16 Facts About Bruce Jacob

Bruce Robert Jacob was born on March 26,1935 and is a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Florida during the early 1960s.

Bruce Jacob represented Louie L Wainwright, the Director of the Florida Division of Corrections, in the Supreme Court case of Gideon v Wainwright, decided in March 1963, regarding the right to counsel of indigent defendants in non-capital felony cases in state courts.

Bruce Jacob's conviction was set aside and the case was sent back to the trial court in Panama City for a new trial.

Bruce Jacob was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 26,1935, and was raised in Hinsdale, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

Bruce Jacob studied law at Stetson University College of Law, St Petersburg, Florida, and received the JD degree in 1959.

Bruce Jacob began his legal career in the Florida Attorney General's office, in Tallahassee, in 1960 and there he represented the state in 19 appeals before the Florida Supreme Court and District Courts of Appeal of Florida.

From 1965 to 1969 Bruce Jacob was an Assistant and associate professor at the Emory University School of Law, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Bruce Jacob subsequently was associate professor, then Professor, and Director of Clinical Programs at the Ohio State University College of Law in Columbus, Ohio from 1971 to 1978.

Bruce Jacob presently is Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of the Stetson University College of Law.

In 2009 Bruce Jacob assisted in teaching a course on International Organizations in Lucerne and Geneva, Switzerland.

The Supreme Court ruled with Bruce Jacob, who argued that his client had been subjected to an unreasonable search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.

Bruce Jacob represented inmates in appellate cases such as Rosa v United States, and in federal trial-level cases such as White v Blackwell and Lawrence v Blackwell challenging prison rules and practices on constitutional grounds.

Bruce Jacob gave the commencement speech address for the College of Law in May 2019, and received the honorary LL.

Bruce Jacob has authored or co-othered 20 law review articles, book reviews, and a blog.

In 1959 and 1960 Bruce Jacob spent six months on active duty in the US Army at Ft.

Bruce Jacob graduated and was commissioned a second lieutenant, infantry, from the officers' candidate school of the Florida National Guard, Camp Blanding, Florida in 1962.