Jessica Webb

Professor of Law

Biography

Jessica K. Webb teaches American legal history, appellate advocacy and amicus advocacy. She developed Villanova Law’s appellate advocacy course and has taught it since 2013. She previously served for nearly a decade as faculty administrator of Villanova Law’s Theodore L. Reimel Moot Court Competition. In that role, she developed original appellate records presenting two balanced, competing legal issues and administered the competition, where students write appellate briefs and present oral arguments. She also served for ten years as faculty advisor to Villanova Law’s Moot Court Board.

Webb’s scholarship focuses on appellate advocacy and legal reasoning. Her scholarship on appellate advocacy includes an article examining the role of oral argument in the federal courts of appeals, published in the Journal of Appellate Practice and Process in August 2026.

Before joining the Villanova faculty in 2013, Webb practiced at Blank Rome LLP, Rubin Fortunato & Harbison PC and Post & Post LLC. She previously served as a visiting assistant professor of legal writing at Villanova Law and as an adjunct professor of legal writing at Widener Law School. In addition to her teaching at Villanova, she teaches evidentiary procedure at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Webb is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Practice Experience

• Associate, Blank Rome LLP, Philadelphia, PA
• Associate, Rubin, Fortunato & Harbison PC, Paoli, PA
• Associate, Post & Post LLP, Berwyn, PA
• Joined the faculty in 2013

Recent Presentations