Professor Barbara Black

Professor Black teaches in the business law area and is the director and founder of the Securities Arbitration Clinic, believed to be the first such clinic in the country.  The Clinic represents small investors in their claims against brokers. Prior to coming to Pace, Professor Black has been associated with two law firms — first with Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler in New York and then with Rogers and Wells in Washington, D.C. She has written a number of law review articles on securities arbitration, securities fraud and RICO claims. Her article on Fraud on the Market has been extensively cited, including by both the majority and dissenting opinions in the Supreme Court’s opinion on fraud on the market. She has also written a treatise on corporate dividends and stock repurchases. She previously served as acting dean and, prior thereto, vice dean of the Law School and spent two years as deputy director of the Association of American Law Schools. 

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