Category: News & Media

Professor Marjorie Cohn’s newest scholarly venture, Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral, and Geopolitical Issues is a compilation of essays, which discuss the legal, moral, and geopolitical aspects of drone warfare and will be available for purchase November 4, 2014. Professor Cohn edited and contributed to the book along with fourteen other professionals, activists, and […]

By Lilia Rodriguez 2L On Friday, October 17th, TJSL hosted Military Spouse JD Network’s annual “Making the Right Moves” Conference. MSJDN’s first national event on the west coast, the conference included various panels discussing how military spouse attorneys can overcome the unique barriers they face when growing their career. The conference took place over the […]

By Elizabeth Focht The Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ) at Thomas Jefferson School of Law started the year off with a bang when they hosted the first “Careers in Reproductive Justice” panel on September 24. Professor Joy Delman led the dynamic discussion, which was co-sponsored by OUTLaw and TJSL Career Services. Three esteemed panelists […]

“I am ready to graduate,” said Ryan Larson 3L. “It is almost here, we are in the home stretch now.” Students gearing up to graduate on Saturday, December 13, 2014 took time out of their day on Thursday, October 16 to attend the TJSL grad fair hosted by the Student Services Department held on the […]

Professor Meera Deo was a featured speaker at the recent University of Michigan Law School Symposium celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Michigan Journal of Race & Law. She returned to Ann Arbor to join Michigan Law School alumni from around the country participating in the Symposium. One of the highlights of the event was […]

“It’s amazing to think that over 7,000 lives have been touched by the education they’ve received as a result of graduating from WSU and TJSL.” Those were the words spoken by Western State University College of Law graduate George Cretton ’87 while attending the private Western State luncheon honoring alumni from 1969–1994 that took place […]

Recently profiled in SDGL.com, Joseph Willmore ‘11 opened The Willmore Law Firm in January of this year and has gradually gained momentum and a reputation for exceptional service. After obtaining his license in California and Arizona, Willmore’s path led him to the coveted “big law” position many law school graduates dream about. However, Willmore’s pursuit […]

After traveling through 45 countries, conquering four languages, passing bar exams in three states, and playing the saxophone all over the world, this November TJSL Alumna Kristen Spees ‘11 will face off against incumbent Mark Amodei for Nevada’s House of Representative seat in District 2. An outdoor enthusiast, at TJSL Spees enjoyed groups like the […]

TJSL has an established history of alumni finding opportunities in Saipan. Most recently, Melissa Dempsey, a May 2014 TJSL graduate, was selected by Presiding Judge Robert C. Naraja of the Superior Court for the Northern Mariana Islands as his judicial law clerk. The Northern Marianas Islands are located on the Pacific island of Saipan, an […]

By Alfredo Bustamante, 2L, CSLP Fellow The 4th Annual National Sports Law Negotiation Competition (NSLNC) was held at Thomas Jefferson School of Law on the weekend of September 19-21, 2014. Hosted by the school’s Center for Sports Law & Policy (CSLP), the competition was another great success and continues to be an anticipated and nationally recognized […]

By Alfredo Bustamante, 2L, CSLP Fellow On Friday, September 12, 2014, Sports Law Fellows and other guests from Thomas Jefferson School of Law toured the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. The tour began at the Visitor’s Center with an overview of the history and purpose of the training center. The Chula Vista […]

Over the past year Professor Meera Deo has been working to organize and formalize a new professional organization of law professors, South Asian Legal Academics (SALA). The mission of SALA is to create and sustain a supportive space within which South Asian legal academics can learn and grow to achieve their maximum potential. The inaugural […]