Category: News & Media

By Amy Buchanan 2L On Monday, April 23, the TJSL Family Law Society hosted “Domestic and International Adoptions and the Role of the Attorney,” a panel discussion with guest speakers Lori Bolander, owner of Bolander Law Group, and Tifany Markee, partner of Milner & Markee, LLP.  Professor Ilene Durst moderated the event as well as […]

By Professor Paul Spiegelman The Thomas Jefferson ADR Society was busy this weekend.  On Friday, April 27, we elected new officers:   Tim Thiel, President; Mike Juhren, Vice President;  Tee Ho, Treasurer; and Tara Almazan, Secretary.   The membership is excited about the new leadership and grateful to the outgoing board, Ryan Storms, Nick Snow, Christine Tornatore, […]

By Vartkes Artinian, 3L (Photos by Gevork Shaginian) For most people, April 24 is just another day, but for various Armenian communities around the world it is a day of remembrance for the 1.5 million brothers and sisters who had fallen victim to brutal genocide during the turbulent decades surrounding World War I.  This past […]

Be sure to check out the recent edition of San Diego Lawyer magazine because you will find it difficult not to spot a TJSL alumni, student, faculty or staff member! All you have to do is open up to page 10 and you’ll see TJSL Dean Rudy Hasl’s smiling face along with his words of […]

“I am deeply interested in the stories of courageous women in the Middle East and North Africa fighting against oppressive governments in the Arab Spring while seeking liberty, equality and justice,” explains Justine Eldridge, a second year TJSL student who recently was notified that she won third place in a State Bar writing competition The […]

On April 17, TJSL Professor Ben Templin gave a presentation at UC San Diego’s Osher Institute titled Social Security Reform. The Social Security Administration recently reported that its trust fund may run out by 2033 – three years earlier than estimates that were made a year ago.  Many reform proposals have been proposed by politicians […]

“In just one short hour, Professor Cooper alleviated our exam writing anxieties.” That is how Janmari Hueso 2L described Adjunct Professor Jennifer Cooper’s Essay Exam Writing Workshop, sponsored by Phi Alpha Delta, that took place on April 25. “You can always improve your exam writing skills. That is why we are here” Hueso explains.  “We […]

Besides the buzz about the Padres baseball game people were also talking about the fun fact that  Michael Weiner ‘09 was in charge of grilling the hot dogs. “Ha ha! It cracks me up that Michael Weiner is BBQ-ing the wieners,” said Michael Jonas ‘09. “As if I haven’t been hearing that all day.” Weiner […]

TJSL’s Student Veterans of America organization (SVA) took on a serious and timely topic at a panel discussion on Tuesday, April 24 – the alleged murder of 17 Afghan citizens in a rampage by U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales. “This was shocking for a lot of us,” said SVA Vice-President Sarah Stewart-Bussey 3L, an Army […]

Bonsoir de San Diego! The French American Chamber of Commerce and Thomas Jefferson School of Law co-hosted the Legal Business Conference on April 18, the third such event at TJSL. The conference attracted entrepreneurs and legal professionals who would like to better understand French and American legal systems so they can better handle the legal […]

By David Gibbs, 3L On Thursday April 19, 2012, Eric Lane, Of Counsel at McKenna Long & Aldridge, and head of the Intellectual Property & Technology Group and Climate, Energy & Sustainability Group spoke to a group hosted by both the Intellectual Property Law Association and the Environmental Law Society.  The presentation titled “Where Green […]

By Susanne Prochazka 2L On April 18, Law Students for Reproductive Justice hosted an event titled “Pro-Faith & Pro-Choice.” The event was an open discussion forum that explored the relationship between reproductive rights and religion. Being religious and pro-choice has been portrayed as incompatible in recent media coverage and legislation exploring and discussing the relationship […]