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.
You'll never guess what Democrat activists are calling him. Starts with an "R" and ends in a "T"...
"If Chauvin were found not guilty on all counts or the case ended in a mistrial, they would arrest him at the courthouse"...
Anonymous faculty member opposing proposed Critical Race Theory mandates: "I no longer teach topics that I taught only a couple of years ago, and which I taught without anyone complaining that I was being offensive...
My online lecture today for Scholars for Peace in the Middle East: Cancel culture has "morphed into an extremely dangerous targeting of people, attempts to destroy their lives, to so-called dox them, to harass them, to harass their employers, to harass people who know them...
Dr. David Fowler was an effective witness for Chauvin, and now Maryland will review his work as the state's Chief Medical Examiner looking for errors, as an open letter signed by fornensic colleagues call for his medical license to be investigated....
Things may go better with Coke, but they don't go better with Woke. With a massive 7-figure payout, failure has succeeded quite well for Bradley Gayton....
My interview on The Tony Katz Show: "That's not to say there wasn't evidence for conviction, but the entire process had a taint to it that I think you couldn't get rid of…"...
A policeman killed a black girl who was about to stab another black girl. The media, activists, and LeBron James don't care that this policeman saved the life of one of those girls. They only care about the narrative....
Biden, who likely only knows the evidence in the case from the mainstream media, is setting up to excuse riots and looting if there is the "wrong verdict." He doesn't say that, of course, but that's what he's doing....
Judge denied defense motion for mistrial after Waters' threatened "more confrontational" protests if no murder conviction, but lashed out as her and said her comments "may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trial being overturned."...
Sicknick suffered two strokes and died of natural causes a day after he confronted rioters on January 6. The autopsy found no evidence of an allergic reaction to chemical irritants or internal or external injuries....
"Brearley’s obsession with race must stop. It should be abundantly clear to any thinking parent that Brearley has completely lost its way. The administration and the Board of Trustees have displayed a cowardly and appalling lack of leadership by appeasing an anti-intellectual, illiberal mob, and...
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: "the University of San Diego School of Law is doubling down on its violation of Smith’s expressive rights"...
