Pace Investor Rights Clinic (PIRC)

03/27/2023

The Fairbridge Investor Rights Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University will participate in "Investor Advocacy Clinics: Students Fight for Investor Justice," a virtual event hosted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Wednesday, March 29. The event will highlight the work of law school students who provide free legal representation and other resources to harmed investors engaged in disputes with their financial professionals. Please join us!

Press Release SEC Virtual Outreach Event Highlights Students on the Frontlines of Investor Protection FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2023-57 Washington D.C., March 20, 2023 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it will host a virtual event, entitled “Investor Advocacy Clinics: Stud...

08/23/2022

In the fall of 1997, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University joined several law schools across the nation to heed the call of SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt to launch--for the first time ever--clinics, staffed primarily by law students, dedicated to providing free legal services to investors of modest means who seek remedies for investment harm.

Leading the initiative was Haub Law Professor Barbara Black (retired) who founded Haub Law's Fairbridge Investor Rights Clinic (formerly the Securities Arbitration Clinic) and Academic Dean and Professor Jill Gross who is a former Director of the Haub Law clinic.

On September 14th at 12:00 p.m. EDT Professors Black and Gross will join an esteemed virtual panel commemorating the 25th anniversary of the meaningful partnership between law students and investors. You can tune into this panel discussion here: https://fal.cn/3r6lL

✨ STUDENTS & ALUMNI✨: Have you participated in Haub Law's Fairbridge Investor Rights Clinic (formerly the Securities Arbitration Clinic)? The Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society (SECHS) is looking for participants to share your experience and become a part of a historical exhibit in the Virtual Museum and Archive!

Participation will only take a few minutes! Click the link to participate. https://fal.cn/3r6lM

04/07/2022

Congratulations to our student interns for their presentations and participation at the SEC Investor Advocacy Clinic Summit!

Haub Law’s RealFi Investor Rights Clinic participates in the third U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Investor Advocacy Clinic Summit April 6, 2022 On March 31, Haub Law’s RealFi Investor Rights Clinic participated in the third U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Investor Advocacy...

11/22/2021

Thank you to RealFi for its generous support of the work of the newly-named RealFi Investor Rights Clinic!

Haub Law has received a generous five-year grant to name its Investor Rights Clinic after RealFi Financial LLC, a leading, technology-driven, alternative investment management firm. The gift, inspired by RealFi's Founder and CEO John C. Lettera, a 1999 graduate and adjunct professor of the Law School, "will help the clinic continue to expand its important work to bring access to justice to small investors and provide our students with additional educational and advocacy opportunities.” https://fal.cn/3iWAn

10/25/2019

Congratulations to Investor Rights Clinic student interns Kaitlyn Acerbo and Nagela Tetteh, and former summer student intern Matthew Alex, on coming in fourth place in the Mediation Round at the St. John’s-FINRA Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon! The team participated in the eleventh annual competition held on October 19 and 20 at St. John’s Manhattan campus.

04/17/2019

03/14/2019

https://law.pace.edu/news-and-events/news/investor-rights-clinic-success-story

A FINRA arbitrator recently awarded a client of the Investor Rights Clinic 100% of her requested damages in an arbitration case that Pace Law students pursued on her behalf. The clinic’s client, Robin Tooker, is an unsophisticated investor of modest means. The Statement of Claim, drafted by clinic...

10/12/2017

Pace Law School’s Investor Rights Clinic released an update to the Investor’s Guide to Securities Industry Disputes: How to Prevent and Resolve Disputes with Your Broker. The 2017 edition is available at http://www.finra.org/sites/default/files/Investors_Guide_to_Securities_Industry_Disputes.pdf.

10/27/2015

Congratulations to PIRC students Meredith Gabay, Steven Lapkoff, and Michael Liik on winning the award for Excellence in Negotiation at the St. John’s/FINRA Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon! Prof. Elissa Germaine coached the team at the seventh annual competition held on October 17 and 18 at St. John’s Manhattan campus.

04/02/2014

Congratulations to students Audrey Kang and Jeff Peters for their incredible work on the clinic's Amicus Brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Stone v. Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., on the unsettled issue of an arbitrator's "evident partiality." See http://law.pace.edu/sites/default/files/investor-rights-clinic/13-959_Brief_of_Amicus_Curiae_Investor_Rights_Clinic_at_Pace_Law_School.pdf.