Jennifer S. Martin joined Albany Law School as a Professor of Law on July 1, 2023 from St. Thomas University School of Law. Professor Martin is a nationally renowned scholar in the area of contract and commercial law. She has published many articles on contract and commercial law remedies, wartime and conflict contracting, consumer rights, and lender liability.  Professor Martin is an elected member of the American Law Institute. Professor Martin is the Co-chair of the Law Student Committee of the Business Law Section (2025-2028) of the American Bar Association and the Chair-Elect for the Contracts Section of the AALS (2025).

She is a co-author of two textbooks, CONTRACTS: A CONTEMPORARY APPROACH (West Academic 4th ed. with Chomsky, Kunz and Schiltz) and LEARNING SALES (West Academic 3d ed. with Chomsky, Kunz and Schiltz). She is also the author of the book ABCs of the UCC ARTICLE 2: SALES (4th ed. ABA) and the American Bar Association’s Annual Survey on Sales Law published annually in THE BUSINESS LAWYER. Her distinguished publications are many and include, Contract Remedies and the Myth of the Expectation Measure, 94 TULANE L. REV. (961 2020), Private Law Remedies, Human Rights and Supply Contracts, 68 AMERICAN L. REV. 1781 (2019) and Opportunistic Resales and the Uniform Commercial Code, 2016 ILL. L. REV. 487 (2016). Professor Martin prepares the annual update to COMMERCIAL AND CONSUMER WARRANTIES (Lexis).

Professor Martin graduated from Vanderbilt Law School, and was an Associate with the international practice group of Baker & Botts, L.L.P., practicing in both the Houston and Dallas offices. A member of the Texas and American Bar Associations, Professor Martin was a Principal Attorney for Houston Industries Incorporated (now Reliant Energy), working on power generation transactions domestically and internationally.