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For the first time in school history, the TJSL National Trial Team won the 2013 regional competition of Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) in Tucson, Arizona this past weekend.  Coached by Professors Lilys McCoy and Lea Fields-Bernard, teammates Robert Sagerian 3L, Jay B Campbell 2L and Michael Fabinski 3L will compete in the national round […]

By Amy Louttit 3L The San Diego Task Force on Unaccompanied Youth  met recently at Thomas Jefferson School of Law with three TJSL students in attendance, showing the commitment of so many students at the law school to become involved in important community-wide issues. Amy Louttit 3L, Youth Director/Specialist of the Task Force was at […]

Two judges who have been at the forefront of fighting both organized crime and terrorism in France appeared at Thomas Jefferson School on Thursday, February 14, at an event presented by the Center for Global Legal Studies with Director Professor Susan Tiefenbrun and TJSL’s International Law Society. Judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere is the former Chief of […]

By Denice Menard It was a good day on July 12, 2012 when Alexis Scott ‘07 with the San Diego based firm Solare & Scott was able to tell her client Josh Smith that his daughter Kailey was coming home for good. “I am a father and I could not have gotten my daughter back […]

By Samantha Morales 2L Just in time for TJSL’s Women in the Law Conference, the Women’s Law Association was officially re-charted last month and held its first meeting on January 31st. “At last year’s Women in the Law Conference, Sarah Weddington, who argued Roe v. Wade before the U.S. Supreme Court, charged the young women […]

Professor William Slomanson has been invited to moderate a panel titled “Unilateral Secession in a Multipolar World” at the American Society of International Law’s Annual Meeting in April in Washington, D.C.  The topic of unilateral secession is on everyone’s list of hot button issues, given recent events involving northern Mali’s al-Qaeda branch, and a number […]

The TJSL Mock Trial Team is travelling this week to Tucson for the 2013 Texas Young Lawyers Association Regionals.  Coached by Adjunct Professor Lea Fields-Bernard and Solo Practice Director, Lilys McCoy, the team has been drilling and practicing for weeks to prepare for one of the most important Mock Trial competitions in the nation. Two […]

“It was the best Women and the Law Conference yet,” said TJSL Professor Susan Tiefenbrun of the 13th annual edition of the event, held February 8 at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. It was titled “HER HONOR: Women in the Judiciary” and appropriately, the sold-out conference featured a very special guest appearance by U.S. Supreme […]

TJSL students call it the “Law Prom”, but the annual Barristers Ball is always so much more than that – especially this year. The 2013 edition, “Masquerade”, held on Saturday February 9, was part of a three-day celebration crowned by the formal dedication ceremony of the new law school on Thursday, with keynote speaker, U.S. […]

It could well have been the most glorious evening in the history of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, the first event in a joyous three-day celebration of the law school. “We are here to both formally dedicate the new, extraordinary building, but also to mark a ritual in the development of this law school,” said […]

By Samantha Morales 2L On Wednesday February 6, the San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association, La Raza Law Students Association, Career Services, and TJSL Alumni Association came together to host  the event “Employment for Latinos in the Law”. For students wanting to learn more about the opportunities ahead, the panel and networking event gave them […]

As part of Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s upcoming Dedication Celebration, the law school will have on display two of Thomas Jefferson’s personally handwritten documents. “At a time that we are dedicating the new facilities of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, it is particularly significant to be able to display two documents written and […]