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The Thomas Jefferson School of Law is proud to announce that it is accepting applications for its Bar Study Scholarship from its May 2016 graduates who will be taking the California Bar in July 2016. The scholarship is designed to provide financial support for one or more graduates who will be studying to take the […]

Professor William Slomanson has reached an extraordinary milestone. His publications have been cited over 2,000 times. Citation number 2,000 appeared in Professor Abigail DeBlasis’s Building Legal Competencies: The Montessori Method as A Unifying Approach to Outcomes-Based Assessment in Law Schools, 42 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. 1 (2015). Her article contains a handful of citations to […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law announced today that Lisa M. Field, a third year, part-time law student, was awarded an Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI) Scholarship from the GRAMMY Foundation. Lisa was one of five finalists of the GRAMMY Foundation ELI Writing Competition for her paper entitled, “Beginning With The End In Mind: A Proposal For […]

Working amid high level political decision makers and intense scrutiny from the media, Thomas Jefferson School of Law graduate Daphne Delvaux ‘12 recently helped steer one of San Diego’s most high-profile lawsuits to conclusion, including winning a record settlement for the plaintiff. This month, the San Diego City Council agreed to pay $667,000 to end […]

As she studied for the California Bar Exam, Lauren Audette, ’15, could hear the voices of her Thomas Jefferson School of Law professors in her head, emphasizing key concepts, questions, and ideas to remember. There had been some extremely challenging courses and professors during Audette’s three years at Thomas Jefferson Law, but the knowledge she […]

Justice Antonin Scalia was so passionate about the U.S. Constitution, and believed so strongly in all that it stood for and how it should be interpreted, that he walked around with a copy of the nation’s most important document in his shirt pocket. The Supreme Court’s most famous conservative, Scalia was a man of fierce […]

Dean Thomas Guernsey of Thomas Jefferson School of Law issued the following statement on the passing of Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. The Justice had been scheduled to participate in Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Study Abroad program taking place June 26 – July 21, 2016 in Nice, France. This would have […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law presented its 16th Annual Women and the Law Conference, Pursuing Excellence: Diversity in Higher Education. The conference brought together leading academics, educators, institutional leaders, and policy makers to examine how diversity in institutions of higher education affects and inspires students, faculty, and leaders. With more than 150 people attending the […]

The San Diego County Library (SDCL) Local Author Program celebrated its golden anniversary on January 29, 2016. This annual event brings exposure to local literary talent, nurtures the pursuit of the writing arts in San Diego, and showcases the past year’s books published by local authors. The SDCL calls for submissions in September of each […]

The California Supreme Court has issued a landmark decision in a case led by Thomas Jefferson School of Law alumnus Andrew Stilwell, ’03, vindicating more than 200,000 distressed homeowners that Stilwell said were victimized during the statewide mortgage collapse. On Jan. 21, the high court upheld a ruling issued by California’s 4th District Court of […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law, in partnership with the (ABA ROLI), will host a fundraising reception for the Armenia Legal Education Fund. The happy hour gathering will feature presentations from Armenian community members, Thomas Jefferson Law representatives and members of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI). One of the leading non-governmental […]

Noted human rights scholar Dr. Sandor Szemesi, a professor from one of Hungary’s top research-elite universities, will spend time as a visiting professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law beginning in the spring 2016 semester.   A teacher and researcher at the Department of European and Public International Law at Hungary’s Debrecen University, Dr. Szemesi […]