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Thomas Jefferson School of Law Remembers Marybeth Herald

August 31, 2018

(PRLEAP.COM) PRLeap.Com – August 31, 2018 - It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Professor of Law Marybeth Herald on August 27, 2018. Professor Herald was a member of the Thomas...

Alumna Traci Witry Sworn In as Judicial Commissioner

August 30, 2018

Congratulations to Thomas Jefferson alumna Traci Witry, who was sworn in as the judicial commissioner at the Calaveras County Superior Court. Witry is the first woman to...

Thomas Jefferson School of Law alumnus Alexander Pal appointed by Governor Brown

August 24, 2018

Alexander Pal, 36, of Carmichael, has been appointed chief counsel at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, where he has been acting chief counsel since 2018 and served in...

Thomas Jefferson School of Law Dean Joan Bullock Appointed to ABA House of Delegates

August 16, 2018

During this summer's 2018 American Bar Association (ABA) Annual Meeting in Chicago, the Law Practice Division elected Thomas Jefferson School of Law Dean and President Joan Bullock as its delegate...

TJSL Patent Clinic Helps Inventors Accelerate the Application Process

August 15, 2018

Thomas Jefferson School of Law is one of only three law schools in California, and the only one in the San Diego, Imperial County, Orange County region with both patent and trademark clinics...

Alumnus Lee Vernon Featured in Podcast: Educating a New Generation of Solo Attorneys

July 23, 2018

Thomas Jefferson School of Law alumnus Lee Vernon, who began practicing law in January 2015, references Thomas Jefferson School of Law's Center for Solo Practitioners during an interview on a...

Professor Semeraro's Op-Ed: "How Reward Cards Encourage Merchants to Lower Prices" in Fortune Magazine

July 18, 2018

The following commentary by Thomas Jefferson School of Law Professor Steven Semeraro appeared in the July 16, 2018 edition of Fortune:

To the extent that reward cards increase a...

Associate Dean Aaron Schwabach Speaks at Symposium Hosted by the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

July 16, 2018

In June, Associate Dean Aaron Schwabach was invited by the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland to serve as a speaker and panelist at the Patent Office's annual symposium in Warsaw; this year's...

Veterans Clinic Students and Staff Participate in Stand Down

July 6, 2018

Students, faculty, and volunteer attorneys associated with the Thomas Jefferson Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic (VLAC) participated in the 38th annual San Diego Stand Down this past weekend. ...

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