Todd M. Jones Early Was In Film Production But Then Opt For Law. Now He Is A 3L Student In Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. His Father Was Patent Lawyer.

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Todd M. Jones: 3L, Film Editor, and Devoted Husband
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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 Law, and Criminal Procedure. He also enjoys his experience. “I like being in court; I enjoy
film production, made short films…did the Trial Practice. that part of it. I want to better myself working
festival circuit.” in courts.”
“I like seeing how law applies to society
as a whole. I enjoy the misconceptions of Although he is the president of the Student
At 22, Jones graduated from the University
law rather than the comprehension of it,” Bar Association at his school, Jones has been
of Scranton in Pennsylvania with a political
he explains. “[I like] matching what I learn focusing more on his personal life and his
science degree. When law school started,
versus misconceptions.” studies than on student organizations, but he
he continued to make features but mainly
focused on home and school. is hoping to change that.
For the past two summers, Jones has
interned with the Suffolk County District
“I married a Long Islander,” he says. “We got “During my first year I took it easy, felt out a
Attorney’s Office.
a home before [I] got into law school.” couple of societies. You get to meet a lot of
people, and you get to know a lot of people in
“I liked that you spend half of the day in the
Jones’s father was a patent attorney, but your community,” he says. “I do have a few
office, half of the day in the court. I couldn’t
Jones says his dad was a “scientist first, ideas, [and I want to get more involved]. I
do office work all day every day,” he says of
a lawyer second; every once in a while, he will give it a go, it being one of those things I
Q. What do you do for fun? slowly talked myself into.”
would encourage [him to go into law].”
A. I only have time for two hobbies: I
enjoy film editing, and I’m a Washington Jones says he made the right decision when
Jones was ready to take on law, though.
Redskins season ticket holder for the first he picked Touro.
He currently lives in Central Islip, NY, and time with my brother, who is going to law
attends school at the Touro College Jacob D. school in Washington — anything that “It’s a newer school, and it has a collective
Fuchsberg Law Center. offers a little bit of a distraction.
sense [rather than being] competitive,” he
says. “There is a sense of community. It’s not
He credits his wife for being supportive of his Q. What CD is in your CD player right now?
malicious and competitive [like] some other
interest in film and law. They met in August A. I’m not a big music guy; I probably have
a movie score of some sort. schools are competitive. I also like the idea
of 2003 on their first day as undergraduates.
of [it being] a smaller law school. My favorite
They’ve been married for 10 years and don’t
Q. What is the last magazine you read? part is that sense of community.”
have any kids yet, but they’re planning to
A. ESPN The Magazine.
eventually start a family. Now 28, Jones hopes to graduate from law
Q. What is your favorite TV show? school in May of 2008.
“Being married makes it easier [to go A. The Office — the American version.
through school]; she’s almost endlessly On the Net
supportive,” Jones says. He adds that he is Q. Who is your role model?
University of Scranton
able to attend social events at school with his A. Both of my parents are but my father
in particular. He was always honest and www.uscranton.com
wife and that it ultimately works out in terms
of their schedules. Even though they don’t candid, so I appreciated that.
Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office
see each other as much, he says, they are
Q. What is something most people don’t www.mass.gov/dasuffolk
able to plan to spend time together.
know about you?
A. That I’m involved in a creative medium Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law
Jones says his favorite courses thus far have
such as working on films. Center
been Constitutional Law, Federal Courts
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