Category: News & Media

By Vartkes Artinian, ALSA TJSL’s Armenian Law Students Association (ALSA ) sponsored a panel presented by California Ticket King on April 18.   Ticket King, owned and operated by the Law Offices of Hullinger and Speredelozzi, APC, provided students with the ins and outs of how the murky world of traffic tickets works.  One of the […]

There was something for everyone at the Mayoral Candidate’s Forum at Thomas Jefferson School of Law on April 20. It had fireworks, humor, debate and differing positions on substantive issues that impact  the East Village Community businesses, residents and educational institutions like TJSL.  Watch the Debate The forum was sponsored by TJSL’s Center for Law […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law has several clinical programs, and they all teamed up for an open house event on April 18.  The Small Business Law Center, the Arts and Entertainment Law Project, the Mediation Program, the Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program, and the Externship and Pro Bono Programs, all […]

Give Something Back’s tagline is “Good Deals, Good Deeds.” The office supply company donates 75 percent of its revenues to non-profit organizations, and this year Give Something Back (GSB) has made a $2,000 donation to Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic (VLAC.) The check was presented to the clinic’s director Professor Steve […]

By Elisabeth Donovan, 3L “People like people who help animals,” attorney Anne Perry said to a crowd of TJSL students. Perry works for the U.S. Department of Justice prosecuting people for illegal animal smuggling and animal crimes.  “Sometimes it’s not politically popular, but the public sees standing on the side of animals as a noble cause,” […]

PILF’s Annual “Silent Auction Extraordinaire”  was a success once again this year. The Public Interest Law Foundation event, held on the second floor foyer Friday, April 13, drew a great crowd of bidders and had a very festive atmosphere. Among the silent auction items were Bowling with Professors Golden, Semeraro, Kreit, and Dean Mitnick; Wine […]

By Adrianna Maldonado On April 12, the Immigration Law Society, along with the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), held a career panel. The panelists included Diana Velos Coker, Esq., Tammy Lin, Esq., Nikki Weil, Esq., and TJSL Adjunct Professor Samuel W. Bettwy, Esq. They shared their experiences in private, non-profit and solo practice of Immigration […]

Two longtime TJSL adjunct professors were honored at the Adjunct Faculty Reception on April 3 in the 8th floor board room. The annual event honors the law school’s invaluable adjunct faculty, all of whom are or have been practicing attorneys. Professor Richard Muir was honored as the 2011 Adjunct Professor of the Year and, because last […]

An event held at Thomas Jefferson School of Law on April 10 was something like a town hall meeting – it was presented by TJSL’s Center for Law and Social Justice and the Center on Policy Initiatives. A group of citizens and students gathered to hear two of the three authors of Paradise Plundered, a […]

By Chelsea Halpine-Berger Phi Alpha Delta, Justice-Elect The “Etiquette Lady” was in town last Thursday night to bestow some class upon the members of Phi Alpha Delta. Elaine Swann is an Etiquette and Lifestyle Expert who through her book series “Girls Have Style”, her regular appearances on San Diego’s NBC “News in the Morning”, her […]

TJSL Adjunct Professor Harry Zanville recently delivered an address to the American Bar Association Section on Labor and Employment Law Occupational Safety and Health Law Committee at its 2012 meeting in Sarasota, Florida.  Nationally known for his expertise in the field of transportation law, Professor Zanville spoke about OSHA’s enforcement of whistleblower laws in the […]

By Lindsey-Shannon Lee Students, professors and area attorneys came together on Saturday, April 7 to attend the wildly successful “Hollywood Swinging: Film & Television Creators and The Long Arm of The Law.” The forum, which was focused on Hollywood creators and the L.A. lawyers they feed explored film and TV issues from copyright and contracts […]