Category: News & Media

Thomas Jefferson School of Law is proud to highlight the recent judicial appointments of our alumni to the Superior Court in California by Governor Gavin Newsom. Stephanie L. Negin (2007), of Clovis, has been appointed  to serve as a Judge in the Fresno County Superior Court. Judge Negin has served as a Senior Defense Attorney […]

Tyler Barclay (2018) was featured this week by the San Diego County Bar Association in their New Lawyer’s Division Spotlight. He speaks about his journey from a summer internship with the office of the Public Defender to now being a fourth-year attorney in that same office.  The full feature can be found here.

We were honored to celebrate those completing their J.D., LL.M, M.S.L, and J.S.D degrees from December 2021 – August 2022, with a ceremony at Liberty Station on May 13, 2022.  It was wonderful to recognize the accomplishments of our graduates in person.  Our ceremony included many alumni: graduation speaker Jennifer McCollough (’13), Alumni Association President […]

Congratulations to our December Graduates As the year wraps up, we commend those recently completing J.D., LL.M, M.S.L, and J.S.D degrees. We are proud to recognize the achievements of the graduates of Thomas Jefferson School of Law. We wish you all success and happiness!

Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s 20th Annual Women and the Law Conference, Diversity, Pluralism, and Repair: Honoring Our Past and Charting Our Legacy, will be held on Friday, April 2, 2021 as a webinar. The event runs from 11:45 am – 2:40 pm PDT. Please register as soon as possible for this signature event. Registration is […]

Professor Emeritus Julie Greenberg’s oral history has been posted on the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Women in Legal Education (WILE) Oral History Project webpage. An internationally recognized expert on the legal issues relating to gender, sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, her path-breaking scholarly work has been cited by state and […]

Congratulations recent graduates!! As the year wraps up, we commend those recently completing J.D., LL.M, M.S.L, and J.S.D degrees. We are proud to recognize the achievements of the graduates of Thomas Jefferson School of Law. We wish you all success and happiness! Faculty and staff recently gathered to record a brief video to mark the […]

The Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s 10th Annual National Sports Law Negotiation Competition was held — for the first time — remotely via Zoom. The competition was coordinated by alum Sam Ehrlich (2014). 36 teams of law students from 21 law schools located all across the United States and Canada competed by negotiating problems drawn […]

The Board of Trustees of Thomas Jefferson School of Law announced today that both Interim President Sherr and Interim Dean Keller will continue to serve the Law School as its President and Dean, respectively.  The announcement follows the Board’s quarterly meeting wherein the Board decided to forego a nationwide search to fill the positions.  “The […]

The State of California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing launched its free anti-harassment training for non-supervisory employees and there is a Thomas Jefferson School of Law connection. Taking a leadership role in creating the training was our graduate Branden Butler (JD ’09), who serves as DFEH’s Deputy Director of Education and Outreach. Additionally, Associate […]

Congratulations to TJSL’s Latest Graduates Friday, May 15, 2020 marks the date of Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s planned graduation ceremony for those completing J.D., LL.M, M.S.L, and J.S.D degrees, who are currently sheltering in place in California and all over the world. We are proud to recognize the achievements of the graduates of Thomas […]

San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association has announced their 2020 Bar Exam Stipend recipients. We are proud of our Thomas Jefferson School of Law students who will receive a stipend this year:         Jacquelin Carbajal Olga Gonzalez Belen Granados Zaira Pasco Fatima Rodriguez Cindi Segovia-Leiva Alfredo Villegas   Congratulations to all!