and received the honorary LL.D degree from Stetson University. In 2014 the Illinois Public Defender Association created an award to be given to outstanding Illinois public defenders and named it the “Bruce Robert Jacob Award.” At a semi-annual meeting of the Association in October 2019 in Springfield, Illinois, Jacob was given this award. Writings Jacob has authored or co-othered 20 law review articles, book reviews, and a blog. Here are some of his writings: “Memories of and ReflectionsAbout Gideon v Wainwright”, 33 Stetson Law Review 181 (2003). “Judges at Nuremberg:Stetson’s Connection to the War Crime Trials,” 44 Stetson Law Review 695 (2015) “The GideonTrials,” 99 Iowa Law Review 2059 (July 2014). “Remembering a Great Dean: Harold L. ‘Tom’ Sebring,” 30 Stetson Law Review 71 (2000). Co-author (with K.M. Sharma) of “Justice After Trial: Prisoners Need for Legal Services,” 18 Kansas Law Review 493 (1970). “Prison Discipline and Inmate Rights,” 5 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 227 (1970) Blog – “Thoughts on Seila Law v The Consumers Finance Protection Bureau: Limitations on the Power of the President,”Brucerjacob.wordpress.com. Military service In 1959 and 1960 Jacob spent six months on active duty in the U.S. Army at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, for basic training, clerk-typist school, and work as a clerk typist and court reporter for special court-martial proceedings. He graduated and was commissioned a second lieutenant, infantry, from the officers' candidate school of the Florida National Guard, Camp Blanding, Florida in 1962. Subsequently, he transferred to the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve. In 1971 he resigned from the Army Reserve with the rank of captain. Family He is married to the former Ann Wear, of Lakeland, Florida and they have three children – Bruce Ledley Jacob, Lee Ann Gun, Brian Edward Jacob, and 10 grandchildren. Bruce and Ann live in South Pasadena, Florida. His email address is jacob@law.stetson.edu. References External links Stetson Faculty Profile 1935 births Lawyers from Chicago Stetson University College of Law alumni Florida State University alumni Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law alumni University of Florida alumni Emory University faculty Harvard Law School faculty Ohio State University faculty Mercer University faculty Stetson University College of Law faculty Living people Florida Democrats Place of birth missing (living people) Harvard Law School alumni