Category: News & Media

Franklin Chapter wraps a successful year with fraternity and venison By 1L Chelsea Halpine-Berger, Clerk Despite the forecast, the sun was out on a beautiful Sunday afternoon at the Coronado Yacht club, and Justice-elect Eric Bernsen was there early to fire up the massive BBQ.  By 1:00 pm, the sun was blazing as hot as […]

The 2011 Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) “Silent Auction Extraordinaire – A Night Under the Stars” lived up to its name and then some.  The lobby of the law school was elegantly decorated and the event drew a large crowd to bid on the items, sample the food and enjoy the festive atmosphere. Some of the […]

Hat trick, trifecta, whatever you want to call it – three books in three years is strong proof that TJSL Professor Kenneth Vandevelde is on a roll as a respected legal author and recognized expert on investment treaties.  The second edition of his Thinking Like a Lawyer:  An Introduction to Legal Reasoning, published by Westview […]

Professor Steve Berenson, the Director of the TJSL’s Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic (VLAC), received a donation of $1500 from the Give Something Back Foundation, the charitable arm of the office supplier that TJSL uses to purchase supplies for the school. This donation is the result of a competitive selection process, and online election, that Greg […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law hosted the National Conference of Law Reviews (NCLR) through Saturday April 2. Every year NCLR brings together the management of student run law journals from law schools across the country. The first panels were held on Thursday, March 31, at the conference headquarters, the Hard Rock Hotel, only a few […]

It was the first Admitted Students Open House since TJSL moved into its new downtown campus – a chance to show the law school’s new digs – and the students were really impressed with the facility. “It’s awesome,” said Jacob Bloch.  “It’s one of the reasons I wanted to come here.” Bloch will be among […]

Professor Susan Bisom-Rapp is pleased to announce that Professor Manfred Weiss will give a lunchtime talk on Thursday, April 21 from 11:30 a.m. – 12:50 p.m. in room 227 of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law.  This MCLE event is co-funded by the Center for Global Legal Studies and the Center for Law and Social […]

Mike Green, 2L, did Thomas Jefferson School of Law proud on Thursday night by winning the 2011 LAF-Off presented by the San Diego Volunteer Lawyers Program! Green brought down the house down with his jokes and impressions of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charles Barkley, and President George W. Bush. “His impressions of Schwarzenegger, Barkley, and Bush were […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law alumna and San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has officially announced her plans to run for Mayor of San Diego in 2012. Dumanis, who began her career at the D.A.’s office as a junior typist while gracing the halls of TJSL (then WSU) as a law student, is currently […]

On March 21, Professor Brenda Simon traveled to New York to present her paper exploring the control of information in patent law at Cardozo Law School.  In the piece, entitled “Patent Cover-Up,” Professor Simon argues for a quality assessment defense to patent infringement. The Cardozo IP & Information Law Program invites scholars to visit the […]

They could have spent the first night of spring break doing almost anything else, but instead, a group of TJSL 1Ls was out on the streets raising money for the earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan. Last Monday, 1L Lance Henry stood up in Professor Brenda Simon’s Property Law class and asked everyone in the […]

The Law Students for Reproductive Justice held a conference on Saturday, February 19. At that time, the student organization was awarded the Cari Sietstra Excellence in Organizing Award by the national organization for LSRJ. The LSRJ chapter was recognized out of all of the 81 LSRJ chapters around the nation for its outstanding achievements in […]