Edgar A. Jones, Jr., UCLA School of Law professor emeritus and a national expert on labor law and arbitration, died May 10 in Los Angeles. He was 92.
 
Jones was a distinguished legal scholar and an esteemed member of the UCLA School of Law faculty for 40 years. He was one of the law school’s foundational faculty members, joining UCLA School of Law in 1951, and he also served as the law school’s assistant dean. Jones taught labor law and arbitration while also arbitrating labor disputes for numerous corporations, as well as for educational and government agencies including the city and county of Los Angeles.
 
Jones’ extensive professional activities included years of service to the National Academy of Arbitrators. He served as president of the organization in 1981, and he was the founding editor of the organization’s newspaper, The Chronicle. In addition to his teaching and arbitration duties, Jones was chosen, over a number of professional actors, for the role of "judge" on the ABC-TV courtroom dramas "Traffic Court," "Day in Court" and "Accused," which filmed re-enactments of actual court cases. He presided as judge on the programs from 1958-1964.
 
Jones authored numerous articles on labor law and arbitration during his long academic career, and his books include "Cases and Materials on Labor-management Law." He was a beloved teacher who influenced hundreds of students throughout his venerated professional career, and his contributions to the law school are part of the legacy of his commitment to, and passion for, the law.
 
Jones was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1921 and grew up in Asbury Park, N.J. He received a B.A. degree from Wesleyan University in 1942. He was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942-1945, and he received an LL.B. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1950. At the University of Virginia, he created and was the founding editor of the "Virginia Law Weekly" (which is in its 65th volume) and for which he had legal scholar Roscoe Pound report from China. Following law school, he worked with renowned University of Virginia labor law professor Charles O. Gregory.
 
In addition to his 11 children, Jones is survived by his wife, Helen Jones, whom he married in 1945; 23 grandchildren; and 5 great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held on May 17 at the Corpus Christi Church in Pacific Palisades.