Category: News & Media

Thomas Jefferson School of Law has one of the most professional law school facilities in the nation. The Gold LEED certified building (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) was built to enhance the student experience while using environmentally sustainable construction. Spacious stadium-seating classrooms, a state-of-the-art moot courtroom, easy access to faculty and administrative services and […]

”It is amazing! I am ecstatic!! I can’t even describe to you the happiness that I feel inside.  I feel like I want to celebrate.” That’s the reaction of Thomas Jefferson School of Law 1L Asser Bassyouni after hearing the news that Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak has finally given in to the protestors and resigned. […]

Members of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law community received recognition in a big way at the Jan. 27 annual dinner of the Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego (PALSD) and Filipino American Lawyers of San Diego (FALSD).  TJSL student Dennis Solis 3L was awarded the $1,000 Myrna Pascual Community Service Scholarship while TJSL December […]

Professor Marjorie Cohn gave the Annual Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) Bill Susman Lecture in San Francisco on February 25. In her talk “Human Rights and Global Wrongs,” Professor Cohn examined current human rights violations, including illegal wars and torture by the Bush Administration. She is the editor of the just published book The United States and […]

From now on when Thomas Jefferson law students are on the fifth floor outdoor terrace, or look out on the terrace from inside, they won’t see the air conditioning equipment, vents and fans at the building behind the school anymore. What they will see instead is a beautiful 85-foot “living wall” – made up entirely […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law Professor Leah Christensen has just had her latest book “Learning Outside the Box,” published by Carolina Academic Press.  “There are a number of excellent books that give law students advice about how to navigate through the first year of law school” said Professor Christensen.  “This book strives to be something […]

Danai Mhembere was the first student to walk into Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s new campus on the first day of classes in the new building on Tuesday, January 18! She was thrilled by the ultra-modern campus, which is built to make student feel at ease in the sometimes stressful study of law. “Awesome. Cool!  […]

“You are the first class to enter the latest, greatest law school campus,” said Associate Dean Beth Kransberger as she welcomed the Spring 2011 class of law students to their orientation on Friday January 14, at the Westin Hotel, Horton Plaza.. “This day will be etched in your memories as one of the most significant […]

Hundreds of deans, professors, and senior administrators from law schools across the nation, including Thomas Jefferson School of Law, headed to San Francisco from January 5 – 8 for the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). This year’s theme was “Core Educational Values:  Guideposts for the Pursuit of Excellence in […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law Professor Marjorie Cohn is the editor and co-author of a new book published by NYU Press,  “Torture and the United States:  Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse.”  The book is receiving major accolades. “I hope this book will be of interest to readers who seek to learn about the cruelty our government […]

Professor Steve Semeraro recently moderated a live audio conference titled “A Challenge to the Durbin Amendment:  Is the Fed’s Power to Write Rules Regarding Interchange Fees Unconstitutional?” It was presented by The American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law Insurance and Financial Services Committee and held on December 14. The Durbin Amendment to the Dodd-Frank […]

你 好！(Hello!) “Nǐ hǎo!” Maria L. Gee said to her Mandarin Chinese class students as she greeted them. She had them at “hello.” The students really enjoy the China native’s animated teaching style in the course she has been teaching for four years here at TJSL. “When I walk in a classroom, I feel like […]