Category: News & Media

Thomas Jefferson School of Law Assistant Director of Student Services Angela Bayne, Director of Student Services  Lisa Ferreira and TJSL alumna Diane Alkais ’08, Director of Student Services at Phoenix School of Law, presented on July 13 at the international conference for the Association on Higher Education and Disability in New Orleans, LA. The presentation, […]

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has selected Thomas Jefferson School of Law to participate in its Patent Law School Clinic Certification Pilot Program, making TJSL the only law school in California to be chosen. San Diego IP Attorney Ross Franks will be the Supervising Attorney of the pilot program at TJSL. “The […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law Professor Steve Semeraro has won the first ever Journal of Legal Education Fiction Contest (JLE), sponsored by Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles and judged by very prominent writers. Southwestern Associate Dean Molly Selvin, the managing editor of the JLE and coordinator of the contest said, “The quality of entries […]

“As long as you have a robe, you’re all set no matter where you are,” said Superior Court Commissioner Kelly Doblado, who was holding court on a handball court at Stand Down 2012 on July 13.  “Have robe, will travel.” After all, a court is a court is a court, even if the planes landing […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law Faculty Fellow Beth Caldwell has been honored as a recipient of a 2012 Soros Justice Fellowship from Open Society Foundations, headquartered in New York. According to the official news release, “The 2012 Soros Justice Fellows will tackle issues at the core of the Open Society Foundations’ work, such as addressing […]

Third-year student Elizabeth Hilliard, who will graduate in August 2012, shared this story about her study abroad experience in Japan: Lifelong dream #1:  going to law school.  Check.  Lifelong dream #2:  going to Japan.  Check.  Both of them at the same time?  Priceless.  Initially, I was disappointed to learn that I would need to get […]

Two experienced San Diego attorneys are joining the staff of Thomas Jefferson School of Law in key positions involving the school’s law clinic and new solo practice programs.  Dean Rudy Hasl has announced that Lilys D. McCoy is the new Director of the school’s new Solo Practice Concentration and Lawyer Incubator Program and that Rebecca […]

Professor Susan Bisom-Rapp  spent Independence Day in Philadelphia, where she attended the International Labour and Employment Relations Association’s World Congress, which ran from July 2nd – 5th.  The World Congress is held every three years and has only once before been held in the United States.  In 1995, the meeting was held in Washington, D.C. On […]

Professor Julie Greenberg, who is an internationally respected scholar and expert on issues involving sex and gender identity, has posted a blog on the website of the NYU Press, publisher of her recent book Intersexuality and the Law: Why Sex Matters. This is Professor Greenberg’s first blog. Read the Blog

The article “2012: Virality Builds Brands,” co-authored by TJSL graduate Lacy J Lodes ’08, appeared in The Licensing Book magazine’s Summer 2012 Issue.  Every year in Las Vegas, NV, licensing professionals from all over the world gather to showcase their intellectual property.  The Licensing Show is considered the place to be  to get your company’s […]

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling on June 28 that largely upholds the Affordable Care Act of 2010 has TJSL professors expressing their views as they analyze the majority and dissenting opinions about the constitutionality of the highly controversial Obama administration health care reform law and the impact the ruling will have. As the author […]

Professor Kenneth Vandevelde is speaking at a one-day conference at Oxford University June 28, addressing the question whether international economic law impairs the ability of governments to address economic crises.  The conference is focusing in particular on treaty commitments to open borders to international capital movements (in effect, allowing large sums of money to flow in and […]