Category: News & Media

By Leanne Wilder, 3L, Mock Trial Team Member The TJSL National Trial team sent 8 competitors to the American Association for Justice Student Advocacy Competition being held in Santa Monica, California from March 19-21. The competitors were divided into 2 teams of four. Team K included: Ravi Mohan, Kierre Coghill, Jessica McCracken, Leanne Wilder. Team L […]

TJSL’s Diversity Week events will take place April 6‒10. It was created to provide networking opportunities for students so they can engage with practicing attorneys in the community. According to Professor Maurice Dyson, who has been involved with Diversity Week since its inception, “it is the student’s energy that makes Diversity Week a success.” Monday, […]

An article written by Professor Brenda Simon has been selected for inclusion in the 2015 edition of the Intellectual Property Law Review. “In this article, I offer a different perspective on the perplexing issue of whether an invention is too obvious to deserve patent protection. I propose that courts should consider inventive practices in the […]

The Family Law Society (FLS) and the Immigration Law Society (ILS) co-hosted a Speed Networking event on Friday, February 20, 2015. Christine Yusi, from event sponsor LexisNexis, was also present, and showed attorneys and students how to be more efficient when doing legal research. Students were presented with successful networking tips including how to give […]

By Mahsa Kashkooly, 2L, Moot Court Social Chair On March 12th-15th, Pamela Rivera and Sean Russell competed in the Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition in Palo Alto, CA. This year’s problem was based on Patent Law and covered claim construction and publication and required the competitors to prepare briefs as both the Appellant […]

Professor Susan Bisom-Rapp spent the third week of March in Modena, Italy, where every year since 2003, the Marco Biagi Foundation (MBF) at the University of Modena has hosted an international conference devoted to international and comparative employment and labor relations. Professor Bisom-Rapp has attended the event annually since 2007, making this her ninth consecutive […]

For the past three years, Professor Aaron Ghirardelli has taken students on a Cyberlaw field trip to leading intellectual property intensive companies. On this year’s trip, the students visited three LA-based companies: Hulu, Tinder, and eHarmony. At Hulu, the students met the senior counsel and five other attorneys, visiting the company’s offices and spending an […]

Grab your best evening wear and get ready for this year’s Barristers Ball being held at Petco Park on Saturday, March 28 beginning at 6 p.m. Purchase Tickets Here “The SBA is very excited about this year’s event,” said SBA Social Events Director Michelle Ribaudo. “We are doing a grand reveal of the field after […]

By Mahsa Kashkooly, 2L, Moot Court Social Chair Moot Court members Shahin Shahrostambeik, Chelsea Grover, Devin Mirchi, Taelor Cole, Marisol Gonzalez, and Ricardo Elorza will compete in the American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) from March 6th to March 8th in Seattle, Washington. The issues for the competition are heavily based on Civil […]

On the weekend of February 28, TJSL sent two very well-prepared teams to compete in the Regional Representation in Mediation Competition held at the University of LaVerne College of Law. The ADR Society is a unique competition team that challenges competitors to advocate zealously for clients in the context of a collaborative process. The Representation […]

The 201 Bar on Capitol Hill was the place to be on the evening of Thursday, February 19 if you were a Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alumni because that is where TJSL grads gathered for the Washington, D.C. Alumni Reception. “The event was a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow TJSL grads in the […]

By Mahsa Kashkooly 2L On February 27, Moot Court team members Edith Polanco, Elizabeth Atkins, Daven Ghandi, Rachel Travis, and Danielle Tailleart will travel to Portland, Oregon to compete in the much-anticipated Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Jessup is the world’s largest moot court competition with over 550 law schools from more […]