Lehigh University's College of Education


Spring 2009

STEPHEN J. JACOBSON, Psy.D., is the current managing partner and a founding member of Connolly, Jacobson, & John, LLP.   Originally from Loveland, Colorado, Dr. Jacobson graduated cum laude from Colorado State University with a degree in Psychology in 1991.  In 1998, Dr. Jacobson earned his doctorate in Clinical Psychology cum laude from Widener University, and concurrently earned a law degree cum laude from the Widener University School of Law.  Immediately following law school, Dr. Jacobson was employed by the United States District Attorneys’ Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and by the Center for Psychotherapy Research at the University of Pennsylvania.

Prior to representing students with special needs throughout Pennsylvania, Dr. Jacobson was a partner in a Bucks County law firm that focused exclusively on education law, where he represented school districts in a multitude of special education matters for nearly a decade. 

Dr. Jacobson has presented extensively on both special and general education topics across Pennsylvania to educators, parents, attorneys and hearing officers.  He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association as well as its Legal Services Exceptional Children’s Committee.