Assistant Professor of Law

(501) 916-5412 | Room 425
Email: [email protected]
Faculty Assistant: Sam Smith | Room 524 | (501) 916-5440 | [email protected]
Jordan Wallace-Wolf is a graduate of the law and philosophy program at UCLA, where he earned a J.D. from the law school (2017) and a Ph.D. from the philosophy department (2020). His main area of research concerns the distinction between what is private and what is public, and its significance for law and morality.
Currently, he is continuing to develop a philosophical account of privacy and its implications for various domains of law. Some recent work argues that tort liability is appropriate, both morally and legally, for pornographic deepfake images. He is also exploring whether tort doctrine should evolve in response to the growing power of internet platforms and AI providers, and whether Section 230 immunity should be reconceptualized accordingly.
Other projects concern free speech and the appropriate remedies for lawyers producing inaccurate briefs with AI.
Professor Wallace-Wolf’s research has appeared in or is forthcoming in the Journal of Free Speech Law, the Journal of Tort Law, the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, and the University of Chicago Law Review.
Professor Wallace-Wolf is also an award-winning instructor. His central goal is to give students the tools to untangle difficult legal and political questions for themselves, and to expose them to the value of doing so. To this end, he relies on his love of legal and philosophical questions, channeling it through the use of pedagogical best practices, such as interactive classroom activities, concept mapping, in-class writing, cutting-edge cases, and, cautiously, artificial intelligence.
Professor Wallace-Wolf teaches Torts, Remedies, Privacy Law, and Criminal Law.
Education
- Ph.D., Philosophy, UCLA, 2020
- J.D., UCLA School of Law, 2017
- M.A., Philosophy, Tufts University, 2011
- B.A., magna cum laude, Ethics, Politics, and Economics, Yale University, 2008
Courses
- Torts
- Remedies
- Privacy Law
- Criminal Law
- Antitrust
Areas of Expertise
- Criminal law and procedure
- Torts
- Remedies
- Privacy law
- First Amendment
Featured Scholarship
Ramped Up Rule 65(c)?, University of Chicago Law Review (forthcoming 2027).
Less Fisher, More Doe: Non-Testimonial Mental Content and a New Rule for Unlocking Digital Devices, 34 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 683 (2026).
A Novel Tort Duty for Platforms that Intermediately Produce Real World User Interactions, 18 Journal of Tort Law 439 (2025).
Honors & Awards
- Faculty Marshal, UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, 2026
- Faculty Excellence Award for Rising Faculty, UA Little Rock, college level, 2024
- University Distinguished Teaching Award, UCLA, 2019
- Department Distinguished Teaching Award, UCLA Department of Philosophy, 2019
- Yost Teaching Prize, UCLA Department of Philosophy, 2016
- Order of the Coif, UCLA School of Law
Selected Service & Leadership
- Member, Junior Scholars Council, Privacy Law Scholars Conference, 2026-present
- Referee, Law, Culture, and the Humanities; Journal of Ethics; and Jurimetrics
- Panelist, Aspiring Law Professor Workshop, Southeastern Association of Law Schools, 2023 and 2024
- Participant, Brookings Institution Pre-Mortem on AI in Education, 2025
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