Jonathan Rose is Professor of Law and Willard H. Pedrick Distinguished Research Scholar at Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Arizona State University, where he teaches contracts, English legal history, legal ethics, and antitrust. He has been a professor at the College since 1968 and was Associate Dean from 1987-90. He graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania in 1960, and from the University of Minnesota magna cum laude in 1963, where he was Senior Editor of the Minnesota Law Review. Professor Rose is the author of numerous articles, reports and book reviews in the areas of legal history, antitrust, occupational and economic regulation and legal ethics. He is an affiliate of the College of Law Center for the Study of Law, Science, and Technology and ASU Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics. He is a member of the Selden Society, the American Society of Legal History, and the American Law Institute. He has also served on numerous professional and governmental committees and boards, and as a consultant for various departments of the state of Arizona, including as a Special Assistant to Governor Bruce Babbitt and a member of the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council and Arizona Board of Legal Specialization. He has frequently testified before United States and Arizona commissions and legislative committees. He has also served on numerous professional and governmental committees and boards, and as a consultant for various departments of the state of Arizona, including as a Special Assistant to Governor Bruce Babbitt and as a member of the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council and Arizona Board of Legal Specialization. He is a member of the Selden Society, the American Society of Legal History, and the American Law Institute.  

After spending most of career focusing on antitrust, regulation, and legal ethics, he has now changed direction. His current scholarly interests involve legal history and his research focused on the history and regulation of the legal profession, particularly in medieval and early modern England. He has presented papers on these topics at numerous conferences and law school workshops. He is currently working on research into 15th century litigation and justice system and the legal issues raised by litigation over the lands of Sir John Fastolf and the 1459 controversy over the Fastolf's will of Sir John Fastolf as well as early modern defamation suits by lawyers.