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The Lawyers Club of San Diego honored Kimberly Coulter (2L) as the fourth recipient of the Lawyers Club Women and the Law Project at Thomas Jefferson School of Law Scholarship on Thursday, December 12th at the Lawyers Club annual Holiday Luncheon at the Westin San Diego. TJSL Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Linda Keller introduced […]

Justin Cruz, Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Assistant Director of Admissions, has been appointed to the Law School Admission Council’s (LSAC) Diversity Committee for a two year term. “I am honored to serve on the LSAC Diversity Committee with other administrators, professors and law school deans from across the country in its efforts to create […]

The 2013 edition of the San Diego Daily Transcript Young Attorneys was published on Wednesday, December 18. And as you flip through the pages you will see some familiar faces, seven of those being honored are TJSL graduates. Ben Aguilar ‘11 Tyler Campbell ‘09 Jeremy Evans ‘11 Brian Findley ‘07 Kristen Gonzales-Roberts ‘10 Michael Leonard […]

One of TJSL’s recent graduates Lance Growth ’13 was the talk of San Diego City Hall on Monday, December 16 at the City Council public meeting. Interim Mayor Todd Gloria and City Councilmembers enthusiastically recognized and congratulated Growth for graduating from Thomas Jefferson School of Law on Saturday. “This is one of the most amazing […]

“It is so cool. It’s surreal. I can’t believe that it is finally here.” Those were the words spoken by Sara Kate Denton ‘13 only moments before walking across the stage to receive her law school diploma. Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Fall Commencement was held on Saturday, December 14, at Copley Symphony Hall in […]

Dobrina Dobreva ’11, has had great success finding a fun and challenging career after law school. She is an in-house immigration attorney for ZeOmega Inc, an IT company developing healthcare management software. In her free time, she also takes pro bono and “low bono” immigration work assisting teachers and professionals with extraordinary ability in the […]

Recent graduate Alex Ozols ‘12 is a criminal law litigator and has started his own practice at the Ozols Law Firm and he also works for The Law Office of Bradley Corbett based in San Diego. He has always wanted to be a criminal defense litigator. Mr. Ozols stated, “I have always wanted to do […]

On Friday, December 6 Thomas Jefferson School of Law and the Legal Writing Institute co-hosted Preparing Practice-Ready Students, a one-day conference for approximately 30 law school professors who teach legal writing and other courses focusing on practice skills.  “All who attended walked away with new strategies about how to better help students enter the changing […]

After a successful dissertation defense on October 22, 2013, Thomas Jefferson School of Law awarded the degree of Doctor of Science of Law, called a “J.S.D.” degree, to Dr. Richard S. Gendler. Dr. Gendler is the senior shareholder of Richard S. Gendler & Associates, P.A. in South Florida where his practice focuses on consumer bankruptcy. […]

On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 Thomas Jefferson School of Law bar passers, their families and friends along with TJSL Board of Trustees Members, Alumni, faculty and staff came together on TJSL’s 8th floor to celebrate Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s newest attorneys. “This is a great day for you – congratulations!,” said TJSL Dean and […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Fall Commencement will be held on Saturday, December 14, 10 a.m., at Copley Symphony Hall in downtown San Diego. Approximately 85 graduating students will receive juris doctor degrees. TJSL is proud to announce that the commencement speaker will be Board of Trustees Member San Diego Superior Court Judge Browder Willis, […]

By Milena Celentano   TJSL’s Trial Team took Semifinalist honors in the Ninth Annual American Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Section Regional Trial Competition in Los Angeles, November 17-18. There were 16 teams competing to represent the region, including UCLA, Pepperdine, Loyola, and USD. TJSL sent two teams comprising eight TJSL students: Charles Lollar […]