Category: News & Media

TJSL Professor Joy Delman brought her expertise on medical legal issues to the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) on Sunday, March 17.  Professor Delman participated in a patient safety colloquium and spoke on Current Trends in Neurology Malpractice Litigation:  Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury. The AAN, established in 1948, is […]

A 2 1/2 minute movie trailer has brought several TJSL student organizations together in a collaborative effort to help raise awareness and support for the education of  young women around the world.  “Girl Rising” is scheduled for a special showing at the La Jolla 12 on Thursday, April 18 at 7:30pm. But to be able […]

By Meshia Moss 2L On March 19th, students attended the Business Etiquette Panel hosted by the Black Law Student Association (BLSA). The panel was moderated by BLSA treasurer Tomi Adeleke, while Professor Udoka Nwanna and Attorney Dante Pride served as panelists. Professor Nwanna focused specifically on the female perspective regarding appropriate attire for women within […]

Four Thomas Jefferson School of Law alumni have been attending the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School (TJAGLCS) in Charlottesville, Virginia. Sarah Green ’12 and Rachel Bauer ’10 are part of the Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course. It has three phases; the first two weeks are spent in-processing at Ft. Lee, Virginia. Meantime, Michael […]

Every year since 2003, the Marco Biagi Foundation has hosted an international conference in Modena, Italy devoted to international and comparative employment and labor relations.  TJSL Professor Susan Bisom-Rapp has attended the event annually since 2007. This year’s conference, The Transnational Dimension of Labor Relations: A New Order in the Making?, brought together scholars from […]

The 2nd Annual ProFaith/ProChoice Event was an enlightened discussion on often controversial issues surrounding sexuality, reproductive freedom and abortion. It was presented by TJSL’s Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ) on March 20, and was moderated by Professor Joy Delman. The guest speakers were from three different ideological backgrounds; Rabbi Scott Meltzer, a Lecturer on […]

The TJSL team of  Sean Kelley 2L and Lawrence Kleinman 3L, ably coached by Patrick Downing 3L and Khouloud Elmasari 2L, won second place and a $500 prize  in the 13th Annual California Bar Environmental Negotiation Competition held in San Francisco on March 15. This continued TJSL’s remarkable record of six final four appearances in […]

by Samantha Morales 2L For most TJSL students, March 13 was just the day after midterms. But for the volunteers and panelists who helped La Raza Law Students Association put on its annual King Chavez High School College Day, the day was about paying it forward, sharing inspirational stories, and reflecting concrete and attainable goals to […]

By Adeyinka Glover, 3L On Friday, March 15, students from ALBA Community Day School came to Thomas Jefferson to tour the campus and sit in on Professor Ben Templin’s Contracts II class. ALBA students are a part of this year’s Street Law Program at TJSL. “I liked it. Professor Templin actually gets you into it,” […]

“We see a lot of good people do bad things,” said Kristin Ritsema, who appeared at TJSL on Friday, March 15, for an MCLE presentation by TJSL’s Center for Solo Practitioners called “Avoiding the State Bar Discipline System.” Who better to explain it than Ritsema? She is the Supervising Senior Trial Counsel of the state […]

Networking is one of the most important tools of the trade when it comes to getting established in the legal profession. But as those students who attended the TJSL Alumni Associations Networking Dos and Don’ts event at the law school on March 14 learned – networking is both an art and a science. The three […]

Few countries in the world have lately attracted more attention and created as much anxiety as North Korea. There has been nuclear saber-rattling and threats of a “rain of bullets” on South Korea in the news recently – a complex and ominous situation. Adjunct Professor Jason Fiske, TJSL’s Program Director of Online Graduate Programs, was […]