Amin R. Yacoub is an attorney in New York, a former Prosecutor in Egypt, and an internationally acclaimed legal scholar. Yacoub's research has been published at top US Law reviews and international peer-reviewed journals including the University of San Francisco Law Review, New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, Michigan Journal of International Law, UC Davis Journal of International Law & Policy, Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Journal, William & Mary Environmental Law Journal, Young Arbitration Review, and the Women's Studies International Forum-a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier. Yacoub also has forthcoming publications at Upenn Journal of Constitutional Law and Boston University's Science and Technology Law. He presented his research at multiple academic conferences held by McGill University, the University of Glasgow, the University of Leeds, and Akron Law School.

Yacoub's work has been cited by legal and non-legal scholars worldwide. Prior to establishing his own practice, Yacoub worked as an of-counsel to law firms in Manhattan and Colorado, a prosecutor at the Egyptian Public Prosecution Office, a junior research scholar at New York University School of Law, a legal expert at Physicians for Human Rights (NY), and an associate at the international arbitration department at Matouk Bassiouny law firm (formerly affiliated with DLA Piper).

Yacoub pursued his LLM (Master of laws) at NYU Law - a leading law school in the United States - in 2017/2018 as a MAHS Scholar (a merit-based scholarship granted to only two Egyptians from all governorates each year). During his time at NYU Law, he worked with the Open Society Foundation, volunteered at the New York Immigration Court, was a graduate editor at the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics, and a research assistant to Professor Robert Howse. Yacoub is a member of the bars of New York and Egypt.