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.
Bloomberg News reports on how the prepping movement has accelerated. Back in August 2021, I wrote how I was "Prepping for the Worst," and I'm glad I did....
MoDo: "Are we ready for our new Republican overlords?"...
A mysteriously retracted NBC News report with new details adds to speculation - put it all to rest, release the surveillance and police bodycam video....
So-called Palestinian Work Accidents are when a terrorist is killed or seriously injured through his or his group’s error while preparing to attack Israel. We have another example, Shaker Dabour, a 29-year old Hamas member who was killed when a tunnel he was working in collapsed....
The disconnect from what voters care about was creepy and in some ways chilling. What does Team Biden have up their sleeve? They can't be THIS disconnected from reality....
"The Pennsylvania county boards of elections are hereby ORDERED to refrain from counting any absentee and mail-in ballots received for the November 8, 2022 general election that are contained in undated or incorrectly dated outer envelopes."...
During oral argument of affirmative action case, lawyer for UNC agrees with Justice Alito that "family lore" doesn't provide basis to claim American Indian status, in a pretty clear reference to Senator Elizabeth Warren....
Charged with Assault and Attempted Kidnapping....
The evidence will reveal the truth, the media will not (at least not before the midterms). This supposed MAGA perp "lived with a notorious local nudist in a Berkeley home, complete with a Black Lives Matter sign in the window and an LGBT rainbow flag,...
Looking back at a reader message of support in June 2020 that applies to all of us now standing up against seemingly insurmountable forces: "You stand, seemingly alone, in the breach. But you are not alone."...
My hardest Pep Talk yet. Reader on why she was unsubscribing from our Morning Insurrection newsletter: "I need to step away for a bit. It is so overwhelming, I am getting too depressed about where our country is heading."...
My Keynote Speech to parents and education activists at a recent Education Symposium: The racialization of education seeks "to tear down society. It's not about justice, it's about power."...
"an administrative stay prohibiting the [federal government] from discharging any student loan debt under the Cancellation program until this Court rules on the appellants' motion for an injunction pending appeal is granted."...
"the Court finds that Plaintiffs have proven that Dr. Fauci has personal knowledge about the issue concerning censorship across social media as it related to COVID-19 and ancillary issues of COVID-19."...
And: "Notably, this is the first time that the percentage of Americans with no trust at all in the media is higher than the percentage with a great deal or a fair amount combined."...
