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Members of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alumni Association congratulate outgoing President, Renee Galente ‘08 for a job “well done” and welcome President Eric Ganci ‘08, and Vice Presidents Jeremy Evans ‘11 and David Beavans ‘08.   “I’m thrilled!,” said Galente. “What an incredible trio! I think the board is going to have solid, […]

May 2013 Valedictorian Walter Araujo looks back with pride at his time spent at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. And that’s not surprising when you consider his many achievements as a student, including graduating at the top of his class. “I’ve been very spoiled here at Thomas Jefferson,” said Araujo. “My first year was great. […]

Katie Smith (2L) will be interning this summer with Chief Judge Laura Taylor, a 9th District Bankruptcy Judge in San Diego.   “I am very excited about this position,” said Smith. “At this point, I am unsure of any specific projects that I will be working on. But I just received a detailed packet with my duties […]

Eric Bernsen ’12 has accepted a position as patent counsel with Knobbe Martens, one of the top intellectual property law firms in the nation. “I am simply stoked to be at Knobbe Martens,” said Bernsen using a little surfer terminology. “Having already applied there three times, I was thrilled to get an interview, and THEN […]

By Maysa Eissa, Esq., Associate Director of Career Services Jennifer Pua Uyehara (1L) will join the Department of the Attorney General in Honolulu, Hawaii as a legal intern this summer. The Hawaii Attorney General’s Office, acting as the chief legal and law enforcement office for the State of Hawaii, is comprised of about 180 attorneys and […]

Jacqulyn Lewis (1L) has been selected as a Fellow for the San Diego County Bar Association and will be working this summer at Mintz Levin, which is one of the top firms in the country.  She will be working with attorneys who specialize in Real Estate, IP, and Employment Law.  “I am most excited about […]

TJSL Professor Bill Slomanson was honored to meet His Holiness, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, one of the world’s leading Muslim figures at a reception on May 11. Ahmad is spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, an international religious organization with tens of millions of members in 180 countries. The invitation-only reception was held at the […]

Kim Coulter (1L) will be interning this summer with the ACLU in San Diego. “As a previous public educator, who has worked in the inner city with young children, I have a special interest in public service and I am honored to begin my practical legal experience with the ACLU,” said Coulter. She will be […]

Valedictorian Walter Araujo will be one of approximately 200 Juris Doctor students scheduled to walk across the stage at Copley Symphony Hall in downtown, San Diego on Saturday, May 18, 2013.   20 students will receive their International Tax and Financial Services LL.M. degree and Dr. Olufeyisan Feyi-Sobanjo will receive his J.S.D. which is the […]

By Stephanie Marquez, Development and Alumni Relations Coordinator The new Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alumni Association Board of Directors were sworn in by Dean Rudy Hasl on Wednesday, May 8 in the Moot Courtroom. The courtroom was filled with 19 TJSL alums who graduated from 1981 to 2012. This group of alums are up […]

By Randolph C. Reliford, Esq. Associate Director of Career Services   Please join us in congratulating first-year student Christina Hebert. Hebert will be working for the Disability Rights Office of the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C. There, she will be researching and writing on policymaking in connection with the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility […]

Debbie Micev (3L) will be interning this summer with Federal Magistrate Judge William McCurine, who is also one of TJSL’s Trustees. Micev will be assisting with all pre-trial matters in Judge McCurine’s court and writing a Writ of Habeus Corpus. This internship is particularly meaningful to Micev for personal reasons. “I feel extremely excited and […]