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Thomas Underhill will be with the Director of Technology Operations at Everyone Counts, Inc. in San Diego, where he’ll do IT, security, compliance, contracts and election law. “I was very excited to join a company that has such an exciting mission and is truly changing the world,” said Underhill.  “Our CEO, Lori Steele, is one […]

On Friday, June 7, 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.    Angie Valdiconza, Externship & Pro Bono Programs Coordinator, accepted the award on behalf of TJSL. “Legal Aid Society of San Diego presented TJSL’s Pro Bono […]

TJSL students, faculty and staff attended “Writing the Next Chapter”, the Lawyers Club of San Diego’s 41st Annual Dinner. The dinner was held on May 16 inside the U.S. Grant hotel’s Presidential Ballroom. “It was great evening but best of all was our table including TJSL’s Career Services Director Beverly Bracker and our students–as well […]

The ASP faculty at TJSL rocked at the Annual AASE (Association of Academic Support Educators) Conference on May 29 and 30, at UNLV, Boyd Law School,in Las Vegas, Nevada. Professor Leah Christensen presented to a packed room of legal educators on “Teaching Law Students Who Learn Differently.” Christensen also gave out copies of her book […]

The Board of Trustees of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law has elected three new board members. They are San Diego Superior Court Judge Browder Willis, who is a 1983 graduate of the law school; Fred Gerson, a certified public accountant who recently retired after 12 years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer […]

By Maysa Eissa, Esq., Associate Director of Career Services, Adjunct Professor   Sara Denton (3L) has secured an internship with Jacobs & Schlesinger LLP for this summer. Jacobs & Schlesinger LLP is a boutique law firm in downtown San Diego specializing in immigration and nationality law and appellate litigation, including civil, criminal and immigration appeals. […]

“It feels like the completion of a very long journey,” said Jessica Bedford on the day that she and several fellow TJSL alumni were getting sworn-in to practice law in California after passing the bar. “It was a long road to get to this point,” said Elisabeth Donovan. “And I’m so happy to be back […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s May 2013 Class features a number of young graduates whose legal careers are already off and running.  Even before they have taken the bar exam, they are securing great pre-bar positions in law firms, companies and government law offices. Alexander Leigh is going to be working for the Cohen Law […]

New graduate Najmah Brown has accepted a position as Business and Legal Affairs Administrator at the Al Jazeera America network in Los Angeles. “When I was offered the position, a colleague of mine from TJSL told me that Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, said the best advice she ever received was ‘When someone offers you […]

By Stephanie Marquez, Development and Alumni Relations Coordinator On Tuesday, May 28, the TJSL Alumni Association hosted a general MCLE presentation, moderated by Lacy J Lodes ‘08, and presented by Professor Kaimipono Wenger. The discussion was an overview of Wenger’s recently published article entitled “The Divine Institution of Marriage”: An Overview of LDS Involvement in […]

What kind of lawyer do you want to be? That’s a question the students who have joined the CLI-TJSL Summer Internship Program are hoping to answer. CLI is Community Lawyers, Inc., a program founded in 2005 in Compton, California, to provide low and moderate-income people access to affordable legal services and develops innovative opportunities for […]

A vibrant art piece has been added to the walls of the 5th floor. TJSL’s Class of 2013’s Class Gift is now the third art piece displayed in the hallway next to the student lounge. “Rising City” was painted by recent TJSL graduate and artist Gregory Walt ’13 and depicts a beautiful night time skyline of […]