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Family Law Society Hosts Panel on Finding and Maintaining a Successful Career

TJSL Family Law Society Hosts Finding and Maintaining a Successful Career Panel

March 24, 2014

By John T. Sylvester, 3L

“You must prepare for the fact that it is highly likely that almost every client that will walk through your door is temporarily insane. But if...

TJSL Hosts Discussion on Homelessness

TJSL Hosts Discussion on Homelessness: Its Implications and Solutions

March 21, 2014

On March 12, 2014, Thomas Jefferson School of Law hosted a panel titled Downtown San Diego Homelessness: Its Implications and Solutions, a public panel put on by students taking Global Justice,...

TJSL Professor K.J. Greene Presents at SXSW Music Conference

Professor K.J. Greene Presents at SXSW Music Conference

March 20, 2014

Thomas Jefferson School of Law Professor K.J. Greene, a nationally recognized scholar in the fields of Entertainment Law and Intellectual Property Law was invited to be a panelist at the annual...

TJSL National Trial Team will Send Eight Students to Two Mock Trial Competitions

March 19, 2014

The Trial Team members will travel to Sacramento for the McGeorge School of Law Ethics Competition and Seattle for the American Association of Justice’s regional competition. The McGeorge School...

Dr. Dennis Weber

Tax Law Society Will Host International Tax Professor

March 18, 2014

On Tuesday, March 25 at 12 p.m. in Room 216, Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Tax Law Society will host the renowned European Court of Justice academic and lawyer Dr. Dennis Weber, who will...

Students Gain Legal Writing Tips From Hon. Roger T. Benitez and Hon. William McC

Students Gain Legal Writing Tips From Judge Benitez and Judge McCurine, Jr. (Ret.)

March 17, 2014

TJSL Board of Trustees members Hon. Roger T. Benitez and Hon. William McCurine, Jr. (Ret.) shared their perspectives on the importance of legal writing skills with students at “A View from the...

VITA Tax Clinic ais Open for 17th Season of Free Tax Return Services

VITA Tax Clinic is Open for 17th Season of Free Tax Return Services

March 14, 2014

From now until April 12, except for Tuesday, March 18 and Thursday, March 20 the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program operated by Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Tax Law Society, a...

Professor Bisom-Rapp Appointed to Scientific Committee of an Italian Foundation

Professor Bisom-Rapp Appointed to Scientific Committee of an Italian Foundation

March 13, 2014

Professor Susan Bisom-Rapp has accepted an invitation to join the Scientific Committee of the Marco Biagi Foundation in Modena, Italy. The offer of this prestigious appointment was extended on...

TJSL Students Visit the Intertribal Court of Southern California

TJSL Students Visit the Intertribal Court of Southern California

March 12, 2014

Members of TJSL's Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) got a rare opportunity to visit the Intertribal Court of Southern California (ICSC) located on the Rincon Indian Reservation in...

TJSL Student to be Published in Family Law Journal

March 11, 2014

Second-year TJSL law student Kimberly Coulter recently accepted an offer to be published in next year’s issue of the Whittier Journal of Child and Family Advocacy.

Coulter's article, “A...

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