Brock Jones
Department of law
University of Toronto
Canada
Biography
Brock Jones, B.A. (Queen’s) 2000, M.A. (Toronto) 2001, J.D. (Toronto) 2004, was called to the Ontario Bar in 2005. After graduating from the Faculty of Law, Brock served as a law clerk to the chief justice of the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto. He then joined the Scarborough Crown Attorney’s office and acts as director of its youth justice team. He has prosecuted all manner of youth cases in both the Ontario and Superior Courts of Justice, and has argued several youth justice appeals before the Ontario Court of Appeal. Brock is also the author of severalarticles on the YCJA and has presented alongside members of the Ontario Court of Justice on youth justice matters in several forums. In 2016, Brock was awarded the Ontario Bar Association’s Heather McArthur Memorial Award for his contributions to the profession. He is also the author of Prosecuting and Defending Youth Criminal Justice Cases, from Emond Publishing.
Research Interest
Canadian Constitutional Law Charter of Rights Comparative Constitutional Law Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law Law and Religion
