Professor Barron joined the faculty in 1965.

He served as dean of the Law School from 1979 to 1988.

Professor Barron holds one of the prestigious endowed professorships at The George Washington University - Harold H. Greene Professor of Law. This professorship was established in 2000. Professor Barron has also held the endowed professorship of Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law.

Professor Barron teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law and communications law and on First Amendment issues.

On October 12, 2007, a symposium was held to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Professor Jerome Barron’s seminal article in the Harvard Law Review calling for an affirmative First Amendment right to access the press. The George Washington University Law School U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer was one of the speakers at the event.

Professor Barron's son, David Barron, is a professor of law at the Harvard Law School. His is also a deputy in the Office of Legal Counsel in the Obama Administration.