Category: News & Media

 Thomas Jefferson School of Law will receive a $25,000 gift from the law firm West Alliance to support the school’s LL.M. Scholarship Fund. This endowment fund will be known as the West Alliance LL.M. Scholarship Fund. To read more, click here

TV’s Asian-American characters are so frequently slighted that even programs set in the biggest, most diverse cities leave them out of the picture, a new study found. For “Tokens on the Small Screen,” professors and scholars at six California universities looked at 242 broadcast, cable and digital platform shows that aired during the 2015-16 season […]

Valley Center resident William L. Wolfe, a former homicide detective with the City of Escondido and former county deputy district attorney—who went off to labor in the private sector as a criminal defense attorney for many years—has returned to be deputy city manager, which is a position directly under that of assistant city manager. To […]

Over the summer, 3Ls Yulia Davidzenka and Summer Young had the exciting opportunity to work as Summer Associates at Alverson Taylor Mortensen & Sanders in Las Vegas, NV.  The firm’s prestigious Summer Associate program is a paid program where students perform the work of associates under attorney supervision.  The firm is one of the largest […]

A contingent from Thomas Jefferson School of Law visited Azerbaijan recently to participate in the 2nd International Student Conference, “Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Customs Management.” The conference took place from July 3 to 7 in Qusar, Azerbaijan. To read more, click here

Local Hispanic community leaders and elected officials will be recognized for their service in an awards ceremony during the Latino Book & Family Festival at 11:00 a.m. on August 12 at MiraCosta College. To read more, click here

 Last month, Thomas Jefferson School of Law hosted forty law students and lawyers from Brazil and China for its Legal English Program. To read more, click here.

The Google engineer fired for a writing a memo asserting biological causes behind the tech gender gap is likely to face significant hurdles in any legal action against his ex-employer, experts say. To read more, click here

Members of the California Assembly’s Committee of Labor and Employment are attempting to pass a bill that will require state employers to provide existing employees with more work hours before hiring new workers. To read more, click here

 From the Los Alamitos/Seal Beach Rotary Club: The Los Alamitos/Seal Beach Rotary held its regular meeting at Griffins Grill on July 18th . The Club welcomed as main speaker Mr. Marty Burbank, JD, LLM. Mr. Burbank is the owner of OC Elder Law, where he specializes in Estate and Tax Planning. He is a graduate of […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law Board of Trustee Member and Alumn L. Tracee Lorens ’90 will be the recipient of the State Bar of California Solo and Small Firm Section Attorney of the Year Award, which honors a solo or small firm attorney, who has shown exemplary leadership and dedication to the legal profession, contributed […]

Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander has put his team up for sale, 24 years after buying it for $85 million. And if recent history is any guide, he’s going to get quite the return on his investment. To read more, click here