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Unique Insider’s Perspective – Otay Mesa Port of Entry Border Crossing

April 24, 2014

By Stephanie Ferguson, 3L

Intellectual Property Fellow

The Otay Mesa Port of Entry is one of two border crossings within the city of San Diego, the other being...

Professor Cohn Featured at International Lawyers’ Conference

April 24, 2014

From April 15-19, Professor Marjorie Cohn attended the 18th Congress of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers in Brussels. She was reelected to the Bureau of IADL and she continues...

TJSL Alumnus Creates Cerebral Palsy Fundraiser for Daughter Ivy

TJSL Alumnus Creates Cerebral Palsy Fundraiser for Daughter Ivy

April 22, 2014

TJSL Alumnus Ryan Helmick ‘12 and his wife Samantha are calling on the TJSL community to support their fundraiser, “Baby Ivy's Fight to Beat Cerebral Palsy” in hopes of raising the $70,000 they...

Erin Panichkul April 22 2014

Erin Panichkul (2L) Accepts Prestigious Public Interest Internships in NYC

April 22, 2014

Erin Panichkul (2L) has accepted two consecutive prestigious internships in New York. She will spend this summer interning for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) before interning for the...

June Fan, 1L, Connects Passion with her Summer Internship at the NCLR

June Fan (1L) Connects Passion with her Summer Internship at the NCLR

April 22, 2014

June Fan will be one of four interns this summer at the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) in San Francisco. NCLR has been advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual,...

James Kiernan April 2014

James Kiernan (3L) to Work for the US Army JAG Corps

April 22, 2014

Third-year law student James Kiernan will be working for the US Army JAG Corps. Though he is not sure where exactly he will be stationed, he knows that he will initially spend some time in Fort...

Evelyn Medina

Evelyn Medina (1L) to Work at Alliance for Children’s Rights

April 22, 2014

First year law student Evelyn Medina will be working at Alliance for Children’s Rights, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles. She will be working with the Benefits Program helping caregivers...

Moot Court Honor Society Competes in White & Case Jessup Cup Regional

Moot Court Honor Society Competes in White & Case Jessup Cup Regional

April 18, 2014

On February 27, 2014, the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Moot Court Honor Society sent its Philip C. Jessup team to compete in the 55th annual White & Case Jessup Cup Regional in Portland,...

Novel Ideas: Literary Agents, Writers and the Law

Novel Ideas: Literary Agents, Writers and the Law

April 17, 2014

By Jeremy M. Evans ‘11Vice Chair, Entertainment & Sports Law Section of SD County Bar Association

On Wednesday, April 16, 2014, attorney and...

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