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In keeping with the holiday season, Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s December 17 graduation was a joyous occasion. “I am overjoyed,” said Danielle Mor, one of the new graduates. “This is something I’ve wanted to do all my life.” “It feels amazing,” said Serina Monder. “I never thought this day would come.” More than 70 […]

TJSL said farewell to the Vito Petitti, and adjunct professor and Assistant Director of Bar Programs on December 15 at a special reception on the 8th floor of the law school. Faculty and staff members lined up to shake his hand, hug him, and tell him how much they will miss him – especially his […]

Reproductive rights will be the focus of Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s 12th Annual Women and the Law Conference on Friday, February 24, 2012. The full title of this year’s conference is “Reproductive Justice: Examining Choice and Autonomy in the New Millennium.” “This conference should be of great interest not just to women, but to […]

The Lawyers Club of San Diego honored third-year student Elizabeth Knowles on Thursday, December 15, as the second recipient of the Lawyers Club of San Diego Women and the Law Project Scholarship at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Knowles was introduced by TJSL Dean Rudy Hasl, in front of about 300 judges, attorneys and other […]

Professor Julie Greenberg’s book, Intersexuality and the Law: Why Sex Matters, has just been published by New York University Press. In Intersexuality and the Law, Professor Greenberg examines the role that legal institutions can play in protecting the rights of people with an intersex condition. She also explores the relationship between the intersex movement and […]

Witnessing an amazing night of historic basketball and briefly meeting the President of the United States… oh what a night! “It was a perfect night,” Ryan Mitchell ‘3L said, who was one of TJSL’s students working at The Carrier Classic on November 11. “I love college basketball and being at this game with two respected […]

On Thursday, December 8, the Admissions Office, along with members of the TJSL faculty and staff, welcomed admitted and potential Thomas Jefferson School of Law students. Students were invited to enjoy the view and hors d’oeuvres on the 8th floor and could be overheard discussing the beauty of TJSL’s downtown building and the hospitality of […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law Professor Susan Bisom-Rapp traveled to Paris for the kickoff conference of the Grey Zone Project, a research project known as ZOGRIS in France. The conference, held December 7 – 10, was the first meeting for the more than 30 academics comprising the international ZOGRIS research team. This three-year comparative study […]

TJSL Professor Kaimipono Wenger was a special invited guest at the meeting of the San Diego Regional Hate Crimes Coalition (SDRHCC) on December 7, at San Diego County Sheriff’s Headquarters. Professor Wenger attended so he could discuss his Op-Ed piece “Religious Intolerance is Never Welcome” that appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune on October 28, […]

It’s time for caps & gowns and Pomp and Circumstance! Thomas Jefferson School of Law will hold graduation exercises on Saturday, December 17, 9 .a.m. at Copley Symphony Hall.  Sixty-eight graduating students will receive juris doctor degrees and three students will receive LL.M. (Master of Laws) degrees as part of the American Legal Studies program […]

By Rane Casalegno In October, Melissa Lewis and I were fortunate to be able to attend the National Workers’ Rights Conference at the National labor College in Silver Spring, Maryland. The primary purpose of the conference was to educate law students about legal issues facing American workers and to provide networking opportunities unavailable elsewhere. We […]

“This is my favorite day of the year,” said TJSL’s Associate Director of Bar Studies Mike Neal. “It’s better than graduation.” Many of those who attended felt the same way at the TJSL New Lawyer’s Breakfast held on Friday, December 2, to honor the school’s latest group of graduates who passed the July 2011 bar exam. “Congratulations,” Dean […]