Category: News & Media

The following Op-Ed piece by TJSL Alumni Appears in the May 30, 2013 edition of the Los Angeles Daily Journal’s Perspective Section: Sometimes a media narrative takes off like a bullet train flattening anything in its path, even the truth. Such is the case with an undeserved lawsuit alleging that Thomas Jefferson School of Law […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Summer Study Abroad Program in Hangzhou, China is now in its eighth year and is as rewarding as ever for the students who attend and the professors who participate. The program is held at the Zhejiang University Guanghua School of Law, in the heart of one of the most beautiful […]

By Maysa Eissa, Esq., Associate Director of Career Services, Adjunct Professor Bryanna Drescher a May 2013 grad has secured a coveted position with the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office as a post-bar legal research assistant.  Upon passing the California Bar Exam, Drescher will transition to serve as a deputy district attorney. The Sacramento County District […]

By Randolph C. Reliford Esq., Associate Director of Career Services May graduate Jesse Allen has received and accepted an offer to be a post-bar law clerk and later an associate attorney with Winet, Patrick, Gayer, Creighton & Hanes, in Vista, CA. There he will be a litigator, defending local public entities in matters involving personal […]

Two Thomas Jefferson School of Law May graduates and one current student are recipients of the 2013 San Diego La Raza Scholarship Fund Bar Stipends. Stacey Zapanta ’13 and Susana Inda ’13 are the two graduates and Rosana Barajas (3L) is the student and the three of them have been given $700.00 stipends toward the […]

By Randolph C. Reliford Esq., Associate Director of Career Services Rising second-year law student John Anwesen will be working as a Legal Intern at the Office of the General Counsel for Sempra Energy.  He was able to obtain a placement with Sempra Energy through the prestigious and highly selective San Diego County Bar Association Diversity […]

By Maysa Eissa, Esq. Associate Director of Career Services   Lucy Arnold a May 2013 grad will begin her legal career with the San Diego office of Duane Morris LLP. Duane Morris LLP, based in Philadelphia, PA, is an AmLaw Top 100 international law firm comprised of more than 750 attorneys in 24 offices across […]

Two TJSL students, Amelia Mattis and Brad Sorrentino, both 3Ls, are interning in The Hague, Netherlands this summer at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). “I was excited when I got the internship because as one of the first international courts of its kind, the ICTY has already handed down several landmark […]

TJSL Professor Susan Tiefenbrun’s paper, “TAX FREE TRADE ZONES OF THE WORLD AND IN THE UNITED STATES (INTRODUCTION)”, was recently listed on Social Science Research Network’s (SSRN) Top Ten download list for: PSN: Other Fiscal Policy (Topic). As of 21 May 2013, her paper has been downloaded 56 times. “I am very excited that people […]

Professors Joy Delman and Rod Smith discussed the legal and economic impact of concussion litigation for players, sports leagues, and uniform equipment manufacturers at a brown bag MCLE event on “Recent Developments in Concussion Litigation” on Thursday May 23. TJSL event was held at the San Diego County Bar Association’s Bar Center located at 401 […]

Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Spring Commencement on May 18 featured one of the most diverse group of graduates in the school’s proud history. The ceremony, at Copley Symphony Hall in downtown San Diego, was both joyous and energetic – with a standing room only group of family and friends filling the 2,200 seat hall […]

By Maysa Eissa, Esq., Associate Director of Career Services Brittany Walker (3L) has secured a coveted position as the sole legal intern with Americans for Prosperity, a non-profit organization based in Arlington, VA. This organization is committed to educating consumers, business owners and the general public about the value and operation of an open and market-oriented […]