Category: News & Media

By Alexander Green (3L) On Wednesday, November 13, the Business Law Society hosted an academic panel entitled “Medicinal Marijuana: Is It Really Legal?” The panel brought together several of San Diego’s top medicinal marijuana law academics and practitioners in a lively discussion. The panelists included Director of the Center for Law & Social Justice Professor […]

Professor Julie Greenberg has been awarded the 2013 Bullough Book Award by the Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality for her book, Intersexuality and the Law: Why Sex Matters (NYU Press). The Foundation presented Professor Greenberg with the Bullough Book Award, given for the most distinguished book written for the professional sexological community published in […]

By Samantha Morales (3L) La Raza Law Students Association and Latinas in the Law of San Diego co-sponsored a “Latinas, Politics, and Leadership” panel on November 6th in the 8th floor board room. Co-sponsor Latinas in the Law of San Diego, promotes the advancement of Latinas in the legal profession by providing opportunities for personal […]

By Lukas Bylund Law students and practitioners interested in international law gathered at Thomas Jefferson School of Law on Tuesday, November 12, to hear accomplished attorneys discuss their experience’s practicing in different fields of international law. The panel provided the community an intimate opportunity to discuss careers in international law, ask questions, and meet with […]

2006 Alum Michael Carey has landed his dream job as an Associate Attorney with NapoliBernRipkaShkolnik, LLP in their Orange County office. NapoliBern is based out of Manhattan and has offices all over the country. They concentrate on complex litigation on behalf of injured victims and have successfully obtained over 3 Billion in verdicts and settlements.   […]

By Randy Muldrow TJSL’s CLIMB (Crawford Legal Institute Mentorship Bond) received the 2013 State Bar of California Education Pipeline Award at the State Bar Annual Meeting Diversity Awards Reception. The reception took place at the Marriott Hotel in San Jose, California on October 12, 2013. The CLIMB program is a partnership between students and faculty at […]

By Thomas Scheck On November 13th the TJSL Admissions Office and the Crawford Law Institute & Mentorship Bond Program co-hosted a Political Interest Mixer on our campus where San Diego Interim Mayor Todd Gloria and City Councilmembers Myrtle Cole and Scott Sherman fielded questions from the audience. Present at the event were twenty-two students from […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law, alongside Omnilert, brings to you e2Campus. e2Campus is an emergency notification system that is available to TJSL students, faculty and staff. It is a free subscription, and will only be used in the event of an emergency to text message those that have signed up for this type of notification. Some […]

At the request of TJSL student Lance Henry (3L), Interim Mayor Todd Gloria, Councilmembers Myrtle Cole, and Scott Sherman came together at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law on Wednesday, November 13 to give TJSL students, Crawford High School students, faculty and staff the opportunity to learn about life in the political sector and ask […]

Honoring those who served has become a tradition at TJSL and the 8th floor was filled with individuals honoring our active duty and military veterans on Monday, November 11. 2013.   “Our Veterans Day celebration and networking event was particularly important and beneficial this year because our student body is comprised of many active and […]

Nearly 100 community members gathered at Thomas Jefferson School of Law on Sunday evening, November 10, to hear San Diego mayoral candidates Kevin Faulconer, David Alvarez and Michael Aguirre address how they would deal with issues concerning downtown San Diego and the city in general. Candidate Nathan Fletcher was unable to attend.   Organized by […]

By Professor Paul Spiegelman Over a month of practice and preparation culminated in an impressive finish from both teams TJSL’s sent to the annual ABA Regional Negotiation Competition at the University of California at Berkeley held November 8th and 9th.   The two teams were:  (1) Lorena Garza (3L) and Lucia Valenzuela (2L) (coached by […]