William A. Jacobson is a Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School.
He is a 1981 graduate of Hamilton College and a 1984 graduate of Harvard Law School. At Harvard he was Senior Editor of the Harvard International Law Journal and Director of Litigation for the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project.
Prior to joining the Cornell law faculty in 2007, Professor Jacobson had a highly successful civil litigation and arbitration practice in Providence, Rhode Island, concentrating in investment, employment, and business disputes in the securities industry, including many high profile cases reported in leading newspapers and magazines.
Professor Jacobson has argued cases in numerous federal and state courts, including the Courts of Appeal for the First, Fifth and Sixth Circuits, and the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
Professor Jacobson has a national reputation as a leading practitioner in securities arbitration. He was Treasurer, and is a former member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, a professional organization of attorneys dedicated to protecting public investors. He frequently is quoted in national media on issues related to investment fraud and investor protection, and in the past has served as one of a small number of private practice attorneys who trained new arbitrators for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Professor Jacobson is co-author of the Securities Arbitration Desk Reference (Thomson-Reuters), updated annually.
Professor Jacobson is frequently quoted in the media on political and legal topics, has authored many Op-Eds in major publications, and appears on television and radio to discuss politics and the law.
A more complete listing of Professor Jacobson's professional background is available at the Cornell Law School website. The views expressed here are his own and not those of any employer or organization,
The best way to reach Prof. Jacobson is by e-mail here.
My appearance on Varney & Co: "at the Equal Protection Project we go school by school and we challenge programs"...
My Op-Ed at the California Post: "Higher education in the state is addicted to group identity, stacking educational benefits and opportunities based on race and ethnicity...
To release someone in the country illegally, or to detain them without a bond hearing, that is the question presented. The 5th Circuit upheld Trump's no-bond detention policy as authorized by immigration legislation....
4th Circuit Court of Appeals rejects and vacates nationwide injunction issued by Maryland federal district court judge....
"But the first case they bring has to be a strong case."...
As to DACA/"Undocumented" only scholarships, OCR already has numerous investigations opened at other institutions resulting from EPP complaints, and has resolved that such scholarships are unlawful, warranting expedited consideration."...
My assessment of progress made and lawfare attempts at delay: "Every month they can delay the Trump administration doing something is one less month till [electoral] help arrives in their viewpoint."...
"Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody's going to write that children's story about Minnesota."...
Schumer: Democrats will not advance the appropriations bill if DHS funding is included....
My appearance on The Tony Katz Show: The church invasion is the place for DOJ to make its stand and to enforce federal criminal laws, but more needs to be known about Lemon's role in the crime....
"And that's what we're doing, fighting in the trenches every single day at the Legal Insurrection website, at CriticalRace.org. and EqualProtect.org."...
"Hands Up, Don't Shoot" from the Michael Brown case was the lie that gave birth to the BLM movement, and now has been adopted by the anti-ICE movement....
Pam Bondi: "We are prosecuting the monster, and we will seek the death penalty.”...
"In this other world, we're arguing basically about whether girls sports are for girls or are they also for boys who identify as girls...
For What It's Worth: Something's happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear....
Despite TN banning DEI practices at public education institutions, UT Knoxville has three scholarships only for African-Americans and a fourth only for 'Minorities"....
"This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!"...
