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3L Sheldon Hunte Will Be a Post-Bar Clerk with the San Diego Public Defender

December 6, 2019

Congratulations to 3L Sheldon Hunte, who has accepted an elite Post Bar Clerkship with the San Diego Office of the Primary Public Defender. The Post-Bar Clerkship is a limited position offered to...

Zafir Huq (3L) Accepts Elite Post-Bar Clerkship with the San Diego Public Defender’s Office

December 5, 2019

Congratulations to 3L Zafir Huq, who has accepted an elite Post Bar Clerkship with the San Diego Office of the Primary Public Defender. The Post-Bar Clerkship is a limited position offered to...

TJSL’s Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic Has Successful Semester

November 25, 2019

Thomas Jefferson Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic Director Nicole Heffel reports: The Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic had a successful semester. Three students, Stephanie Germani ('20), Ntemna...

Alex Hopson (2L) to Receive 2019 Lawyers Club of San Diego Women & the Law Project Scholarship

November 22, 2019

Congratulations to Alexandria Hopson, who will receive the 2019 Lawyers Club of San Diego Women and the Law Project Scholarship. The scholarship was established to recognize a student who...

TJSL Graduate Renee Stackhouse Will Serve as Bar Association President-Elect in 2020

November 19, 2019

TJSL graduate Renee Galente Stackhouse has been elected to serve as the San Diego County Bar Association’s 2021 president and will serve as president-elect in 2020. Renee is a trial lawyer...

TJSL Graduate Steve Vartazarian, Named CAALA 2019 Trial Lawyer of the Year, Profiled by CVN

November 19, 2019

A profile of TJSL graduate Steve Vartazarian, who was named 2019 Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, was posted on the Courtroom View Network (CVN) blog...

TJSL Students Take Second Place in America’s Finest City Mock Trial Competition

November 8, 2019

Our students recently took second place (number 2 out of 16 teams) at the America's Finest City Mock Trial Competition. Congratulations to Phil Cavello, Patricia Tagufa, Denice Barnes and Sarah...

Judge Joel Wohlfeil (’80) and Attorney Danna Cotman (’96) to Receive Awards at 12th Annual Judicial Mixer

November 7, 2019

Two accomplished alumni will receive awards at the 12th Annual Judicial Mixer, which will be held on November 7. The Honorable Joel R. Wohlfeil (JD '80) will receive the law school's Judicial...

Norra Pe Benito (2L) Attends Peggy Browning Fund Workers' Rights Conference

November 6, 2019

Our student Norra Pe Benito (2L) recently represented TJSL at the annual National Law Students Workers' Rights Conference just outside of Baltimore, MD. She attended thanks to the generosity and...

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