Category: News & Media

TJSL Associate Dean for Graduate and Distance Education Programs William Byrnes and Program Director Jason Fiske ’08 stirred interest with their presentation on the topic of “flipping the classroom” at CaliBUG 2013, held October 11 in San Diego. CaliBug had 280 attendees this year from California higher education institutions, representing administration and faculty of universities […]

Congratulations to TJSL Almna Emily Lough ‘07, corporate counsel at Maxwell Technologies on being selected as a finalist for the General Counsel Awards.   The San Diego Business Journal and sponsors, Sughrue Mion, PLLC, Ogletree Deakins, and ACC America San Diego Chapter invite you to attend this special event on October 10 from 4:30 – […]

By Alexander Green BLS Vice President  The Business Law Society (BLS) and the Intellectual Property Law Association (IPLA) recently brought six transactional attorneys, including several TJSL alumni, together to share what it is that they do on a daily basis in their law practices.  The panelists at the September 25th event included Eric Bernsen ’12, Joshua C. Pearson, […]

San Diego attorney Lilys McCoy, who is the Director of the Solo Practice Concentration and Lawyer Incubator Program at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, will be honored on Thursday, Oct. 10, by the California Women Lawyers (CWL) as one of its “2012-2013 Women of Achievement.” The award will be presented to Professor McCoy during the CWL’s 39th annual […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law once again has earned recognition for having one of the top externship programs in the nation. TJSL’s 18th place ranking in the September issue of the National Jurist magazine is based on the ratio of externships the school has placed and the number of full-time students. TJSL is also the […]

By Randy Muldrow (3L) The CLIMB continued its tradition of welcoming both new and current members back for the Fall semester on Friday, September 27th at its Mix N Mingle. Professor Slomanson joined the CLIMB’s current and prospective members for fun activities, good times, and s’mores at the Mission Beach event. It was a great […]

In a long standing tradition, retired Superior Court Commissioner Gary Bloch ’81 gathered distinguished guests from the state and federal benches to mingle with TJSL students, faculty and alumni at the Annual Alumni Association Judicial Officers Mixer the evening of Thursday, October 3.   “The first Judicial Officers Mixer was held in 2008,” said TJSL […]

TJSL student Daniel Dowling says he was “thrilled” to find out he was a finalist in the Georgia State University Intellectual Property Writing Competition,  but was “ecstatic” to find out “that I actually won 1st place!” As the first place winner, Dowling will receive $3,000. He also will present his paper at the 2013 Corporate […]

Each year, San Diego Metro Magazine honors some of the best and brightest minds of San Diego County by naming them to their “40 Under 40” list. Distinguished TJSL Alumni Puja Sachdev 03′ and Kimberly Simms 08′ made the list this year and accepted their awards at the “San Diego Metro’s 40 Under 40 Awards Luncheon” […]

The Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) Council recognized Thomas Jefferson School of Law as one of its “45 for 45” honorees during CLEO’s 45th anniversary celebration reception at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on September 26. This year marks the 45th year of CLEO’s efforts helping to bring greater diversity to the […]

By Katherine MacFarlane (3L) Thomas Jefferson School of Law Adjunct Professor Randy Berholtz and his team of Intellectual Property Fellows have begun a year-long IP Honors Research Project in furtherance of creating a rubric to aid bio-pharmaceutical companies and patent practitioners in deciding which countries to file for patent protection. The goal of the honors […]

This year, the TJSL Mock Trial Team welcomed 11 new members Andrew Myers (2L), Chanel Diblasi (2L), Ashley Salas (2L), Ismael Iniguez (3L), James Kiernan (2L), James White (2L), Jessica McCracken (2L), Katie Smith (2L), Kierre Coghill (2L), Leanne Wilder (2L) and Raffy Krikorian (3L). Of the new members, three will represent TJSL on October 17 […]