Category: The Jeffersonian

If I tell you this, you have to promise not to tell my mother. Do you promise? Okay. Here it is. I may have had the best brisket of my life last night. To be more specific: perhaps better than my mother’s homemade brisket that I’ve been raving about since childhood. This amazing brisket was […]

When the students of Thomas Jefferson School of Law elected me as Student Bar Association President, I remember feeling a great sense of joy in my heart, and a great weight on my shoulders.  Now, as the days of this Administration come to an end, I can look back, happy and satisfied.  As an organization, […]

On April 23, students, and for the first time, faculty (a special thank you to Dean Jeff Joseph), volunteered their Saturday morning at Father Joe’s Village to help support the ‘Easter Special Meal.’  Father Joe himself said a prayer, which began a wonderful meal.  This was a great opportunity to help those in need, while […]

The annual Thomas Jefferson Law Review (TJLR) Writing Competition could be your ticket on to law review.  Membership on law review is known as one of the most prestigious activities one can engage in while in law school.  Membership on law review will also greatly improve your writing ability and legal analysis and may very […]

On March 31, 2011 the Criminal Law Society had a panel on prosecutorial misconduct.  The speaker was Mr. Dan Medwed, Professor at the University of Utah.  Professor Medwed now teaches Criminal Law and Evidence at the law school.  In the past, Professor Medwed was a Public Defender in New York City, has done criminal appeals, […]

The weather was rough, and we burned through a whole bag of charcoal, but the Student Bar Association Intramural Volleyball Tournament and BBQ was a rousing success! Congratulations to Kristen Spees, Jason Keffler, and Team Spiked Punch on their amazing victory!   On Sunday April 17, students and friends congregated on the shores of Mission Beach […]

I am a chunky monkey.  In case you’re confused, I have a long list of ways to describe different levels of larger-than-“normal” body types. It ranges from thick to chunky to BIG, etc. Recently, I reached a weight that I will not publicly disclose, and it became a wake-up call to the toll law school […]

We all remember being in elementary school, anxiously waiting the few precious months with no school, no responsibilities. We’d sleep until noon, swim all day, eat popsicles and play in the sun. So now that we’re supposed to be responsible adults our days certainly can’t be filled with pure fun, games, and relaxation. Right? Right. […]

This is the time of year when people start getting antsy with their current lease and begin thinking of where they want to live next year.  Here to tell us about an option TJSL students should consider is Stephon.  Stephon?  “San Diego’s hottest new apartment complex is The Entrada.  It has everything, a walkable commute […]

Looking at one of my typical days is a bit disheartening. Not in the sense that I do not appreciate where I am, what I’ve overcome, my daily activities or such, but rather disheartened at how I accomplish obtaining knowledge. Specifically, I am talking about how I spend so much of my time trying to […]

Over the past 10 years, research scientists have made illuminating discoveries about the geography of the typical criminal mind. Recently in one such study, scientists observed a group of 21 people, all of whom were characterized as having “antisocial personality disorder,” a condition often found in criminals. People with the disorder are described as those […]

I’m what the tech-blogs and forums have dubbed an “Apple fanboy”. When Apple unveiled the iPad on January 27th, 2010, I wanted one instantaneously. I had no use for one back then, but still I had a desire to acquire. The common criticism of the iPad is that it is simply a “bigger iPod touch”. […]