Category: News & Media

Thomas Jefferson School of Law Professor Marjorie Cohn was interviewed for a chapter in the newly released book Weapon of the Strong, Conversations on US State Terrorism (Pluto Press). The book is a compilation of interviews edited by by Cihan Aksan and Jon Bailes with a group of leading voices that critique United States foreign […]

The Career Fair held at TJSL coordinated by the Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) on November 16 gave students the opportunity to meet with organizations that serve the public sector. “I’m extremely interested in public interest advocacy and today’s Career Fair was such a great opportunity to speak with some fantastic organizations,” said Sara Denton […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law graduate Vince Hall ’08 has been appointed as chief of staff to newly elected San Diego mayor Bob Filner. Hall has been serving as the Vice-President of Public Affairs and Communications for Planned Parenthood & Riverside Counties since he graduated in 2008. “I am honored to have this opportunity to […]

By Kelly Hayes The Public Interest Law Foundation held an informative Public Service Panel on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, emphasizing the importance of incorporating community service into our law school education and as future attorneys. Professor Maurice Dyson of CLIMB, Professor Alex Simpson of Street Law and Lori Mendez of the SDCBA Community Service Committee […]

Honoring those who served has become a tradition at TJSL and the lobby was filled with the sound of TAPS and the individual anthems honoring our active duty and military veterans on Monday, November 12. TAPS was played for those left behind and never forgotten. A table with an empty chair, candle, plate and rose […]

It was a day when everyone acknowledged the 10-ton elephant in the room – and the elephant was violence and injuries in sports. One could probably not find a more experienced and qualified group of people to discuss the culture of sports violence that leads to traumatic injury than the panelists who assembled for the […]

Dean Rudy Hasl and the Phoenix area alumni, ranging from class year 1973 to 2012, came together for a special reception at the Phoenician Resort on November 1, which was made possible by local Phoenix attorney, Michael Trauscht. Special guests included University of Arizona Law School Dean Lawrence Ponoroff, Arizona State University Law School Dean […]

Nationally-renowned immigration expert and Deputy Legal Director of the ACLU of Southern California, Ahilan T. Arulanantham gave a fascinating presentation at Thomas Jefferson School of Law on Thursday, November 8. Arulanantham’s talk was titled, “Fazaga v. FBI: Surveillance and Secrets under the Obama Administration,” a look behind the cloak of secrecy that hides government surveillance […]

The Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association’s 36th Annual Awards & Scholarship Dinner held on Saturday, November 3 at The Westin Gaslamp Quarter in downtown San Diego was a shining night for Thomas Jefferson School of Law. According to the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association’s website “the Annual Awards & Scholarship Dinner serves as an opportunity […]

Fifteen Thomas Jefferson School of Law students have been named to the 2013 Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges, according to TJSL Registrar Kim Grennan.  Each year, Who’s Who Among Students has furthered the aims of higher education by rewarding and recognizing academic excellence on a national level.  Because curricular and extracurricular programs at […]

By Samantha Morales 2L The Immigration Law Society’s panel hosted Immigration Judge C. Zsa Zsa De Paolo along with six other immigration attorneys on October 25.  “One of our main goals at ILS is to promote the practice of immigration law,” said Immigration Law Society President Francisco Vicente-Vidal 3L. “Not only is it a growing […]

TJSL Professor Luz Herrera was inducted into the College of Law Practice and Management on October 27 at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. It is a distinct honor for Professor Herrera, who started up her own solo practice in Compton California, and is the co-founder of Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Center for Solo Practitioners, […]