Robert J Jackson Jr.
| Robert J. Jackson Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 14, 1977 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Executive Compensation, Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance, Corporate Law |
| Institutions | Columbia Law School |
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Robert J. Jackson, Jr. (born February 14, 1977) is Professor of Law at the Columbia Law School.,[1] where his research and teaching interests focus primarily on corporate law and securities law, with a particular emphasis on policy-oriented empirical research at the intersection of law, corporate finance, and regulation in the United States.
Professional Background
Jackson studied economics and received an MBA from the Wharton School. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 2005, where he trained under Lucian Bebchuk.[1][2]
Prior to joining the Columbia Law faculty in 2009, he worked in investment banking at Bear Stearns, specialized in executive compensation and corporate governance at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, & Katz, and served as deputy director to Kenneth Feinberg at US Treasury, to help establish executive pay rules for corporations such as AIG, Citigroup, and General Motors following the 2008-09 financial crisis. He also developed Obama administration proposals on executive compensation and corporate governance that became part of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.[3]
He received the Columbia Law School 2012 Willis L.M. Reese Prize for Excellence in Teaching, and his teaching style is known for its dynamic, engaging, Star Wars-referenced lectures and active engagement with students outside the classroom.[4] He supervises the research of multiple law school students, which has made an impact in diffuse areas, include gender diversity in the boardroom of corporate America.[5]
Research and Policy
Jackson's research interests include the constitutionality of shareholder rights plans, consumer lending platforms, trading by insiders ahead of key information disclosures, and disclosure of corporate political spending following the US Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.[6][7][8][9] His work has been cited and followed extensively by the media.[10][11][12][13]
He also created CROWN, a Columbia Law School initiative to introduce data science techniques to extract data from legal filings for empirical research.[14]
Personal
Jackson grew up in the Bronx, which led to his lifelong interest in baseball and support of the New York Yankees.[15]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.law.columbia.edu/fac/Robert_Jackson
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