Category: News & Media

“This is phenomenal – so well put together,” said Justin Hall 1L at the business mixer held Friday evening February 1 at TJSL. “A lot of hard work and dedication was put into this and it is so beneficial for the students.” The event was designed to give the more than 80 law students who […]

“It’s finally home,” were the first words spoken by sculptor Jon Koehler, after helping to deliver the Alumni Association Art Gift to TJSL on Tuesday, February 5. After two years of work, the six foot tall structure titled “Open Figure,” designed by local artist Neil Shigley, now stands at the plaza entry located on the […]

The San Diego County Bar Association (SDCBA) and Brazil’s São Paulo Bar Association have come to a new cooperation agreement that was arranged by Thomas Jefferson School of Law. The agreement was signed on Friday January 25 at the bar associations’ beautiful new offices at 401 West A Street by the SDCBA Executive Director Ellen […]

“Nobody thought it would happen,” said Alison Holcomb, the Washington ACLU attorney who authored Initiative 502, the landmark measure that voters passed to make marijuana legal in Washington State. “But it really wasn’t about legalizing marijuana – it was about the war on drugs which leads to mass incarceration of people on marijuana charges.” Holcomb […]

“The incubator concept is spreading like wildfire,” said Fred Rooney, who developed the first incubator program at CUNY Law School in New York, and who helped start the incubator programs at both Thomas Jefferson and California Western schools of law. The latest incubator program Rooney has established is in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, where […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law had a large group of attendees at the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Celebration held on January 24 by the San Diego Coalition for Reproductive Choice. TJSL alumna Jenn Kish ’10 is the chair of the coalition. The TJSL students who were present at the dinner are current members […]

Two TJSL students were honored at the FALSD/PALSD 35th Annual Dinner and Installation of Officers on January 24 at the Doubletree Hotel Mission Valley. Aarti Kumar 3L and Esther Hyun 3L received scholarships from the organizations, the Filipino American Lawyers of San Diego (FALSD) and the Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego (PALSD.) “It is […]

TJSL’s Baseball Arbitration Team made a great showing, but didn’t repeat last year’s first-place finish in the 2013 Tulane Baseball Arbitration Competition – winning their first and second round match-ups and just missing the quarter-finals by losing in the third round. The team of Ryan McBride 3L, Ismael Iniguez 2L and Sam Ehrlich 2L bested […]

By Samantha Morales 2L The student organization room on the 5th floor was buzzing with excitement on Thursday, January 24, as students gathered at the Spring semester Student Organization Fair. Over two dozen student organizations showcased to new members how they each enrich student life at TJSL. The Women’s Law Association and the Native American […]

It was a unique event for TJSL – Lawyers in Literature. Professor Steve Semeraro read excerpts from his award-winning short story “The Birds They Sang at the Break of Dawn” at a special reception in the 8th floor conference room Wednesday evening, January 23. The story, based  loosely on the real-life career of TJSL alumnus […]

TJSL alumnus Tim Purpura ’91 has had a lifelong love affair with baseball.  It led him to his current position as the Senior Director of Player Development for the Texas Rangers, his former position as General Manager of the Houston Astros and many other positions in baseball as well. His career story was an inspiration […]

TJSL Professor Liz Herrera has been honored by Diverse Issues in Higher Education as one of its “Emerging Scholars Class of 2013 – 12, rising academic stars who have emerged as leaders in their respective disciplines who shine in and out of the classroom.”  Not only was Professor Herrera one of the professors selected, but […]