Biography
Professor Coe is the Faculty Director of the LLM Concentration in International Commercial
Arbitration. He is listed in Who's Who Legal for Arbitration, and is a fellow of the
American Bar Foundation, an elected member of the American Law Institute, and an associate
reporter for the Restatement on the U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration.
Coe has chaired the Disputes Division of the ABA International Law Section, and the
Academic Council of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration.
Professor Coe consults with governments and multinational corporations in relation
to commercial and direct investment disputes under the treaties and has both argued
international arbitral claims and acted as arbitrator in ad hoc and institutional
arbitrations. He is on the arbitrator panel of the International Centre for Dispute
Resolution (ICDR) of the American Arbitration Association. His consultancies and arbitral
appointments have involved him in a wide variety of commercial topics including production
sharing agreements, mining joint-ventures, patent cross-licensings and domain name
management. He is admitted to practice in California and Washington, and holds the
Diploma of the Hague Academy of International Law.
Professor Coe's training includes advanced studies and work assignments in Europe,
including a two-year post at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal at the Hague. He has been
a Rotary International Graduate Fellow, a Salzburg Seminar Fellow, and a Fellow of
the NYU Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration and Commercial Law.
Professor Coe is a regular speaker in the United States and abroad and has taught
in several international programs including at the Academy for the Center for American
and International Law. He has authored numerous books and articles on arbitration,
private international law, and related topics.
Professor Coe teaches International Business Transactions, International Commercial
Arbitration, International Investment Disputes, International Litigation, and Public
International Law.
Education
- Ph.D. (Law), London School of Economics and Political Science, 1999
- LL.M., University of Exeter, Exeter, England, 1982
- J.D., Loyola Marymount, 1979
- B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1975, with distinction
Articles
- Christopher R. Drahozal, Don Earl Childress III, Jack J. Coe, Jr., & Catherine A.
Rogers, Challenging and Enforcing International Arbitral Awards in U.S. Federal Courts:
An Empirical Study, 65 VA. J. INT'L L. 1 (2024) HeinOnline SSRN
- Donald Earl Childress III, Jack J. Coe, Jr. and Lacey L. Estudillo, Introduction:
International Arbitration and the Courts, 43 PEPP. L. REV. 461 (2016) SSRN
- George A. Bermann, Jack J. Coe, Jr., Christopher R. Drahozal et al, A Reply to "Hollow
Spaces", 62 BUFFALO L. REV. 177 (2014) HeinOnline
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Investor-State Arbitration, 20 DISP. RESOL. MAG. 9 (Winter 2014)
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., The Curious Case of Manifest Disregard [of the Law], Kluwer Arbitration Blog, May 17, 2010
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., George A. Bermann, Christopher R. Drahozal, & Catherine A. Rogers,
Restating the U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration, 113 PENN. ST. L. REV.
1333 (2009) HeinOnline
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Toward a Complementary Use of Conciliation in Investor-State Disputes--A
Preliminary Sketch, 4 TRANSNAT'L DISP. MGMT. (2007)
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Developments in Investor-State Arbitration--Reflections From the
Classroom, 101 AM. SOC'Y INT'L L. PROC. 454 (2007) HeinOnline
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Some Thoughts on Teaching International ADR and the Case for Reality-Based
Simulations, 22 ARB. INT'L 249 (2006)
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Transparency in the Resolution of Investor-State Disputes--Adoption,
Adaptation, and NAFTA Leadership, 54 U. KAN. L. REV. 1339 (2006) HeinOnline
- C. Ignacio Suarez Anzorena, Robert Wisner, Jack J. Coe, Jr. et al, International Legal
Developments in Review: 2005: Disputes: International Commercial Dispute Resolution,
40 INT'L LAW. 251 (2006) HeinOnline
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Toward a Complementary Use of Conciliation in Investor-State Disputes--A
Preliminary Sketch, 12 U.C. DAVIS J. INT'L L. & POL'Y 7 (2005) HeinOnline
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Planning for International Disputes (and What Makes Them Distinctive),
5 PEPP. DISP. RESOL. L.J. 385 (2005)HeinOnline
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., The Case for the Model Law in Modernizing the FAA, 4 INT'L ARB.
NEWS, Fall 2004, at 2
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Denial of Justice and NAFTA Chapter Eleven The Mondev Award, 3 INT'L
ARB. NEWS,Winter/Spring 2003, at 2
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., From Anecdote to Data-Reflections on the Global Center's Barcelona
Meeting, 20 J. INT'L ARB. 11 (2003)
- Jack J. Coe, Jr. et al., International Legal Developments in Review: 2003: Developments
in International Commercial Dispute Resolution in 2003, 38 INT'L LAW. 265 (2004) HeinOnline
- Jack J. Coe, Jr. et al., International Legal Developments in Review: 2002: International
Commercial Dispute Resolution, 37 INT'L LAW. 445 (2003) HeinOnline
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., NAFTA Chapter Eleven Arbitration: Architectural Highlights and Docket
Patterns, ITA NEWS & NOTES, Winter 2003, at 1
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Taking Stock of NAFTA Chapter 11 in Its Tenth Year: An Interim Sketch
of Selected Themes, Issues, and Methods, 36 VAND. J. TRANSNAT'L L. 1381 (2003) HeinOnline
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Domestic Court Control of Investment Awards: Necessary Evil or Achilles
Heel Within NAFTA and the Proposed FTAA?, 19 J. INT'L ARB. 185 (2002); 12 CAL. INT'L
PRACTIONER 7 (2003) (abridged version)
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Pre-Hearing Techniques to Promote Speed and Cost-Effectiveness--Some
Thoughts Concerning Arbitral Process Design, 2 PEPP. DISP. RESOL. L.J. 53 (2002); MEALEY'S INT'L ARB. REP. (May 2002); 3 MEALEY'S QUARTERLY L. REV. 67 (2002) HeinOnline
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., The Serviceable Texts of International Commercial Arbitration: An
Embarrassment of Riches, 10 WILLAMETTE J. INT'L L. & DISP. RESOL. 143 (2002) HeinOnline
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Fair and Equitable Treatment Under NAFTA's Investment Chapter: Remarks,
96 AM. SOC'Y INT'L L. PROC. 17 (2002) HeinOnline
- Jack J. Coe, Jr. & Clyde C. Pearce, Arbitration under NAFTA Chapter Eleven: Some Pragmatic
Reflections Upon the First Case Filed Against Mexico, 23 HASTINGS INT'L & COMP. L.
REV. 311 (2000), 16 MEALEY'S INT'L ARB. REP. 1 (Jan. 2001) HeinOnline
- Jack J. Coe, Jr. & Clyde C. Pearce, Putting Teeth into NAFTA's "Fair Treatment" Provisions,
LATIN AM. L. & BUS. REP., 2000, at 3
Book Reviews
- Jack J. Coe, Jr, Book Review: International Arbitration in Korea by Joongi Kim, 33 ICSID REV. - FOREIGN INV. L. J. 736 (Fall 2018)
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Book Review: Ethics in International Arbitration, 21 DISP. RESOL.
MAG. 18 (Summer 2015) SSRN
- Jack J. Coe, Jr. & Ashley K. Puscas, Book Review: Commentaries on Selected Model Investment
Treaties, 15 PEPP. DISP. RESOL. L. J. 183 (2015) SSRNHeinOnline
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Book Review: Lucy Reed, Jan Paulsson, and Nigel Blackaby, Guide
to ICSID Arbitration (2d Ed., 2011), 4 Y.B. ARB. & MED. 158 (2013) SSRN
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Margaret L. Moses, The Principles and Practice of International
Commercial Arbitration (Cambridge Univ. Press 2008), 113 PENN. ST. L. REV. 1369 (2009)
(book review) HeinOnline
Forthcoming Book Chapters
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Chapters Three and Five, in ALI RESTATEMENT ON THE AMERICAN LAW
OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION (forthcoming)
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Casebook Commentary: The Perceived and Real Attributes of Arbitration
in the International Context, in CASEBOOK: INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION -
A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE (West, forthcoming) (NYU Transnational Center Project with
multiple contributors/editors)
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Subject-Matter Arbitrability, in CASEBOOK: INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL
ARBITRATION - A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE (West, forthcoming) (NYU Transnational Center
Project with multiple contributors/editors)
Books
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ARBITRATION (Jack J. Coe, Jr. & Donald
Earl Childress III, eds., Elgar Research Collection, 2018) WorldCat
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Charles H. Brower & William S. Dodge, NAFTA CHAPTER ELEVEN REPORTS,
VOLUME I (Kluwer Law International 2006) WorldCat
Book Chapters
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Constructing a 'Suite' of International Arbitration Courses: Sample
LL.M Course Descriptions and Some Factors to Consider, in THE EVOLUTION AND FUTURE
OF ARBITRATION (Stavros L. Brekoulakis et al. eds., Kluwer Law International, 2016)
WorldCat
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Chapter Two, in ALI RESTATEMENT ON THE AMERICAN LAW OF INTERNATIONAL
COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION (Council and Tentative Drafts Approved 2015)
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Making Remission and Other 'Curative' Mechanisms Part of the Forum
Shopping Conversation: A View from the U. S. with Comparative Notes, in FORUM SHOPPING
IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION CONTEXT (Franco Ferrari ed., Seller European
Law Publishers 2013) SSRNWorldCat
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Chapters 1 & 5 (First Tentative Draft), in RESTATEMENT OF THE LAW
(THIRD) INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION (ALI 2010) WorldCat
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Should Mediation of Investment Disputes Be Encourage; and If So,
by Whom and How?, in 3 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION:
THE FORDHAM PAPERS (Arthur Rovine ed., Martinus Nijhoff Pub. 2009)
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Settlement of Investor-state Disputes Through Mediation: Preliminary
Remarks on Processes, Problems and Prospects, in ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRAL AWARDS AGAINST
SOVEREIGNS (R. Doak Bishop ed., Juris Publishers 2009) WorldCat
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., An Examination of the Draft Award Circulation Provision of the US
Model BIT of 2004, in THE FUTURE OF INVESTMENT ARBITRATION (Roger Alford & Catherine
Rogers eds., Oxford Univ. Press 2009) WorldCat
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., The Transparency Features of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, in THE
IRAN-U.S. CLAIMS TRIBUNAL AT 25: THE CASES EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW FOR INTERNATIONAL
AND INVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION (Chris Drahozal & Chris Gibson eds., Oxford Univ. Press
2007)
- Jack J. Coe, Jr. & Noah Rubins, Regulating Expropriation and the Tecmed Case: Context
and Contributions, in INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW AND ARBITRATION: LEADING CASES
FROM THE ICSID, NAFTA, BILATERAL TREATIES AND CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW (Todd Weiler
ed., Cameron May 2005)
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., The Mandate of Chapter Eleven Tribunals -Jurisdiction and Related
Questions, in NAFTA INVESTMENT LAW AND ARBITRATION: PAST ISSUES, CURRENT PRACTICE,
FUTURE PROSPECTS (Todd Weiler ed., Transnational Pub. 2004)
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Metalclad -A Retrospective, in NAFTA ARBITRATION REPORTS (J.C Thomas
& J.C. Mowatt eds., Cameron May 2002)
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Pre-Hearing Techniques to Promote Speed and Cost-Effectiveness,
in THE ARBITRATION PROCESS: COMPARATIVE LAW YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (D.
Campbell ed., Kluwer Law International 2002) WorldCat
Selected Presentations
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Teaching ICA Panel, SIA's 20th Anniversary, Queen Mary College,
London, 2015
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., The Restatement on International Commercial Arbitration: Its Origins,
Scope, Functions, and Importance in the American Legal System and Globally, CIETAC,
Beijing, China, 2016
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Organizer and Moderator of A Friendly Debate with Professors George
Bermann and Alan Rau, International Arbitration and the Courts, Pepperdine Law Review
Symposium, Malibu, CA, 2015
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Teaching ICA Panel, SIA's 20th Anniversary, Queen Mary College,
London, 2015
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Address to Annual Meeting of ALI (Restatement Chapter 2 Approval
Process), 2015
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., ALI Council: Report and Request for Approval of Restatement Chapter
2 (with Chris Drahozal), 2015
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., The Prospects for an Investor-State Court, Korea National Diplomatic
Academy, 2015
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Critique of Martinez-Fraga & Reetz, Public Purpose in International
Law (Cambridge University Press, 2015) (with Harold Koh) New York University Center
for Transnational Litigation, 2015
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., A Lunchtime Conversation with Arbitrator Michael Hwang on Corruption
and International Commercial Arbitration, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law,
2014
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Webinar/Interview on the ICA Restatement with Professor George Bermann,
sponsored by the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, 2014
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Lecture, Recent Developments in US Law Affecting Investor-State
Arbitration, Seoul, South Korea, 2014
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Lecture, Recent Developments in American Legal Education in the
Field of International Arbitration, JRTI (Judge's College), Seoul, South Korea, 2014
- Jack J. Coe Jr., A Report on the Restatement, ICCA Plenary Meeting, Miami, Fl, 2013
- Jack J. Coe Jr., Trends in Investor-State Arbitration, Seoul Center International
Dispute Resolution,Seoul, South Korea, 2013
- Jack J. Coe Jr., Quito Ministry of Commerce/Trade - Speech on ADR in Investor State
Disputes, Quito, Ecuador, 2013
- Jack J. Coe Jr., Quito Chamber of Commerce - Keynote Speech on BITs, Quito, Ecuador,
2013
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., ABA Section International Law, reappointed Liaison to the American
Law Institute, 2011
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., International Bar Association (IBA), appointed Ad Hoc Drafting Committee
for Investor-State Mediation Rules, 2011
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Center for American & International Law, appointed to the Executive
Committee of the Southwestern Institute for International and Comparative Law, 2011
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., ITA, Bogota, Columbia, 2011
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Organized and participated in four-day joint ITA/ALI conference
on the ICA Restatement and related matters held at Pepperdine, 2011
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Panel on the Future of Arbitration at International Law Association
(ILA) (Conference West), 2011
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Panel on the Supreme Court and International Commercial Arbitration,
American Society of International Law Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2011
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Panel on Transnational Practice, ICC-Pacific Conference, Hong Kong,
2011
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Juris Conference on Investor-State Arbitration, 2011
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Organized half-day Investor-State Law and Arbitration Conference
as part of FDI Moot Competition held at Pepperdine, 2010
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Moderated panel on Investor-State Mediation at the IBA Annual Meeting,
Vancouver B.C., 2010
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Participated in a panel on Arbitrator Ethics organized by the Institute
Transnational Arbitration, 2010
- Jack J. Coe, Jr., Speaker/panelist, "Negotiating and Mediating Employment Disputes,"
ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Conference, San Francisco, 2010
