NEWS RELEASE
February 6, 2008
Thomas Jefferson School of Law Announces Four New Faculty Appointments
SAN DIEGO -- Dean Rudy Hasl is pleased to announce that four new full-time faculty members will be joining the Thomas Jefferson School of Law for the 2008-2009 academic year. “They are an extraordinary group of individuals who show great promise as teachers and scholars,” said Dean Hasl of the new appointees.
Leah Christensen, Associate Professor of Law
Having received her undergraduate degree in East Asian languages from the University of Chicago, with high honors, and her law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law, with high honors, Christiansen clerked for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice William Bablitch. She was a Senior Litigation Associate with the Corneille Law Group in Madison, Wisconsin. She served as an Assistant Legal Counsel with the Madison Metropolitan School District and as an Administrative Law Judge for the District. She has been a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin Law School and at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She will teach Evidence and Legal Writing at Thomas Jefferson. She has published a number of articles dealing with cognition theory and legal education.
Luz Herrera, Assistant Professor of Law
After receiving an A.B. in Political Science, with honors, and an A.M. in Sociology from Stanford University, Herrera graduated from Harvard Law School. Before and during law school, she worked with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on empowerment zones and at the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office. After starting her practice career at Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, she worked with a neighborhood law office until opening her own office in Compton, California. She spent a year at the Hale & Dorr Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School before teaching at Chapman Law School. At Thomas Jefferson, she will organize a community-based law clinic, focusing on providing assistance to under-served communities, and clients, and teach Trusts and Estates and a seminar on Access to Justice issues.
Alex Kreit, Assistant Professor of Law
A graduate of Hampshire College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, cum laude, Kreit clerked for Judge M. Blane Michael on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit before joining the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster. He was Co-founder and a member of the Board of Directors of Students for Sensible Drug Policy. He taught at Thomas Jefferson School of Law during the past year as a visiting professor. He will teach Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and other courses at Thomas Jefferson. He has published a number of articles dealing with the intersection of criminal law and constitutional law since his graduation from law school.
Rebecca Lee, Assistant Professor of Law
Lee is a graduate of the University of Chicago, with a B.A. Degree in Public Policy Studies with honors and general honors, and of the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University, with a master in Public Policy. She received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy. She was an Associate with the Washington firm of Crowell & Morning before taking a visiting researcher position at Georgetown Law Center. She has published a number of articles on labor and employment law. She will teach Contracts and courses in the employment area at Thomas Jefferson.
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