University of California, Hastings College of Law
William Wang currently teaches courses in Corporations and Corporate Finance. From January 2005 through January 2009, Professor Wang served as a member of the FINRA (formerly NASD) National Adjudicatory Council. In addition, he chairs the Investment Policy Oversight Group of the Law School Admissions Council and serves ex officio on the LSAC board.
William Wang was born in New York City and grew up near Washington, D.C. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Amherst College, and he is an honorary Woodrow Wilson Fellow. He received his law degree from Yale Law School. After graduating from Yale, he took the California Bar Examination and then moved to New York to work for a firm engaging in risk arbitrage. He left Wall Street to teach at the University of San Diego. He later served briefly as a full-time consultant to the White House Domestic Policy Staff. He joined the Hastings faculty in 1981.
Professor Wang is the co-author of a treatise, Insider Trading. He has also written numerous articles in law journals, magazines, and newspapers on subjects ranging from The Metaphysics of Punishment - An Exercise in Futility to Toilet Paper - It's Good As Gold or How to 'Clean Up' in Toilet Paper.
As a hobby, Professor Wang likes to give travel, consumer, and investment tips and has even published an article on budget travel to Las Vegas.