Devoted to Assisting Immigration Populations

Attorney Jacobson has over five years working on immigration matters.  Prior to starting her own law office, she worked at the Hartford Public Library for over three years and represented clients before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. She assisted hundreds of individuals with their citizenship, naturalization, and green card renewal applications. She organized and ran a DACA clinic for undocumented youth, and managed legal interns and lawyers by training them and providing oversight of their naturalization cases. In addition to her work at the Hartford Public Library, she was involved in advocating and furthering policies that assist undocumented youth.

Skilled at Understanding Needs of Victims

Attorney Jacobson also worked at Lawyers Without Borders for over seven years, managing several U.S. Department of State grants ranging from $750,000 to $1.25 million. She managed trainings in the Latin America and Caribbean Region on mediation and negotiation to improve the rule of law. She subsequently launched, developed, and oversaw trial advocacy training programs in Africa, including in Kenya, Tanzania, and Namibia. She conducted trainings of judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers to improve the prosecution of human trafficking, domestic violence, and wildlife trafficking crimes. In part, she developed materials and conducted trainings of criminal justice actors to help them employ best practices to understanding the needs of victims through a victim-centered approach to avoid retraumatization.

Committed to Helping the Community

Attorney Jacobson is deeply committed to working with local organizations to meet the needs of vulnerable populations and improving access to justice for low- and moderate- income individuals. In addition to her law practice, she is also the Director of the Connecticut Community Law Center at UConn School of Law, which is an access to justice initiative aimed at providing legal services to vulnerable populations who have traditionally been underserved by the justice system. She is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors of Charter Oak Cultural Center, which is a nonprofit organization that provides free art classes to youth in Hartford and educational opportunities to homeless populations.  She was also appointed to the City of Hartford Commission on Refugee and Immigrant Affairs in 2014 and held several leadership opportunities.

Educational Background

Attorney Jacobson received her Juris Doctor (JD) from UConn School of Law. Prior to graduating from law school, she received her Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Certificate in Public and Nonprofit Management from UConn.