Category: News & Media

By Shana Avery, 2L, CSLP Fellow On Thursday, June 19, 2014, nine Thomas Jefferson School of Law Center for Sports Law and Policy (CSLP) Fellows visited the Callaway Golf facility in Carlsbad, California. Once inside the beautiful building, Fellows Charles “Oli” Barwald, Shana Avery, Rachel Travis, Rachel Baum, Alfredo Bustamante, Bradley Walker, Andrea Simmons, Jordan […]

40 TJSL students and four faculty members are in Nice, France participating in the Summer Study Abroad Program. Thomas Jefferson School of Law, in cooperation with the Faculté de Droit de l’Université de Nice, presents a four week, ABA approved, International and Comparative Law Summer Study Abroad Program in Nice, France. While this is a […]

Former Board of Trustees member Robert ‘Bob’ Ames was honored with the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Board of Trustees Medal of Honor. Mr. Ames served on the Board from 2001–2013 and was a founding member of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Board of Trustees. Mr. Ames was a vital player on the leadership […]

23 Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alumi have been named the Best of the Bar in 2014 by the San Diego Business Journal. In the Best of the Bar issue, 201 lawyers were chosen as the most outstanding in San Diego. According to the San Diego Business Journal the purpose of the Best of the […]

In May, the Instituto Colombiano de Derecho Tributario (ICDT) located in Colombia South America hosted its first international tax conference for Latin America (LATAM), bringing together government officials, industry stakeholders, and acclaimed academics to discuss challenges of automatic exchange of information (AEOI), base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), tax compliance, and revenue collection. Associate Dean […]

After graduating from TJSL in May 2005 and immediately passing the bar, Matt Spiegel began working in one of San Diego’s largest consumer law firms practicing criminal defense. Spiegel would not have predicted the exact path his career would follow but, “If you were to ask me when I was 16 years old what I […]

On June 16th, the first episode of the Alumni Video Series was launched. “Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alums are very important to us,” said Dean Thomas Guernsey in his introductory video. “They are the reason we exist.” The purpose of the series is to showcase a wide variety of Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alumni […]

By Jason Barmasse 3L Thomas Jefferson School of Law student Jason Barmasse 3L and, his brother, TJSL alum Justin Barmasse ’12 attended the opening ceremonies for the 2014 Brazil World Cup in Sao Paulo. “After coming up short on the search for an internship in the field of sports this summer, my brother insisted I travel […]

For the fifth time since 2006, a Thomas Jefferson School of Law student has won the highly prestigious Burton Award for Distinguished Writing. On June 9, 2014 TJSL Alum Robert M. Sagerian ‘13 joined that prestigious list of TJSL winners as he was honored for his article at an awards ceremony at the Library of […]

By Lilia Rodriquez (2L) The Law and Magic conference, held on Friday, June 6, focused on linking magic and the legal system through a collaboration between The Law and Humanities Institute and Thomas Jefferson School of Law. This event brought together panelists from across the country and abroad to illustrate the historical and present day […]

On Friday, May 30, Thomas Jefferson School of Law was honored by the Legal Aid Society of San Diego (LASSD) during the organization’s annual Pro Bono Program Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. Assistant Dean for Career Services Beverly Bracker accepted the award on behalf of TJSL. For the fifth consecutive year, the Legal Aid Society of San Diego […]

Monique Rodriguez (3L) has been awarded the Veterans Clinic Alumni Scholarship for the Spring 2014 semester. “I am sincerely grateful and honored to be awarded this scholarship,” said Rodriguez. “It has been a privilege to be a part of the TJSL Veterans Clinic.” Since 2006, the Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic (VLAC) has successfully provided limited […]