# BREAKING: Jacqueline Kelly, the Cornell Graduate Who Must Now Prove She Can Investigate Cornell

New York Attorney General Letitia James has found her new face for the Cornell 7

Jacqueline Kelly, the Cornell Graduate Who Must Now Prove She Can Investigate Cornell Letitia James has hired an outside lawyer to lead the Cornell 7 investigation. Her selection raises a rather inconvenient question: when does independence become a press-release adjective rather than a demonstrable fact? Jacqueline Kelly https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-appoints-veteran-prosecutor-outside-counsel-cornell Getting It Right Before It Goes Wrong: Proactive Reviews of Policies, Procedures, and Practices for Handling Sexual Misconduct Reports
[Jacqueline Kelly, the Cornell Graduate Who Must Now Prove She Can Investigate Cornell](https://lucycraig.blog/media/743)

Letitia James has hired an outside lawyer to lead the Cornell 7 investigation. Her selection raises a rather inconvenient question: when does independence become a press-release adjective rather than a demonstrable fact?

[Jacqueline Kelly](https://lucycraig.blog/media/744)

[https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-appoints-veteran-prosecutor-outside-counsel-cornell](https://lucycraig.blog/media/745)

[Getting It Right Before It Goes Wrong: Proactive Reviews of Policies, Procedures, and Practices for Handling Sexual Misconduct Reports](https://lucycraig.blog/media/746)