Category: News & Media

Patrick Long ’10 was the first lawyer to move into his office at Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s new Center for Solo Practitioners on November 1. “It feels good,” Long said. “It feels like I am working toward something productive and meaningful.” Indeed, the goal of the new program is meaningful. It is an incubator […]

The people, and well, zombies who attended TJSL’s annual Halloween Potluck had a devilishly good time. “Ghoulish,” said Dean Rudy Hasl of the spectacle of costumes and fantastic food in the 8th floor boardroom. A sampling ― there were “deviled eyeballs,” finger food (literally), and eye ball salad, along with more traditional dishes like chili, […]

Honoring our honor roll students has become a tradition at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. The students who are on the Distinguished Honor Roll and Honor Roll for the Spring and Summer 2012 semesters were given a ceremony on October 29 and photographed holding their certificates with Dean Rudy Hasl. “This does not happen without […]

They are the modern gladiators.  They participate in society’s most violent, bone-jarring spectator events.  They are today’s athletes. They risk battered bodies and shattered limbs and, much worse, depression, dementia and possibly death as a result of traumatic brain injury, all the unnecessary consequence of the culture of violence that is pervasive in sports at […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law Brazilian Program Director Carla McEwen was recently selected from among hundreds of thousands of Brazilian attorneys to be one of seven lawyers who gave their sentencing opinions to Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court in the biggest national corruption case in that country’s history – the Mensalãocase. Here is her personal account […]

It’s not every day that TJSL students, faculty and staff get to hear from a genuine legend. And Michael Tigar is just that. He is among America’s greatest lawyers, behind only Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Darrow, according to California Attorneys for Criminal Justice  “Lawyer of the Century” balloting. That is select company. He gave two […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law, the Entertainment Law Society, in association with the Center for Law and Intellectual Property presented an important and well-attended seminar on October 20, titled “Music Copyright Terminations: The Ticking Time Bomb Has Arrived.”   “The specter of music copyright terminations is hanging over the music industry,” said TJSL Entertainment Law […]

On Wednesday, October 24 a panel of ten judges and lawyers from the 86th National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges presented “Developing a Successful Bankruptcy Career: Judges and Lawyers share their secrets.” The panel discussion held at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law was well attended, and the wisdom of many collective years of experience was […]

The San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association Scholarship Awards Dinner brought together members of the Latino legal community for an evening of recognition on Friday, October 19, at The Hard Rock Hotel in Downtown San Diego. Four TJSL students were honored with scholarships: Ricardo Elorza ‘1L, Aldo Gallardo ‘1L, Edith Polanco ‘1L, and Veronica Carrillo ‘2L, received several thousand dollars in […]

Professor Madeline Kass moderated a panel presentation at the ABA’s 20th Fall Section Meeting on Environmental, Energy, and Resources Law in Austin, Texas on October 11. The panel, entitled “Wind, Water, Weather & the Endangered Species Act,” brought together a cross-section of speakers presenting on topics including wildlife laws & wind development, the impacts of […]

Every year Superior Court Commissioner Gary Bloch ’81 gathers a group of his colleagues from the state and federal benches for a mixer with TJSL’s students and alumni.  It’s a chance to meet and greet judges without their robes in a social setting – a golden opportunity for students who have never interacted with judges […]

Professors William Slomanson and Maurice Dyson honored student Sajad Husain at CLIMB’s Culture Night on Thursday, Oct. 18, with an award for his contributions to the creation of the CLIMB Program at TJSL. CLIMB, which stands for the Crawford Legal Institute & Mentorship Bond is a program initiated by TJSL’s Diversity Committee.  In the CLIMB […]