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Student Mike Pehlevanian and Professor Guzelian Also Participate Professor Bill Slomanson had a busy end of summer, traveling to several countries in the South Caucasus to deliver lectures in Georgia and Armenia. Thanks to Professor Chris Guzelian, Professors Slomanson and Guzelian and 3L Mike Pehlevanian met with national dignitaries in the Armenian-held Nagorno Karabakh enclave […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law has been named as one of America’s 20 “Most Innovative Law Schools” in preLaw Magazine’s back to school issue, as well as its sister publication, National Jurist. In the article, the magazine calls TJSL “perhaps the most technologically advanced school in the world.” TJSL’s Dean Rudy Hasl is particularly proud […]

Three TJSL professors have been selected to serve on various committees for the Legal Writing Institute (LWI) for 2012-2014. The LWI is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving legal writing by providing a forum for discussion and scholarship about legal writing, analysis and research. Assistant Professor of Lawyering Amy Day will serve on the LWI’s […]

Bicycling 90 miles in the scorching heat of Death Valley to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) represents much more than a humanitarian endeavor and endurance challenge for Professor Ken Vandevelde and his 23-year-old daughter Jenny. It’s a deeply personal mission because Jenny has lived with juvenile diabetes, also known as type […]

“Welcome to the class of 2015,” said Associate Dean Beth Kransberger as she welcomed the Fall 2012 class of law students on Monday, August 13. “You are walking through the doors of opportunity.” Due to the large incoming class of 315 students Monday’s orientation was held in two separate classrooms united by a virtual video […]

TJSL Professor Bryan Wildenthal will discuss several recent “hot button” Supreme Court decisions at the El Cajon Library on Constitution Day, September 17, celebrating the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution at the conclusion of the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. “This talk will grow out of my lecture in June at the […]

The BBQ on the roof of Entrada, the student housing apartment complex, was hopping on Thursday, August 9 with 1L’s, 2L’s, 3L’s, TJSL staff members, Dean Rudy Hasl and even a TJSL Trustee. “The BBQ hosted by TJSL was a wonderful event that provided a warm welcome to students who are new to San Diego, […]

TJSL said farewell to Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic Fellow Tiffany Gilmartin ‘10 on August 8, in a special reception in the 8th floor board room. After a highly successful yearlong term leading the veterans clinic, Gilmartin will be setting up her own practice. “I want to thank everybody – it’s been a great experience,” said […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alumna Lacy J Lodes’08 and Licensing Director of CONSOR, an Intellectual Asset Management Firm, is one of the expert speakers who will appear at the “New Beginning in the End: Sound Recording Copyright Terminations – A Discussion and Debate” on Thursday, August 16 during a 90-Minute Live Webinar. The event […]

Just two weeks after the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced in mid-July that Thomas Jefferson School of Law will be the only California law school to participate in its Patent Law School Clinic Certification Pilot Program, there is more good news for TJSL and its expanding intellectual property (IP) program.  The USPTO […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law alumna Diane Alkais ’08 teamed up with Student Services Director Lisa Ferreira and Student Services Assistant Director Angela Bayne to present on July 13 at the 35th Annual conference of the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD), held this year in New Orleans, LA.  Alkais is the Director of […]

The eight Thomas Jefferson School of Law professors named as “Top Attorneys” by the San Diego Daily Transcript in its annual peer voting recognition program were honored, along with other 2012 Top Attorney finalists, at a reception hosted by the business and legal news publication on Monday, July 30. TJSL Professors Thomas Golden, Julie Greenberg, […]