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Thomas Jefferson School of Law would like to welcome two new staff members to the Career Services office. The new Director of Career Services is Jeff Chinn, who most recently was the Associate Director of the California Innocence Project (CIP) in San Diego. He is a graduate of American University Washington College of Law and […]

All through law school, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alumnus Ben Lewis ‘12 consistently involved himself in the public interest sector and today has found personal success working for the Maricopa County Office of the Public Advocate, formerly The Office of the Juvenile Public Defender. “During law school, I had internships in public interest, so […]

Less than a year after entering trial practice, TJSL Alumni, friends and colleagues Sevy Fisher ‘13, Brandon Simon ‘13 and Greyson M. Goody ‘13, have completed seven trials and won nearly 3 million in jury verdicts with The Simon Law Group. “We get to represent people that really can’t stand up for themselves against insurance […]

Seventeen TJSL professors and alumni were honored as finalists for San Diego’s Top Attorneys in The Daily Transcript’s July 31 publication. In the Academics category of the seven finalists, five are TJSL professors. Finalists Professors Julie Greenberg, Marybeth Herald, Lilys McCoy, Jeff Slattery and Kenneth Vandevelde have all been prior finalists in recent years. Each year, The […]

On Thursday, July 31st, the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Center for Solo Practitioners hosted the first of three free Criminal Expungement Clinics at the Salvation Army Centre City Facility. The Clinics have been made possible by a grant from the San Diego County Indigent Criminal Defense Fund, Inc. “The purpose of the free Mobile […]

2011 Alumna Kim Carter enjoys practicing law as an associate at the distinguished labor, employment, and immigration firm Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP. “I love that every day is different,” she states as she reflects on the personal and professional experiences that brought her to where she is today. Carter grew up in a single […]

Stand Down is the annual event held at San Diego High School by Veterans Village of San Diego (VVSD) to help veterans in need with issues ranging from a warm shower, to medical care, to legal assistance. Each year students who are part of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic (VLAC) […]

On Wednesday, July 16, Jeremy Evans, ’11, Vice-Chair for the Entertainment & Sports Law Section of the San Diego County Bar Association (SDCBA), organized a continuing legal education course on “The Challenges of Working in the Craft Brew Industry.” The one hour and forty-five minute course was held at the Bar Center, with a mixer […]

On July 21st, Natalie Levine Ortiz, a representative of the recently certified Modern Labor Law Union, signed a collective bargaining agreement governing the details of the final examination she and her fellow bargaining unit members will take for Modern Labor Law in the Public and Private Sectors, a course taught by Professor Susan Bisom-Rapp. The […]

After a brief time as Municipal Prosecutor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alumnus, Kevin Bergt ‘12, has accepted a position as Assistant District Attorney in Anchorage, Alaska. An Alaska native, Bergt returned to Alaska in June 2013 alongside his wife, TJSL Alumna RuthAnne Bergt ‘13. “A few days after RuthAnne’s graduation, we packed up the […]

On Thursday, July 3, 2014 the Orange County Alumni Group gathered together for their monthly Alumni Mixer. This month’s meeting took place at Javier’s Cantina & Grill in Irvine, CA. Orange County Alumni Group Leader Matthew Zavala ’09 said, “There was no better way to kick start the 4th of July weekend than by getting […]

San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association awarded its fourth annual Bar Stipend Scholarships on Thursday, May 22 at Fred’s Café in Old Town. SDLRLA presented seven Bar Stipend Scholarships in the amount of $1,000 aimed at providing financial support to inspirational graduates sitting for the Bar in July 2014, or February 2015.  “The award was […]