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.
I no longer view "preppers" as crazy. Maybe they were right, just early. Better early than late....
National Education Association Rhode Island dropped its emergency injunction request in court over release of Critical Race records, but now pretends "We won!" It still faces Solas' anti-SLAPP compensatory and punitive damage claims for bringing the case in the first place....
The Facebook records dispute is a sideshow to the main appeal from the Gibson's Bakery verdict, but it's a nasty sideshow done by a media outlet that appears to be doing the college's dirty work in the hope of portraying the Gibsons as racists....
"the CDC has imposed a nationwide moratorium on evictions in reliance on a decades-old statute that authorizes it to implement measures like fumigation and pest extermination. It strains credulity to believe that this statute grants the CDC the sweeping authority that it asserts." ...
The debacle of how withdrawal from Afghanistan has been carried out has been an exercise in humiliating the United States, and the lead perpetrators are our own leadership....
In 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS refuses to stay lower court injunction reinstating the Trump policy, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan would have granted a stay....
Biden's debasement of our country should be a life-altering national call to action....
Unions argue: "because the School Department has not objected to the entry of temporary injunction relief, the Motion should be granted." But for the Court to grant collusive relief over the objection of Solas not only would run counter to RI Supreme Court precedent, it...
Real Clear Investigations: "Doctors are questioning the concept of colorblindness in patient care as a racist holdover that benefits white people."...
The unions sued over Solas' public records requests, now she has filed her opposition: "This extraordinary case is brought by a party without standing, disregards the entire statutory scheme under the [public records law], and is an affront to Parents’ rights to open and transparent...
"Any effort to take account of race in a way that differently accords benefits or opportunities or creates a hostile environment in an educational institution is almost certainly unlawful"...
Biden's handlers are convinced they and their straw man arguments can ride out this news cycle. And they may be right....
What happened the last 72 hours in Afghanistan is a stain on this country that will not wash away anytime soon. It's Joe Biden's stain....
NU does not currently mandate CRT study or training, but it missed an opportunity to make a powerful statement in favor of the academic freedom to be free from CRT mandates....
Real Clear Investigations: "The national racial reckoning over reparations and critical race theory is taking over the world of medicine and health care."...
The lawsuit by Rhode Island affiliates of the National Education Association against South Kingstown mom Nicole Solas may turn out to be a historic mistake by the teachers unions, exposing them to punitive damages and discovery under the anti-SLAPP statute....
15 people were killed, including 7 childen. Ahlam Tamimi, who masterminded the bombing, remains free in Jordan, which refuses to extradite her to the U.S., which she is indicted for killing American citizens, including Malki Roth....
