Category: News & Media

After graduating from law school and practicing law on the West Coast, Virginia native Magistrate Judge Jennifer Carroll ‘10 returned home. She says the experience gained as an Adjunct Professor at Virginia State University, a Litigation Associate with the Law Office of Ralph Harrison and being a solo practitioner prepared her to assume the role […]

On October 30th, state and federal judges from San Diego County joined TJSL students, faculty, staff and alumni for a unique networking opportunity. Every year since 2008, the TJSL Alumni Association along with Superior Court Commissioner Gary Bloch (Ret.) ‘81 has provided students with this chance to mingle with some of San Diego’s most respected […]

On Friday, October 24th, the Student Bar Association hosted its annual Halloween Bar Review at Two O Seven nightclub at Hard Rock Hotel. “We wanted to throw the Halloween party of a lifetime. I made it my mission to make sure everyone had a spooktakular time,” said SBA Community Events Co-Director Nima Etemadian 3L. This […]

By Michelle Evenson, 3L member of ADR Everyone in law school knows how many hours are spent reading, writing papers, rushing to internships, and balancing friends and family. But only a few law students know what it’s like to do all that and compete for one of TJSL’s co-curricular teams. Last year, ADR’s teams made […]

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Please View News Release Here Q. You just announced a major debt restructuring. What are the key elements? A. The school had approximately $127 million in bonds outstanding from a $130 million debt incurred in 2008 to build its new building. As part of the transaction, the bonds will be cancelled. In […]

Aimed at providing an honest and candid look at graduate programs across the country, GraduatePrograms.com has released its Spring 2014 Law School Rankings. Thomas Jefferson School of Law ranked number ten out of 50 among the nation’s graduate programs which puts TJSL above Harvard University and Vanderbilt University. According to GraduatePrograms.com, the program ratings used […]

The Thomas Jefferson School of Law is proud to announce that it is launching the new TJSL Bar Study Scholarship. The scholarship is designed to provide financial support for one or more graduates who will be studying to take the California Bar for the first time. This award will allow the successful applicant(s) to devote […]

On September 27, the San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association awarded many scholarships to law school students who have contributed to the Latino community. During the annual Scholarship Fund Gala dinner held at the Hard Rock Hotel, the Association recognized and awarded the Scholarship Fund to Raul Maravilla, Patricia Ojeda, Maggie Gaan, and Ricardo Elorza, […]

Lynn Marie Morski is an extremely accomplished TJSL student. Not only because she is the December 2014 Valedictorian, but because she is also a licensed medical doctor. Morski graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO, and is graduating with the rest of her class on December 13, 2014 at […]

After deciding to pursue a career in wealth management as a financial consultant, Alumna Nicole Heffel ‘13 reassessed her path after successfully completing her first trial. Since then, Heffel has opened her own boutique law firm specializing in comprehensive estate planning, personal injury and veteran’s benefits. “Just a few weeks after completing the bar, I […]

On October 17, The Business Law Society hosted their first panel of the year “What Do Business Lawyers Really Do?” Panelists included Dan Schwender ‘07 from Foldenauer Law Group, APLC; Charles Field from Chaplin Fitzgerald LLP; Hass Sadeghi ‘08 of Sadeghi Legal; LacyJ Lodes ‘08 from Cryptozoic Entertainment; Sabrina Green ‘02 from Stratton & Green, […]

Before attending Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Ben Aguilar ‘11 already knew what he wanted to do as an attorney. “I wanted to use my law license to do something meaningful that had a very direct impact on people’s daily lives.” After passing the bar and working briefly at a workers’ compensation firm in November […]