Justin Hughes is the Honorable William Matthew Byrne Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University. He is also a Visiting Professor of Law at Oxford University.

From 2009 until 2013, Professor Hughes also served as Senior Advisor to the Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property. In that capacity, he was the US chief negotiator for two multilateral treaties, the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (2012) and the Marrakesh Treaty for the Blind (2013). In 2024, Professor Hughes was a Fulbright Distinguished Professor at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland. For his scholarly papers, see www.justinhughes.net.

Hughes briefed journalists in January 2026: When AI and IP Collide: What Journalists Need to Know.