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 attack happened at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, a medium-security prison that has been plagued by security lapses and staffing shortages."...
There is a lot of skepticism as to where this will lead, as Hamas will manipuate the U.S. and Israelis to keep the pressure on Israel to extend the ceasefire so Hamas gets more time to rearm and regroup....
If you thought they would stop with ripping down hostage posters or blocking traffic, you have not been paying attention. When they say "Globalize the Intifada" they mean it....
IDF: "Behind the hatch door that was breached, war rooms, an air-conditioned living room and hiding place, as well as toilets and a kitchen for extended stays were discovered."...
This appears to be a big win for Hamas, which gets time to regroup, reload, and relocate, while still holding almost 200 hostages. I hope I'm wrong. I hope that Israel frees as many hostages as possible and then is able to resume the offensive...
Complaint: "Media Matters knowingly and maliciously manufactured side-by-side images depicting advertisers’ posts on X Corp.’s social media platform beside Neo-Nazi and white-nationalist fringe content and then portrayed these manufactured images as if they were what typical X users experience on the platform. Media Matters designed...
Survey by Palestinian polling firm shows 75% support for October 7 massacre. Defeating Hamas is just the first step if there ever is to be peace. Palestinian society is going to have to change, much like German and Japanese societies changed after their defeat....
"UNRWA lied, The Red Cross lied, The foreign doctors lied, The journalists lied."...
Whatever your thoughts on institutions firing people for social media outrage, any institution that cannot distinguish support for Hamas butchery from opposition to Hamas butchery is morally bankrupt....
CriticalRace.org rolls out new database of Top 10 Ranked U.S. Business Schools: "It is no surprise that ESG goes hand-in-hand with CRT at business schools. While the two doctrines are distinct, each seeks to subvert its host for ideological purposes."...
"Protesters were lying down with white sheets over their bodies ...
On a campus wracked with anti-Israel activism and antisemitic invective, the connection to an anti-Israel national union raises concerns of a renewed BDS effort: "anti-Israel activists should not be permitted to get in through the union back door what they have been unable to get...
"IDF forces are carrying out a precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area in the Shifa Hospital, based on intelligence information and an operational necessity. The IDF is conducting a ground operation in Gaza to defeat Hamas and rescue our hostages...
Me quoted in NY Post about survey showing that nearly as many college students back Hamas as Israel....
There is a massive movement online to deny that the massacres happened, or to blame them on Israel for killing their own people. It's important that we keep documenting these crimes against humanity....
My appearance on Newt's World podcast: "It's a deeply anti-Western cultural problem, which is taking itself out, as has happened of course for many centuries, on the Jewish population...
Mentally healthy people just walk by a poster they don't like. Psychopaths and sociopaths tear them down, and when you throw in DEI-infused dehumanization of Jews, you get the anti-Israel movement we now have....
“This is much worse than what Harvard and USC were accused of doing” by taking race into consideration, as rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court. “Here, you have absolute barriers based on race and ethnicity.”...
