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“It feels amazing,” said Danaly Barajas as she lined up in her cap and gown to get ready to march down the aisle at graduation. “It goes by so fast it’s unbelievable.” “It went by as fast as Dean Kransberger said it would,” said graduate Laura Shaver. 189 juris doctor candidates and 20 LL.M. (Master […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s joint international conference on “Chinese Rule of Law” with the Zhejiang University Guanghua School of Law brought together legal scholars, practitioners and law students from several countries on Friday, May 27, in Hangzhou, China.  The conference, presented by TJSL’s Center for Global Studies and the China Rule of Law Research […]

“It’s amazing! This is what we’ve all been waiting for,” said Lindsay Van Housen ’10. “I’m proud to say that I passed on my first try,” said Deborah Cochran ’10. The wife of Bar passer Daniel Hall ’10, who is also an attorney, summed it up perfectly by describing the feeling of the day as […]

Professor William Slomanson has co-authored two new legal text books that have been published in the spring of 2011.  Both are on civil procedure, on which Professor Slomanson is a widely known authority. One of the titles is O’Connor’s California Practice: Civil Pre-Trial, with co-editors Julie Capell, David Levine, and Michol O’Connor.   (Jones McClure 2011) […]

Professor Linda Keller has accepted an offer to be a Visiting Professional at the International Criminal Court in The Hague during her sabbatical, from October through March.  She’ll be working with Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova of Pre-Trial Chamber II.  The ICC is a treaty-based court designed to end impunity for international crimes such as genocide, crimes […]

It’s not every day that Thomas Jefferson School of Law hosts an official state visit and from May 19-23, two high level officials from the Brazilian government are visiting the law school.  The former attorney general of Brazil, Jefferson Carus Guedes, and Brazil’s national private insurance commissioner Bruno Perrut came as part of TJSL’s United […]

Make room in the Dean’s office for another award! The San Diego Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers recognized Thomas Jefferson School of Law on Saturday May 14, at the ASCE 22nd Annual Awards Dinner at the San Diego Marriott La Jolla.  TJSL received one of the more prestigious awards of the night […]

Professor Susan Bisom-Rapp was one of three featured speakers at the May 18th dinner meeting of the San Diego Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA), addressing the Challenges of Social Media in the Workplace. “Social media, like Facebook, implicates employee speech in two important ways,” said Professor Bisom-Rapp. “First, social media facilitates speech that is […]

Dean Rudy Hasl has announced that the co-author of one of the nation’s leading casebooks on sports law will be the inaugural director of the TJSL’s new academic Center for Sports Law and Policy starting this fall.  Rodney K. Smith, currently the President of Southern Virginia University, will assume his new role at TJSL in […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Chief Information Officer James Cooper has been honored by San Diego Magazine’s Top Tech Awards.  The awards recognize the most outstanding Information Technology executives who work in San Diego, as nominated by their peers and clients. Cooper was given one of two special awards at a ceremony held May 11 […]

10 Thomas Jefferson School of Law professors have been nominated for the 2011 San Diego County Top Attorneys recognition done annually by the Daily Transcript.   TJSL’s semi-finalist professors are: Steve Berenson Marjorie Cohn Julie Greenberg Marybeth Herald Alex Kreit Arnold Rosenberg Kenneth Vandevelde Adjunct professors Jeff Joseph (Academics), Jerry Wallingford (Criminal) and Garrison Klueck (Family Law) are […]

Nothing beats a relaxing chair massage during final exams. Except a relaxing chair massage and free food. It’s called Finals Breakaway and Student Services Associate Julie Garrett arranged the event for exam-takers in the student lounge on Tuesday May 10. Two masseuses were there to give the massages and Indigo Café set up a buffet […]