Category: News & Media

On November 3, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) informed the court’s Pre-Trial Chamber, “[T]here is a reasonable basis to believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in connection with the armed conflict in Afghanistan.” In what Amnesty International’s Solomon Sacco called a “seminal moment for the ICC,” […]

In late October, Lee Deeks, his wife, Traci, and some of their friends donned party hats and celebrated his 59th birthday with people who were donating food at Wells Park in El Cajon. Deeks has been homeless for nearly three years. Like many other homeless in East County, he has often depended on the free food […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Innocent Bystanders music band featured in the latest edition of Normal Heights News. Their story is on page 14

What year did you graduate?      2007 Please describe your journey from law school to where you are now.  I graduated from law school just as the economy went into a crisis, but I desperately wanted to continue a career in international human rights. I did some pro bono asylum representation, while teaching as […]

Arrests of homeless people in downtown San Diego have spiked in recent months as the city tries to fight a deadly hepatitis A outbreak, and there’s no sign things will change with the planned opening of large tents that will shelter hundreds. To read more, click here

Twenty years ago the Fourth Circuit decided Zeran v. America Online, a decision which, on the positive side, made possible the internet we have today. On the negative side… it made possible the internet we have today. The destructive culture of incivility and trolling are not an unavoidable consequence of a culture of near-universal online access, […]

On October 4, 2017, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Professor Emerita, Julie Greenberg, delivered the 2017 annual John F. Crigler Lecture at Boston Children’s Hospital .  Professor Greenberg was invited to address an audience of more than 100 physicians, psychologists, social workers, and lawyers about the complex legal, ethical, and human rights issues that may […]

On November 10th, Thomas Jefferson School of Law celebrated the service milestones of seventeen staff and faculty. The annual employee service awards are given to staff and faculty who served for one, three, five, ten, fifteen, twenty, and twenty-five years.  This year, Professor Ellen Waldman and Senior Records Assistant Claudia Ferguson were given the 25 […]

Let us be honest — sports are always fun to talk about, on and off the field of play. There is a reason why it is a multi-billion dollar industry. When it comes to the places where the sports are played, a bit of history is both fun and educational, and the future of stadium […]

Democrat Jennifer Carroll Foy won her June primary by just 12 votes; now, she’s headed to Richmond. Foy, a public defender in Arlington County, is the new delegate for Virginia’s 2nd District, beating Republican Mike Makee 62 percent to 37 percent, with 95 percent of precincts reporting. The district, which covers parts of eastern Prince William County and northern […]

On October 26, students and attorneys gathered together on the 3rd floor for a Speed Networking Event and Reception hosted by Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Career Services and co-sponsored by the Emerging Lawyers Division of the San Diego County Bar Association (SDCBA) and the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Student Bar Association.  In attendance were […]

Reforming Criminal Justice is a four-volume report meant to enlighten reform efforts in the United States with the research and analysis of leading academics. Broken down into individual chapters—each authored by a top scholar in the relevant field—the report covers dozens of topics within the areas of criminalization, policing, pretrial and trial processes, punishment, incarceration, and release. […]