P. LUEVONDA ROSS Associate Professor of Law
B.A., Hendrix College; J.D., Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law
Professor Ross joined the Jones School of Law faculty in August 2004 and is an Associate Professor of Law. She received her B.A. in English from Hendrix College and her J.D. from Temple University. She is a 1987 Rotary International Foundation Scholar and spent her year abroad in Spain studying at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. While at Hendrix College, she studied at the Birkbeck College of London University and in the Washington Semester Program at American University.
Prior to joining Jones School of Law, Professor Ross practiced law in Arkansas. Her practice has consisted of public service as a staff attorney with Central Arkansas Legal Services, as a law clerk to a Pulaski County Circuit Judge, as a solo practitioner, as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the 11th Judicial District-West and for the 10th Judicial District, as an Assistant Attorney General and finally as the Deputy Attorney General of the Medicaid Fraud Department of the Arkansas Attorney General's Office. Professor Ross was an adjunct professor in the trial advocacy program at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. In addition to teaching, she coached the trial team. She has been an adjunct professor in the political science department at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Professor Ross teaches Criminal Law, Pre-Trial Practice, and Trial Advocacy.
She is a member of the New Harvest Church of Christ.
Publications
The Transmogrification of Self-Defense by National Rifle Association-Inspired Statutes: From the Doctrine of Retreat to the Right to Stand Your Ground, 35 S. U. L. Rev. 1 (2007).