​Tara Jacobi is a publishing professional and attorney licensed on both coasts in New York and California. With almost a decade of practice, she worked in the private sector in New York City, for non-profits and for state governments. In 2024, she obtained a master's degree in publishing from George Washington University focusing on the business and legal aspects of the publishing industry.

She is an editor, published writer and writing instructor. As an editor, she is currently editing legal titles for Carolina Academic Press and literary fiction for Running Wild Press. Prior to this, she spent four years as a managing editor for a legal trade association's law journal. During this time, she obtained an editorial certification from UC Berkeley and certification as a trained writing instructor from the Institute for Excellence in Writing.  
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After earning her bachelors degree from New York's Public Honors College at Geneseo, she obtained her law degree from Pace University School of Law. While in law school she studied abroad at the University College of London. There she studied comparative law and earned a concentration in international law.