August 11, 2006 SAN DIEGO – The Thomas Jefferson School of Law in Old Town San Diego has announced the appointment of three new professors, all three adding years of experience and expertise to its faculty in cutting-edge areas of law.
Eniola Akindemowo Eniola Akindemowo Professor Eniola Akindemowo brings to Thomas Jefferson School of Law experience in several areas, including e-commerce, internet law and comparative commercial law, with an emphasis on consumer protection, electronic payments regulatory policy, and anti-terrorism financing law and policy issues. Professor Akindemowo is the author of the first substantive book on information technology (IT) law to have been published in Australia. She is also the co-author of another book E-Commerce and the Law, as well as a sought after national and international conference speaker. Immediately prior to joining Thomas Jefferson, Professor Akindemowo was a member of the law faculty of Monash University in Australia where she was also an Associate Director of the Center for Law in the Digital Economy (CLiDE). Her teaching interests have included contracts, payment systems, commercial law, IT law, comparative computer law, and electronic financial transactions law. As an instructor at Thomas Jefferson, Professor Akindemowo’s courses will include Contracts, Payment Systems and e-Commerce Law.
Jinsook Ohta Jinsook Ohta Jinsook Ohta has joined the faculty at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Professor Ohta earned her Juris Doctor at New York University School of Law, and got her undergraduate B.A. degree at Yale University. After graduating from law school, Professor Ohta clerked for the Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz, United States District Court in the Southern District of California. After completing her clerkship, she practiced law with the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles and then with Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton in San Diego. Her practice encompassed various types of employment litigation including wage and hour class action lawsuits, unfair competition, discrimination, and wrongful termination of employment. At Thomas Jefferson, Assistant Professor Ohta will be teaching Legal Writing and Employment Law, and says: “I am really excited about the opportunity to teach here.”
Neill Tseng Neill Tseng Neill Tseng, an attorney for one of the oldest and most prominent law firms in Hawaii, also will be joining the faculty at Thomas Jefferson School of Law as a Visiting Assistant Professor starting in the fall semester 2006. Professor Tseng received his Juris Doctorate cum laude from Harvard School of Law, and graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Economics, with distinction, from Yale College. He comes to Thomas Jefferson from the law firm of Cades Schutte, LLP, in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he was a litigator focusing on a broad variety of areas, including antitrust, commercial, employment, real estate, and trademark litigation. While at Harvard Law School, Professor Tseng served as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for abused and neglected children (CASA) for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and also served as a Teaching Fellow for the introductory economics course at Harvard College. After graduating from Harvard, Professor Tseng served for one year as a law clerk for the Honorable Susan Oki Mollway, a Federal district Judge in Honolulu, and one year as a law clerk for the Honorable Richard Clifton North of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. "I feel privileged to join the faculty at Thomas Jefferson and look forward to the coming year with enthusiasm," said Assistant Professor Tseng. At Thomas Jefferson, Assistant Professor Tseng will teach Law & Economics and Legal Writing.
Three Professors Join Faculty At Thomas Jefferson School of Law
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