Category: News & Media

“Out of the Ashes: 9/11”, an important and provocative film about the families of 9-11 tragedy victims, will be screened at TJSL on October 31. The film maker, Professor Marilyn J. Berger the Director of Trial and Advocacy at Seattle University Law School will be here for the screening to discuss her film. The film […]

The first event at TJSL’s new Center for Sports Law and Policy is taking on a major topic: the college football Bowl Championship Series (the BCS) and the future of big-time college football. The center is hosting a conference on November 17-18, 2011, that will feature a roster of big players – leading sports lawyers […]

The American Bar Association International Section held its fall 2011 conference in Belfast and Dublin, attended by over 1,000 judges, lawyers, and professors from sixty countries. TJSL was represented by Professor Bill Slomanson. The first conference segment, entitled Northern Ireland and the Changing Legal Landscape, was held in Belfast. There are some forty “peace walls” […]

TJSL Professor Richard Winchester appeared on a panel of professors at Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law on October 10th to discuss various issues involving the Obama Tax Policy.  His portion of the discussion, titled “Obama’s Incomplete Opus: A Progressive Tax Plan That Will Defeat Its Purpose,” demonstrated how the President will fall short of […]

TJSL Professor K.J. Greene was a panelist on Sunday, October 16 at  a partner retreat of the law firm Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear. The panel discussion in which Professor Greene participated was titled: The Importance of Diversity in Law Firms. Professor Greene spoke about how Intellectual Property (IP) is an exploding practice area and […]

By Rory McNea, Communications Office Student Assistant “My experience in law school is really the foundation/cornerstone of my firm and my career.  I had a great learning experience in law school which prepared me for the war ahead – the practice of law/trials.” Keith Bremer ‘91 In the September 27, 2011 issues of the Los […]

Professor Marjorie Cohn will be a panelist at The Global Crisis Leadership Forum on October 28 at Indiana University. The panel discussion in which she will participate is titled: The Legality and Wisdom of Armed Intervention in Libya. “The justification for NATO’s invasion of Libya was to protect civilians,” says Professor Cohn of her upcoming presentation. […]

By Professor Paul Spiegelman On September 30 through October 3, three teams from Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Alternate Dispute Resolution Society (ADR) traveled to Los Angeles to compete against 21 other teams from around the country in Southwestern Law School’s Entertainment Law Negotiation Competition. The TJSL teams represented the school extremely well. Our top […]

It was like dining on top of the world – the view was spectacular! Thomas Jefferson School of Law hosted a dinner Thursday evening, October 6 for the Sixteenth Annual LatCrit Conference (Latina and Latino Critical Legal Theory, Inc.) “Wow,” one visiting law professor exclaimed as she stepped out on to the eighth floor terrace […]

TJSL grad Lorena Slomanson ’03 is flying high these days – literally. She recently participated in a two-day “Distinguished Visitor Embark” aboard the USS Carl Vinson, hosted by the Commander of the Naval Air Forces. Slomanson, along with 15 other community leaders from Los Angeles and Chicago, received a rare first-hand look at life aboard […]

Professor Marjorie Cohn will do a reading and book signing on the book The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration and Abuse, of which she is the editor, on Saturday, October 8 at San Diego City College’s Saville Theater from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. The event is part of the 6th Annual San Diego City […]

By Chelsea Halpine-Berger, Clerk, Franklin Chapter On September 10th, the Franklin Chapter traveled to the Phi Alpha Delta District XXX Conference at Whittier law school in Costa Mesa, CA, returning laden with awards, plaques and certificates. The Phi Alpha Delta cubicle, adorned with our accomplishments from the 2010/2011 school year, is a testament to our […]