Category: News & Media

A good turnout of TJSL students came to see what the CLIMB Program is all about on Friday, September 30. There were more than 35 of them at the organizational. CLIMB is the Crawford Legal Institute & Mentorship Bond Program, created by TJSL professors Maurice Dyson and Bill Slomanson for the Crawford High School Legal […]

TJSL Professor Steven Semeraro was one of the featured speakers on the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s “All-Pro” panel on Friday, Sept. 30, that addressed antitrust and labor issues in professional sports – the same day that all eyes in the basketball world were watching for the outcome of meetings in New York between some […]

Written by Clinton Minus 2L TJSL is now in its second year of an association with Crawford High School, exemplified by the  Crawford Legal Institute & Mentorship Bond Program (CLIMB) that Professors Dyson and Slomanson oversee. The event held on September 22 featured an intriguing experience for the students at Crawford High School’s Law Academy. […]

A team from Southwestern Law School beat 19 teams from across the nation to capture the title of “Champion” at the inaugural National Sports Law Negotiation Competition (NSLNC) & Symposium hosted by Thomas Jefferson School of Law the weekend of Sept. 23 – 25.  A fascinating symposium on current issues in the collegiate and professional […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law is hosting the first National Sports Law Negotiation Competition that will bring 15 law schools and 40 competitors from around the country to San Diego the weekend of September 23-25, 2011. “The 2011 NSLNC & Symposium is the first of its kind to combine a negotiation competition with a symposium,” […]

“Just trying to stay alive” were the words uttered by law student Jonathon Connolly and those same words appeared to represent the general consensus of all 12 law student competitors after only 15 minutes of playing Thomas Jefferson School of Law Professor Dennis Saccuzzo’s “Chess Match Challenge” on Thursday, September 22.   For the second […]

Two of TJSL’s finest took first and second place awards at the 2011 East Village Photo Contest  at a ceremony held at Basic Urban Kitchen & Bar on Wednesday, September 14. TJSL Art Director, Sherwin Laranga won first place and took home $500 for his entry, which he calls “East Village at Night”. TJSL student […]

The Brazilian Educational System SA (SEB) and the LL.M. Program of Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL) have signed an agreement to start Study Abroad and LL.M. programs in both Brazil and the United States. The programs will focus on educational and professional training in the legal field. A distinctive aspect of this agreement is […]

TJSL alumna Hallie Tremaine ’10 recently found herself at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba – the place where suspected terrorists and detainees from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are being held, along with some of the alleged planners behind the 9-11 attacks. “I’m a year and a half out of law school, and this […]

Congratulations to Anthony N. Kim, a third-year student at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, for receiving KABA-SD’s Annual Student Scholarship Award. KABA-SD, the acronym for the Korean American Bar Association of San Diego, presented Kim with a $1,000 scholarship during its Annual Dinner and Installation of Officers on September 15th.  The scholarship, funded by the […]

It’s not every day students at TJSL get to hear from a genuine legend on campus, but that was the case on Friday, September 16 when political activist Tom Hayden appeared at the law school. Hayden is a former California legislator who was a co-founder of the 60’s anti-war group Students for Democratic Society (SDS) […]

The new Thomas Jefferson School of Law building has become one of downtown San Diego’s most impressive pieces of architecture and continues to earn award recognition to prove it. This month, Glass Magazine announced that Custom Components Company, one of the contractors involved with the law school project, is the 2011 winner of the “Crystal […]