Jacob Rooksby

Jacob Rooksby is the dean of the Gonzaga University School of Law, starting in 2018.^[1] He was previously an associate dean of administration and associate professor of law at Duquesne University School of Law and an attorney at McGuireWoods, LLP and Cohen & Grigsby. ^[1][2]

Early life and career

Rooksby is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and University of Virginia. He earned a M.Ed., J.D., and Ph.D. at University of Virginia (and University of Virginia School of Law). His academic writing has appeared in multiple high impact journals including the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology and the Yale Journal of Law and Technology.^[3]

Rooksby received the Dr. John and Liz Murray Award for Excellence in Faculty Scholarship at Duquesne Law School, its highest faculty honor.^[4] He is a past president of the Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association and listed among Pittsburgh's 40 Under 40 Honorees.^[5] Rooksby's research has focused on issues of intellectual property law and higher education law.

Published works

• Rooksby, Jacob (2016), The Branding of the American Mind: How Universities Capture, Manage, and Monetize Intellectual Property and Why It Matters, Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Rooksby, Jacob, The Law of Higher Education (6th ed.).

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