# Jill Fisch

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**Jill E. Fisch** is the Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law at the [University of Pennsylvania Law School](/source/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](/source/Wharton_School_of_the_University_of_Pennsylvania).

## Biography

Fisch attended [Cornell University](/source/Cornell_University) (B.A. 1982) and [Yale Law School](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Wharton_School_of_the_University_of_Pennsylvania).[1] Earlier in her career she held the [Fordham University School of Law](/source/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](/source/Robert_A._Gorman) Award for Excellence in Teaching (2010-2011), and the LLM Prize for Excellence in Teaching (2015-2016).[1][6]

## References

1. ["C.V."](https://www.law.upenn.edu/cf/faculty/jfisch/cv.pdf)

1. ["Jill E. Fisch, T.J. Maloney Professor of Business Law, Fordham University School of Law,"](https://www.sec.gov/spotlight/proxyprocess/bio/jefisch.pdf) SEC.gov.

1. ["Jill E. Fisch"](https://www.law.upenn.edu/cf/faculty/jfisch/). *Penn Law. University of Pennsylvania Law School*. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

1. 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"](https://www.fordham.edu/download/downloads/id/6144/8th_annual_a_a_sommer_lecture.pdf). *Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law*. **13** (2): 177. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

1. Webber, David H. (2012). ["The Plight of the Individual Investor"](https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1034&context=faculty_scholarship). *Northwestern University Law Review*. **106**: 167, n. 48. Retrieved 21 November 2019.

1. ["Jill Fisch"](https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/jill-fisch/). *Berkeley Law*

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