Associate Clinical Professor
Cornell Law School
G57 Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-4901
Phone: (607) 255-6293
Fax: (607) 255-3269
Email: william-jacobson@lawschool.cornell.edu
William A. Jacobson is Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Securities Law Clinic. 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, 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 a national reputation as a leading practitioner in securities arbitration, is a contributing columnist for the leading securities industry trade magazine (Registered Rep.), and frequently is quoted in national media. He serves as one of a small number of private practice attorneys who train new arbitrators for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. 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. His academic interests include alternative dispute resolution, electronic evidence discovery, and the scope of arbitrator power in contractual arbitration.
