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.
"The number and scope of these discriminatory programs reflects a systemic discrimination problem at WIU" ...
We've been sounding the alarm for several years. Ben Shapiro: "DEI Could Get You Killed In the Operating Room"...
The October 7 Massacre was 20 weeks ago today. There was one piece of video I had not seen, that I saw for the first time today. It's not the most gruesome, but it's particularly disturbing. I don't know if I'll ever forget it....
I'm back in that mood. Today's AT&T cellular network meltdown was a reminder. It's going down when we least expect it....
"The genitals of both women and men were brutally mutilated, and sometimes weapons were inserted into them. The terrorists did not stop at shooting; they also cut and mutilated sexual organs and other body parts with knives."...
The fate of the family, mother Shiri, father Yarden, 10-month old Kfir, and 4-year old Ariel, by Palestinian terrorists dressed in civilian clothes....
Rough politics has given way to the political weaponization of prosecutors' offices. The price of living in and doing business in New York should not be that you have to be politically obedient....
I think we need some more information here. Which is why I agree with Rep. Mike Turner that the information should be declassified....
We are pleased to see that our actions are helping change the narrative on campuses nationwide, even those where we have not filed a complaint....
Rep. Mike Turner: "I am requesting that President Biden declassify all information relating to this threat so that Congress, the Administration, and our allies can openly discuss the actions necessary to respond to this threat."...
"Fernando Simon Marman (60) and Norberto Louis Har (70) were extracted in a joint operation by the IDF, Shin Bet and Israel Police in Rafah. They were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on October 7."...
My appearance on Chicago's Morning Answer talking about the SCOTUS Colorado oral argument and the Special Counsel report about Biden being an “Elderly Man With a Poor Memory”...
I don't know which is worse, that they let Biden off or that we have an “elderly man with a poor memory” in the Oval Office. // UPDATE: BIDEN PRESS CONFERENCE DISASTER,...
I'm not sure it's 9-0, Sotomayor may be a dissent, but it sure is looking like a strong majority if not unanimous result of SCOTUS saying: Not us, not now....
"Applicants may be of any ethnic group."...
Much of the case goes forward, including (at least in part), defamation, retaliation, breach of contract, false light, and tortious interference....
"The record before this Court is underdeveloped, and this order should not be construed as expressing any view on the merits of the constitutional question." ...
