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Jack J. Coe Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of Law

Office: School of Law (SOL)
E-mail: jack.coe@pepperdine.edu

  • Ph.D., London School of Economics and Political Science, 1999
  • LL.M., University Exeter, Exeter, England, 1982
  • J.D., Loyola Marymount School of Law, 1979
  • B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1975, with distinction
A specialist in private international law, Professor Coe's training includes advanced studies in Europe. He received his LL.M. at Exeter, where he was a Rotary International Graduate Fellow, the Diploma of the Hague Academy of International Law, and a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. He clerked for the Honorable Richard C. Allison at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, the Hague and now consults with governments and multinational corporations in relation to commercial and direct investment disputes under the NAFTA and Bilateral Investment Treaties. Professor Coe, a regular speaker in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, has helped organize numerous conferences and programs related to international dispute resolution. He has taught in international programs for Notre Dame and University of San Diego Law Schools. He has authored numerous articles on arbitration, private international law, and related topics and authored the books Protecting Against the Expropriation Risk in Investing Abroad (co-authored with R.C. Allison) (1993), International Commercial Arbitration-American Principles and Practice in a Global Context (1997), and NAFTA Chapter 11 Reports (ed., with Brower and Dodge) (2006). He also is on the editorial panel for Oxford University Press' investor-state arbitration project.

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Selected Works:
  • Client Expectations in Investor-State Cases, TRANSNATIONAL DISPUTE MANAGEMENT (forthcoming).
  • Toward a Complementary Use of Conciliation in Investor-State Disputes--A Preliminary Sketch, 4 TRANSNATIONAL DISPUTE MANAGEMENT (2007).
  • Developments in Investor-State Arbitration--Reflections From the Classroom, 101 AM. SOC'Y INT'L L. PROC. 454 (2007).
  • International Legal Developments in Review: 2005, Developments in International Commercial Dispute Resolution, 40 INT'L LAW. 251 (2006).
  • Reflections on Teaching International Commercial Dispute Resolution and the Case for Reality-Based Simulations, 22 ARB. INT'L 249 (2006).
  • Transparency in the Resolution of Investor-State Disputes--Adoption, Adaptation, and NAFTA Leadership, 54 U. KAN. L. REV. 1339 (2006).
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