“there is no internal opposition left on campuses”
My appearance on The Daily Signal Podcast: "Conservatives have been purged from academia, as have pro-Israel professors ...
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 The Daily Signal Podcast: "Conservatives have been purged from academia, as have pro-Israel professors ...
My radio appearance about our lawsuit for Asian parents challenging discrimination in the NY STEP Act: "Why did no one say anything? Why did nobody at the Department of Education say, hey, should we really be doing this? ...
Lawsuit seeks to end discrimination affecting over 10,000 secondary school students taking programs at 56 colleges and universities in NY State: "The Equal Protection Project is proud to team up with Pacific Legal to challenge discriminatory standards in the STEP program so that students do...
“The problem is not what some student put on his or her personal social media, as hateful as the statements may be, but the campus DEI culture that enables and encourages such hatred based on false oppressor-oppressed and decolonization narratives that leave Israel and Jews...
But why did Trump turn on Vivek NOW? Concern that Vivek was taking votes away from Trump in Iowa and hurting Trump not DeSantis? Or just sick of him?...
The entire proceeding is a farce. South Africa, through a highly distorted set of accusations, doesn't seek to prevent genocide, it seeks to enable genocide against Jews by preventing Israel from defending itself. ...
Another EPP win. Program was DEI white-shaming to train white parents to be better allies: "The University stated that on or about August 22, 2023, it ...
"It took decades to get to where we are now. If you look back 30 years ago, it was not this skewed. Conservatives have essentially been purged from academia, and they have been purged not so much by firing, but by not hiring. There has...
Another EPP win: "On November 21, 2023, the University informed OCR that the University had revised the Program’s eligibility criteria so that they no longer grant a preference based on race or color and that the University had revised its webpages about the Program to...
NY Times confirms: The antisemitism didn't ruin confidence in Gay among the people who mattered to the Harvard board, but the plagirism did. Let that sink in....
Colorado ballot ban will be heard on a fast track: "The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. The case is set for oral argument on Thursday, February 8, 2024."...
"She was a symptom of a deeper problem at Harvard and many other elite schools...
Ivy League schools need to jettison not just their Presidents, but the DEI industrial complex that has captured the schools, leading to increased antisemitism, decreased or eliminated academic standards, and conflict....
Their goal is not to convince people, it's to send a message of intimidation, that they will disregard even our most sensitive of norms because they hate our society as much if not more than they hate Israel....
NY Times bears witness to evidence of Palestinian sexual savagery on October 7: "A two-month investigation by The Times uncovered painful new details, establishing that the attacks against women were not isolated events but part of a broader pattern of gender-based violence on Oct. 7."...
CNBC notes not only cuts, but also scaling back of hiring: "By mid-2023, DEI-related job postings had declined 44% from the same time a year prior...
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