William C. Snyder, Esq.


 
 
 
 

 

 
 
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Counter-Terrorism Law
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Computer Crimes
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Prosecuting Terrorists in Article III Courts
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Federal Criminal Law
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National Security Law
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Evidence
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Federal Courts
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Fact Investigation
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email: wsnyd @ albanylaw.edu
wcsnyder @ syr. edu
william.snyder@aya.yale.edu
         

   

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About William C. Snyder

William C. Snyder, Esq., is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law for the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 school years at the Syracuse University College of Law.  He is teaching Federal Criminal Law, Computer Crimes, Terrorism and the Law, Prosecuting Terrorists in Article III Courts, and Evidence.  In addition, he assists at the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, a joint venture of Syracuse University's College of Law and its Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

 

 

In April 2008, the Foundation for Defense of Democracy named Professor Snyder an Academic Fellow for 2008-2009. As such, in June, 2008, Snyder attended an intensive course in terrorism studies conducted at Tel Aviv University, including lectures by academics, military and intelligence officials, and diplomats from Israel, India, Turkey and the United States, as well as visits to police, customs, immigration and military facilities, border zones and occupied territories. Snyder also met with victims of terrorism violence and inmates convicted of terrorism offenses.

Mr. Snyder was the 2004-2005 Fellow in Government Law and Policy at the Albany Law School’s Government Law Center.  A career federal prosecutor prior to joining the Government Law Center, Mr. Snyder served over 13 years as an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in the Western District of Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.  Prior to receiving his law degree, Mr. Snyder served as an Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States and was Deputy Administrative Assistant to Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh.

As an AUSA, Mr. Snyder initiated prosecution of the largest felony case in the history of the Western District of Pennsylvania while assigned as legal counsel to the Greater Pittsburgh Violent Crimes/ Gang Task Force. In addition, he participated in intelligence investigations and drafted emergency plans while assigned to that district's Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council. He served as the district's Crisis Response Manager.

Mr. Snyder received his Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in political science with a concentration in international relations from Yale College of Yale University. He received his Juris Doctor degree magna cum laude from Cornell Law School where he served on the Cornell Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.

Since 2005, Mr. Snyder taught National Security Law, Current Legal Issues in Government and Fact Investigation as an Adjunct Professor at Albany Law School. In 2006 and 2007 he taught Prosecuting Terrorists in Article III Courts at the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism at Syracuse University. In addition, he teaches criminal law and procedure to local police departments. He has also lectured on the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act following his service on the Greater Pittsburgh Violent Crime and Gang Task Force that resulted in a ground-breaking racketeering prosecution.

Mr. Snyder is a member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.  He is also a member of the International Bar Association.

 
     
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Professor Snyder participated in the 2007 Summer Workshop on Teaching Terrorism at Oklahoma University and supports the efforts of Professors Gregory D. Miller and Stephen M. Shellman to improve the study and teaching of terrorism.
 

 

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

- Henry Adams

 

 

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