Category: News & Media

A week into the semester, TJSL’s Organization Fair, on August 25, provided incoming and returning students a study break and a great opportunity to become involved in over thirty organizations on campus. “The organization fair is important because it provides incoming students a chance to become familiar with continuing students and activities outside of studying […]

Students Jermina Landstrom 3L and Tom Jarboe 3L have been awarded TJSL Veteran’s Clinic Scholarships. Appreciative of the honor Jarboe said, “First and foremost I want to thank my fellow clinic peers whom I think were as equally deserving of recognition. Secondly, I would like to thank Clinical Administrative Assistant, Martha Moran for being available […]

With the start of the new academic year, TJSL Professor Ken Vandevelde has taken the initiative to talk to students about how to succeed in law school and, more particularly, about how to write a law school exam answer. “Law professors share a pretty strong consensus about what constitutes a good law school exam answer,” […]

Professor William Byrnes, Associate Dean for Graduate and Distance Education Programs at Thomas Jefferson School of Law released his observations, drawn over 20 years of experience, for alternative methods for delivery of legal education, in the form of a white paper Alternative Methods of Teaching and The Effectiveness of Distance Learning For Legal Education. He […]

Congratulations to the ABA Young Lawyers Division’s newly elected secretary, and future Chair of the Division, TJSL Alumna Anna Romanskaya ‘07. Romanskaya, whose candidacy was endorsed by attorneys across the country, won the election by a landslide and will serve as the ABA Young Division’s secretary for the 2014-2015 bar year after which she will […]

By Alfredo Bustamante, 2L, CSLP Fellow The Center for Sports Law and Policy (CSLP) will be hosting the 2014 National Sports Law Negotiation Competition and Sports Law Conference on Friday, September 19, through Sunday, September 21, 2014, at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL). This will be the 4th year that TJSL has hosted […]

By Jeremy M. Evans ‘11 Director, Center for Sports Law & Policy The Center for Sports Law & Policy at Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL) is churning out some great future sports lawyers and professionals. Recently, some terrific news was received when several Sports Fellows received their dream job offers and began working. We […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law Professors and Stanford Law Alumni Bryan Wildenthal and Steven Semeraro, furthered Constitutional debate on The Originalism Blog following publication of a New York Times editorial on the Supreme Court’s holding in NLRB v Noel Canning. Professor Wildenthal, whose scholarly works largely focus on constitutional law and history, describes the holding […]

On Thursday, August 7, alumni, students and faculty gathered together for the monthly TJSL Alumni Association Mixer. This month’s mixer was extra special because it was co-hosted with the California Western School of Law Alumni Association. “This alumni mixer really made me feel the support of our fellow alumni,” said TJSL student, Justin Hall 3L. […]

“Before we get started discussing the nuts and bolts of your transition into law school, I think it seems appropriate to take some time to reflect on the decision that you’ve actually made,” said Thomas Jefferson School of Law President and Dean Thomas Guernsey on Monday, August 11 as he welcomed TJSL’s incoming students during […]

On Saturday, July 26, the Alumni Association hosted a special breakfast on the 4th floor of the TJSL Library for alumni studying for the Bar Exam. Ben Aguilar ‘11, Co-Chair of the Bar Support Committee, said, “The Alumni Association really cares about all its constituents, but especially those studying for the bar exam. Students preparing […]

Best Choice Schools, a site dedicated to providing relevant information about educational institutions, has included Thomas Jefferson School of Law among the 50 Most Impressive Law School Buildings in the World. Thomas Jefferson School of Law was ranked third and achieved the highest rank of any U.S. school. Thirty-eight U.S. law schools made the list, […]