Category: News & Media

Third –year student Jennifer McCollough is on a roll when it comes to working with U.S. District Court Judges.  She has just accepted a post-graduate judicial clerkship with Judge John D. Love, a U.S. Magistrate Judge with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.  She currently is interning with Judge Roger Benitez, […]

A Trip to Indonesia and A 160-Mile Bike Ride to Benefit Wounded Warriors By Eric Bernsen ‘12 With each passing day at the office, my blood pressure slowly rises as I stir in earnest anticipation of the reveal on November 16, 2012 at 6 p.m.  If you’re a law student or bar candidate, you know […]

In some ways the Second Annual Sports Law Negotiation Competition held at Thomas Jefferson School of Law the weekend of September 28-30 was twice as successful as the first one in 2011. For example, there were twice as many teams. Forty teams from 28 different top law schools across the nation, from UCLA to Harvard, […]

Applications are now being accepted for the TJSL Women & the Law Project Scholarship with Lawyers Club of San Diego.  Thomas Jefferson School of Law established this scholarship in collaboration with Lawyers Club, a non-profit specialty bar association seeking to advance the status of women in the law, to support and improve the administration of […]

A CLE presentation on ethics by Marc Adelman ’77 By Jeremy M. Evans ’11 Alumni Association Board of Directors As you may or may not know, the CLE presentation presented by the Alumni Association of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, included Wall of Fame Alumnus Marc Adelman.  He has been practicing law for 30 plus […]

The longest serving law school dean in America recently announced that he will be resigning next year after more than three decades of leadership in legal education.  Rudy Hasl, Dean and President of Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL), will step down on June 30, 2013, concluding 32 years of service at four different ABA […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law Distinguished Professor Rodney Smith will be making two presentations at Pepperdine University School of Law on Monday, October 1. The first talk, about religious liberty is titled “The First Amendment and the Right of Conscience:  A Dying Right?”  It will examine the views of James Madison regarding the First Amendment […]

TJSL Student’s Capitol Hill Internship Includes Meeting with the President By Jim Crane, 3L This past summer I had the privilege to work on Capitol Hill as a legal intern for Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers from Washington State.  I obtained this internship opportunity through AAPD, America Association for People with Disabilities. www.aapd.com.  I was extremely […]

On Tuesday, September 25, students gathered to attend Phi Alpha Delta’s seminar on Public Speaking.  Maysa Eissa, Esq., Associate Director of Career Services, led the lively presentation.  During the presentation, Eissa provided helpful tips to help students relieve some of the anxiety associated with public speaking, such as how to convert nervous energy and anxiety […]

By Lisa Barnum, Career Services Recruiting Coordinator Thomas Jefferson School of Law hosted the 1st Annual ACC In-House Counsel Day on Saturday, September 21. The event was co-sponsored by the Association of Corporate Counsel, Thomas Jefferson School of Law and California Western School of Law. Adjunct Professor and Vice President, Programs at San Diego ACC, Randy […]

There’s No Place Like “Om” “Ten minutes a day can transform your life,” said Professor Leah Christensen as she welcomed students, faculty and staff to the First Fabulous Friday session. “That’s my Mantra.” And Professor Christensen, who is also TJSL’s Assistant Dean of Academic Success and Bar Preparation, hopes it will become every law student’s […]

After Michael Jonas walked across the Thomas Jefferson School of Law graduation stage in June 2009, he decided to use his “lawyering skills” to make a change. Jonas has always had an interest in social change. By combining mediation, law, community outreach, and communication-based problem solving, he started a company called GRASP Mediation, which is […]