Jill E. Fisch is the Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and Co-Director of the Institute for Law & Economics in the Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Professor
Jill E. Fisch
OccupationLaw professor
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Awards
  • Robert A. Gorman Award for Excellence in Teaching (2010-2011)
  • LLM Prize for Excellence in Teaching (2015-2016)
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania Law School

Biography

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Fisch attended Cornell University (B.A. 1982) and Yale Law School (J.D. 1985).[1][2]

Fisch is the Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School,[3] and Co-Director, of the Institute for Law & Economics in the Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.[1] Earlier in her career she held the Fordham University School of Law T.J. Maloney Chair in Business Law,[4] and was the Founding Director of the Fordham Corporate Law Center.[1][2]

Among the many articles she has written are "Governance by Contract: The Implications for Corporate Bylaws," 106 Cal. L. Rev. 373 (2018), "Constructive Ambiguity and Judicial Development of Insider Trading," 71 SMU L. Rev. 749 (2018), "Leave it to Delaware: Why Congress Should Stay out of Corporate Governance," 2011 Francis G. Pileggi Distinguished Lecture in Law, 37 Del. J. Corp. L. 731 (2013),[1] and "On Beyond CalPERS: Survey Evidence on the Developing Role of Public Pension Funds in Corporate Governance," 61 Vand. L. Rev. 315 (2008) (with Stephen J. Choi).[5]

Fisch received the Robert A. Gorman Award for Excellence in Teaching (2010-2011), and the LLM Prize for Excellence in Teaching (2015-2016).[1][6]

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  2. ^ a b "Jill E. Fisch, T.J. Maloney Professor of Business Law, Fordham University School of Law," SEC.gov.
  3. ^ "Jill E. Fisch". Penn Law. University of Pennsylvania Law School. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  4. ^ Treanor, William Michael; Indek, Ben A.; Fisch, Jill E.; Atkins, Paul S. (2008). "The Eighth Annual A.A. Sommer, Jr. Lecture on Corporate, Securities, and Financial Law" (PDF). Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law. 13 (2): 177. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  5. ^ Webber, David H. (2012). "The Plight of the Individual Investor". Northwestern University Law Review. 106: 167, n. 48. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Jill Fisch". Berkeley Law.