Jason R. Baron is a Professor of the Practice in the College of Information at the University of Maryland. During his 33 years in government service, he served as the first appointed director of litigation at the National Archives and Records Administration, and before that as a trial attorney and senior counsel at the Justice Department. Prior to his current faculty appointment, he served as Of Counsel in the e-discovery and information governance practice at Faegre Drinker LLP. His published research includes practical applications of artificial intelligence, including in providing public access to government records. Mr. Baron was a founding coordinator of the NIST Text Retrieval Conference (TREC) Legal Track, and served as lead editor on the ABA book Perspectives on Predictive Coding And Other Advanced Search Methods for the Legal Practitioner. Mr. Baron received his B.A. magna cum laude with honors from Wesleyan University, and his J.D. from Boston University School of Law.
