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From April 15-19, Professor Marjorie Cohn attended the 18th Congress of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers in Brussels. She was reelected to the Bureau of IADL and she continues to serve as Deputy Secretary General and chair of the IADL Scientific (Scholarly) Committee. Progressive lawyers from more than 56 countries representing 50 national associations […]

By Alfredo Bustamante, 1L CSLP Fellow On April 12, 2014, the Center for Sports Law & Policy (CSLP) at Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL) hosted an Entertainment Law panel that brought TJSL alums from Los Angeles in to speak about their advice and experience in the entertainment business. The purpose of the program was […]

By Stephanie Ferguson, 3L Intellectual Property Fellow The Otay Mesa Port of Entry is one of two border crossings within the city of San Diego, the other being the San Ysidro Port of Entry six miles to the west. As a judicial extern for the United States District Court, I had the opportunity to take […]

By Tara Almazan Mallis & Cris Kinsella The third annual Reproductive Rights and Religion talk was held by TJSL’s Law Students for Reproductive Justice on Wednesday, April 9th. A three person panel composed of Rabbi Scott Meltzer, Professor Khaleel Mohammed, and Pastor Darin Johnson expressed the views of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, respectively, on topics […]

Adjunct Professor Randy Berholtz and five IP Fellows, have been conducting research to create a patent filing strategy guide for patent attorneys practicing in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The ambitious honors research project includes a journal publication, a survey of attorneys on their current filing strategies, and a public symposium event with patent attorneys […]

First year law student Evelyn Medina will be working at Alliance for Children’s Rights, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles. She will be working with the Benefits Program helping caregivers secure funds to ensure that families are awarded adequate monies. Additionally, she will be working with the Foster Care Adoptions Program that handles court hearing […]

Third-year law student James Kiernan will be working for the US Army JAG Corps. Though he is not sure where exactly he will be stationed, he knows that he will initially spend some time in Fort Benning, GA and Charlottesville, VA as a part of his United States Army JAG Corps training. Excitingly, the type […]

June Fan will be one of four interns this summer at the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) in San Francisco. NCLR has been advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their families through litigation, legislation, policy, and public education since it was founded in 1977. Each […]

Erin Panichkul (2L) has accepted two consecutive prestigious internships in New York. She will spend this summer interning for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) before interning for the United Nations (UN) next fall. Her 10-week paid internship with the ACLU’s Affiliate Support and Advocacy component will have Panichkul working with advocacy and policy counsel […]

TJSL Alumnus Ryan Helmick ‘12 and his wife Samantha are calling on the TJSL community to support their fundraiser, “Baby Ivy’s Fight to Beat Cerebral Palsy” in hopes of raising the $70,000 they need to provide their 6-month old daughter Ivy with the immediate medical treatment she needs. “Anyone’s help is greatly appreciated and no […]

On February 27, 2014, the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Moot Court Honor Society sent its Philip C. Jessup team to compete in the 55th annual White & Case Jessup Cup Regional in Portland, Oregon. Representing TJSL were students Cristina Kinsella (3L), Randy Abreu (3L), Geoffrey Abram (3L), Shantelee Christie (3L), and John Stauffer (3L), […]

Professor William Slomanson presented a TED talk on April 4, 2014, entitled “Why Flip Your Class & Macro Design Issues.” He was the opening speaker for the inaugural Igniting Legal Education Conference at American University in Washington, D.C. As the conference notice provides: “This conference will gather leading law school educators together for a conference […]