Category: News & Media

Professor Susan Bisom-Rapp will be one of two featured speakers at the May 18 dinner 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 […]

The San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association (SDLRLA) recently announced six graduating law students from Thomas Jefferson School of Law as recipients of the newly inaugurated 2011 SDLRLA Scholarship Fund Bar Stipend. Danaly Barajas, Oscar Gonzalez, Erika Mallorquín, Romina Otoya, Emily Wietzel and Andre Zakari will each received $500-$1000 in financial assistance to help defray […]

TJSL has once again scored a first: this time, for being the best All Around Chapter Award among all student International Law Societies in the United States. This award is bestowed by the International Law Students Association, the organization, that on behalf of the American Society of International Law, runs the worldwide Jessup Moot Court […]

The latest issue of the Thomas Jefferson Law Review is now available and features articles, some authored by TJSL professors and students, on a number of interesting topics. The lead article, by TJSL Professor Aaron Schwabach discusses issues related to Thomas Jefferson’s relationship to slaves and slavery. As stated in the Thomas Jefferson Law Review […]

The San Diego County Bar Association (SDCBA) officially presented its 2011 Service Award winners on Tuesday, May 3, and 2008 TJSL graduate Eric Ganci brought home the award for “Outstanding Service by a New Lawyer.”   Each year the SDCBA recognizes distinguished individuals and organizations for exceptional service to the San Diego Community.  Ganci was selected […]

“This is the first Last Day of Class Run,” Professor Ben Templin announced to the group of people wearing running outfits who were assembled in the TJSL lobby for the event just before noon. “This is not a race!” Why participate? “Because it IS the first last day of class walk,” said 3L Diana Spyridomidis. […]

It was a day for Thomas Jefferson School of Law to show its latest group of admitted students what TJSL is all about.  Some have made up their minds about which law school they will attend and some haven’t. “Congratulations! This is an important first step in your making the proper decision on where you’re […]

An Evening with Cassandra Sneed-Ogden By Najmah Brown, 1L While in town to prepare for the 2011 Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) six-week Summer Institute that will be hosted here at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in June, Executive Director Ms. Cassandra Sneed-Ogden hosted a San Diego Alumni/Student Networking Dinner. The dinner was held […]

By Noel Heard, 2L Before spring break, TJSL sent the team of Allyson Evans, Jasiel Tabares, Noel Heard, and Justin Clayton to the Houston, Texas National BLSA Conference to compete in a mock trial competition sponsored by the Black Law Student Association.  The team was coached by Pratik Shah and assisted by James Praley and […]

For the second year in a row and the fourth time since 2006, a Thomas Jefferson School of Law student has won the highly prestigious Burton Award for Distinguished Writing. With its fourth Burton winner, TJSL now equals Stanford as the California law school with the most Burton Awards. Sean E. Smith, a third-year student […]

On Thursday, April 28, 2011, TJSL’s Associate Director of Career Services Dovie King will be a lead presenter at NALP’s Annual Education Conference in Palm Springs. Founded in 1971 as the Association for Law Placement, NALP is a nonprofit  providing information, coordination and standards for members engaged in career planning, recruitment and hiring, and professional […]

By Sterling Williams, 3L, Community Events Committee, Student Bar Association On April 23, students, and for the first time, faculty (a special thank you to Dean Jeff Joseph), volunteered their Saturday morning at Father Joe’s Village to help support the “Easter Special Meal.”  Father Joe himself said a prayer, which began a wonderful meal.  This […]