Category: News & Media

On April 3, TJSL Professor Julie Greenberg delivered a talk at UC San Diego’s Osher Institute, titled, “What Makes a Man a Man and a Woman a Woman?” The title came from a Texas court that recently posed the following question: “When is a man a man and when a woman is a woman?” According […]

Professor Cohn’s widely praised book, The United States and Torture (NYU Press) has just come out in paperback. She is the editor and co-author of a collection of chapters on U.S. practices, including waterboarding, sleep deprivation, sensory manipulation and other enhanced interrogation techniques. “I hope this book will be of interest to readers who seek […]

“Your participation in these teams and organizations is what law school is all about,” Dean Rudy Hasl told the group assembled for the Co-Curricular Reception on April 9. “You develop tremendous skills that will pay dividends when you are a lawyer.” The event honored the presidents and board members of TJSL’s student organizations, including the […]

On April 4, there was a bicycle rally during the evening rush hour to call attention to bicycle safety issues after the recent death of a cyclist. rally organizer, TJSL student Timur Ender, wrote this story: By Timur Ender, 1L Last week I heard on the news that cyclist David Ortiz was killed on his […]

What better setting for a presentation on legal discovery than a federal courtroom, delivered by a federal judge to law students sitting in the jury box and counsel’s tables? Professor Bill Slomanson’s Federal Civil Procedure class met April 3, in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Anthony Battaglia, who is a law school classmate of […]

By Elisabeth Donovan, 3L Hoodies stood out as the uniform of the day at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Stand Your Ground Panel, which was held in a packed room on April 4, in light of the fatal shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida. “I am a fan of our generation,” 2L Lance […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law is presenting a panel on entertainment law on Saturday, April 7, for San Diego’s legal community called “Hollywood Swinging: Film & Television Creators and the Long Arm of the Law.” The event runs from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.at the law school, 1155 Island Avenue in San Diego’s East Village […]

By RuthAnne Bergt  2L Evan Garcia, Jonathan Yu and Samantha Ciriaco competed in the 20th Annual Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition March 10-12, in New York. Duberstein is one of the most prestigious competitions that TJSL’s Moot Court Honor Society competes in and was coached by Assistant Dean Arnold Rosenberg and Adjunct Professor William Smelko. […]

Lorena Slomanson ’03 recently joined the San Diego County Public Law Library’s Board of Trustees.  She was appointed by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors to a 3-year term. “I am honored and excited to support one of my favorite local institutions, and to build community coalitions that are of mutual benefit to SDPLL […]

By RuthAnne Bergt, 2L The Moot Court Honor Society held their annual tryouts on March 31 and April 1. The tryouts were accomplished through a two-day Intra-School Competition. This year, 34 TJSL students competed in the event. The talent of the students was high and the competition fierce! Each competitor participated in two rounds on Saturday. […]

By Antionette Scott, 2L The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) wrapped up TJSL’s Diversity Week on March 30, by hosting a “Shadow Day” for 70 students from Lincoln High School and Horace Mann Middle School. The students participated in an open discussion about celebrities who have encountered legal issues and how it affected their lives. After […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law alumnus Martin Kruming ‘77 was presented with the highly prestigious Bernard Witkin Award on March 28 by the Law Library Justice Foundation. Since 1994, the Witkin Foundation annually has honored members of the San Diego legal community for civic leadership, teaching, practice and adjudication of the law. Kruming, who is […]