Darrell Jackson joined the George Mason University School of Law staff as an Assistant Dean and Director of Minority Affairs in March 2004. Immediately prior to joining Mason, Dean Jackson served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia from 2000 – 2004 and as an Assistant County Attorney in Fairfax County, Virginia, from 1994 - 2000. Prior to joining the County Attorney's office, he served as judicial law clerk to The Honorable L.M. Brinkema of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and to The Honorable Marcus D. Williams of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit of Virginia.

Dean Jackson received his J.D. from George Mason University School of Law in 1990 where he co-founded the George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal in 1989 and co-authored "The Sunset of Affirmative Action? City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co.," 12 Black L.J. 73 (1990). In 1987, he received his B.A. in Spanish with a minor in sociology from the College of William and Mary, where he was a member of both the varsity football and varsity track teams.

Dean Jackson is a member of the Virginia Bar.