimately works out in terms

of their schedules. Even though they don’t

see each other as much, he says, they are

able to plan to spend time together.

Jones says his favorite courses thus far have

been Constitutional Law, Federal Courts

Law, and Criminal Procedure. He also enjoys

Trial Practice.

“I like seeing how law applies to society

as a whole. I enjoy the misconceptions of

law rather than the comprehension of it,”

he explains. “[I like] matching what I learn

versus misconceptions.”

For the past two summers, Jones has

interned with the Suffolk County District

Attorney’s Office.

“I liked that you spend half of the day in the

office, half of the day in the court. I couldn’t

do office work all day every day,” he says of

his experience. “I like being in court; I enjoy

that part of it. I want to better myself working

in courts.”

Although he is the president of the Student

Bar Association at his school, Jones has been

focusing more on his personal life and his

studies than on student organizations, but he

is hoping to change that.

“During my first year I took it easy, felt out a

couple of societies. You get to meet a lot of

people, and you get to know a lot of people in

your community,” he says. “I do have a few

ideas, [and I want to get more involved]. I

will give it a go, it being one of those things I

slowly talked myself into.”

Jones says he made the right decision when

he picked Touro.

“It’s a newer school, and it has a collective

sense [rather than being] competitive,” he

says. “There is a sense of community. It’s not

malicious and competitive [like] some other

schools are competitive. I also like the idea

of [it being] a smaller law school. My favorite

part is that sense of community.”

Now 28, Jones hopes to graduate from law

school in May of 2008.

On the net

University of Scranton

www.uscranton.com

Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office

www.mass.gov/dasuffolk

Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law

Center

tourolaw.edu

Q. What do you do for fun? A. I only have time for two hobbies: I enjoy film editing, and I’m a Washington Redskins season ticket holder for the first time with my brother, who is going to law school in Washington — anything that offers a little bit of a distraction.

Q. What CD is in your CD player right now? A. I’m not a big music guy; I probably have a movie score of some sort.

Q. What is the last magazine you read? A. ESPN The Magazine.

Q. What is your favorite tV show? A. The Office — the American version.

Q. Who is your role model? A. Both of my parents are but my father in particular. He was always honest and candid, so I appreciated that. Q. What is something most people don’t know about you? A. That I’m involved in a creative medium such as working on films.