August 11, 2006
Thomas Jefferson Law Students Quoted In Prestigious Law Reviews
SAN DIEGO - Eight recent graduates from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law have been quoted in prestigious law reviews and journals. Publications ranging from law school reviews, the college textbook Taking Sides and Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy have cited articles written by students for previous issues of the Thomas Jefferson Law Review. One lead article was cited by a federal judge and another was cited in the annotation of a federal law.
Don Ostertag, editor in chief of the Thomas Jefferson Law Review, says, “It is a very good indication of not only the caliber of students at Thomas Jefferson, but also the quality of the legal writing program the school has to offer."
One particularly noteworthy reference belongs to Christopher Ramey’s student comment in the Fall 2003 issue, Revealing the Inadequacy of AB 17: How Dictating Morality Upon Faith-Based Organizations Will Wreak Havoc on California’s Economy," which was cited by Professor Susan J. Stabile in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. His note also was cited in the Catholic University Law Review and the Witkin Treatise on Constitutional Law.
Gina Austin’s student note, “Leaving Federalism Behind: How the No Child Left Behind Act Usurps States’ Rights,” was cited in the West Virginia College of Law’s 2005 West Virginia Law Review. Austin’s piece was originally published in the Thomas Jefferson Law Review in Spring 2005 as a notes and comments article.
Jennifer Siverts’ student note was cited in the University of Mississippi School of Law’s Mississippi Law Journal. Professor Marc M. Harrold’s article, “COMPUTER SEARCHES OF PROBATIONERS - Diminished Privacies, "Special Needs" & "'Whilst' Quiet Pedophiles” – Plugging the Fourth Amendment into the 'Virtual Home Visit,'" quotes a paragraph of Siverts’ paper in his footnotes. Siverts’ note also was cited in the Texas Law Review, the Witkin Treatise on California Criminal Law and was cited in several sections of American Jurisprudence.
Siverts’ complete work, “Punishing Thoughts too Close to Reality: A New Solution to Protect Children from Pedophiles,” is published in the Thomas Jefferson Law Review in Spring 2005.
Andrew Moher’s student note was reprinted in the college textbook Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Crime and Criminology. The text book is a debate-style reader that uses a point-counterpoint format. Moher’s piece is matched by Elisa Massimino, the Washington Director of Human Rights First and an adjunct law professor at Georgetown Law School. Moher’s article, “The Lesser of Two Evils? An Argument for Judicially Sanctioned Torture in a Post-9/11 World,” was featured in the Thomas Jefferson Law Review in Spring 2004.
In his article, Moher argues that the U.S. has a right to torture suspected terrorists for the sole purpose of preventing a greater evil. Massimino counters that torture is immoral and counterproductive. Other readings included in the textbook are written by such notable jurists as U.S. Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas.
Other Thomas Jefferson students also have been cited in numerous journals. Elisabeth Corasiniti’s student note “Devastation of the Safe Harbor Provision of 35 U.S.C. § 271(E)(1): The Federal Circuit's Shifting Protection to Patentees” was cited in the Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology and the treatise Chisum on Patents. Corsasiniti’s note also was cited in the Witkin Treatise on Personal Property, American Jurisprudence and the Hameline Law Review as well as in the annotations to 35 USCS section 271.
James Fife’s Fall 2004 lead article, “Restarting Criminal Proceedings After Restoration of Defendant’s Competence,” was cited in an opinion from the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, and the justice who authored the opinion wrote a letter of appreciation to Thomas Jefferson Dean Rudy Hasl about the helpfulness of Fife’s article. Fife has graduated and is now adjunct faculty with Thomas Jefferson.
Amanda Van’s student note, “Intolerable Uncertainty: An Examination of the Inconsistent Treatment of Fibromyalgia Under the Americans with Disabilities Act," was cited in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor & Employment Law, Witkin's Treatise on Constitutional Law and in American Jurisprudence.
Andrea Patten’s Fall 2004 article, “Will Regulations Keep Tahoe Blue? Searching for Stewardship in Property Law and Regulatory Takings Analysis,” was cited in the 2006 supplement to Witkin’s Constitutional Law treatise.
A recent survey of the Thomas Jefferson Law Review Volume 26 shows that student articles have been cited in at least ten different law reviews, including the Southern California Law Review, the Richmond Law Review and the Journal of Law & Politics.
In 2005, Thomas Jefferson's legal writing program was ranked 16th in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's first-ever survey of legal writing programs.
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Citations of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law students’ original works:
Christopher Ramey, Revealing the Inadequacy of AB17: How Dictating Morality Upon Faith-Based Organizations Will Wreak Havoc on California's Economy, 26 T. JEFFERSON L. REV. 125 (2003).
Gina Austin, Leaving Federalism Behind: How the No Child Left Behind Act Usurps States' Rights, 27 T. JEFFERSON L. REV. 337 (2005).
Jennifer B. Siverts, Punishing Thoughts Too Close to Reality: A New Solution to Protect Children from Pedophiles, 27 T. JEFFERSON L. REV. 393 (2005).
Andrew A. Moher, The Lesser of Two Evils? An Argument for Judicially Sanctioned Torture in a Post-9/11 World, T. JEFFERSON L. REV. 469 (2004).
Elizabeth Corasiniti, Devastation of the Safe Harbor Provision of 35 U.S.C. § 271(E)(1): The Federal Circuit's Shifting Protection to Patentees, 26 T. JEFFERSON L. REV. 421 (2004).
James Fife, Restarting Criminal Proceedings After Restoration of Defendant's Competence, 27 T. JEFFERSON L. REV. 93 (2004).
Amanda L. Van, Intolerable Uncertainty: An Examination of the Inconsistent Treatment of Fibromyalgia Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 27 T. JEFFERSON L. REV. 421 (2005).
Andrea Patten, Will Regulations Keep Tahoe Blue? Searching for Stewardship in Property Law and Regulatory Takings Analysis, 27 T. JEFFERSON L. REV. 187 (2004).