Admissions

Thomas Jefferson School of Law's faculty are dedicated and skilled teachers, committed to helping each student discover their professional identity, succeed in law school, and excel in legal practice. They are accomplished lawyers, passionate educators, and voracious students of the law themselves. They are engaged in all aspects of campus life, from organizing professional and academic conferences, to coaching student competition teams and advising student organizations, to mentoring every law student and joining in student organized events.  Together, they strive to make the law school experience personally rich and professionally rewarding for every student who crosses the threshold of Thomas Jefferson School of Law.

Our professors have a wealth of real-world legal experience. They have structured business transactions at both the international and domestic levels. They have litigated before the World Court at The Hague, the U.S. Supreme Court, and federal and state trial and appellate courts. Their clients have ranged from the largest multi-national corporations to the neediest members of our society.

Our faculty are also prolific scholars.  Our professors have authored treatises, casebooks, and other scholarly books that are used by universities and practitioners throughout the United States and abroad. They regularly produce cutting-edge research -- in areas ranging from intellectual property to entertainment law, from labor and employment to international investment, from constitutional law to criminal law -- that is published in leading journals and cited by many courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.  They have testified before Congress and state legislatures, have appeared as experts on national television and radio news broadcasts, and have served as legal consultants to our government, the United Nations and several foreign governments.

Drawing on their wealth of practical experience and their cutting edge research, Thomas Jefferson's faculty make it their mission to nurture and educate the next generation of talented and committed lawyers, to help them achieve their professional aspirations, and to prepare them to join, contribute to, and lead the California legal community.    

Learn who our professors are.  Explore the richness of their work.  Discover the scope of our faculty expertise.

Our student organizations are the lifeblood of your experience here at Thomas Jefferson. The nearly 20 organizations can offer you professional workshops in your areas of interest, amazing networking opportunities, community service projects and lots of social activities.

You also will have the opportunity to join one of our extraordinarily successful competition teams, the Alternative Dispute Resolution, the Mock Trial Team and the Moot Court Team. All three teams have an outstanding track-record of success against teams from the nation’s top-ranked law schools.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Team: Competes in negotiation and mediation competitions, and students develop dispute resolution skills applicable to virtually any area of practice.

Mock Trial Team: Competes in trial advocacy competitions, and students develop courtroom skills of particular value to a trial lawyer, such as a criminal prosecutor or defense attorney, a personal injury or medical malpractice plaintiffs’ lawyer, or an insurance defense lawyer.

Moot Court Team: Competes in appellate advocacy competitions, and students develop persuasive writing and oral argument skills relevant to practice areas in which legal writing is a critical component, such as a criminal law attorney focusing on appellate practice, a death penalty litigator, a business law litigator, or an intellectual property law litigator.

Visit the Student Bar Association (SBA).

Thomas Jefferson offers flexible and competitive academic instruction at an affordable cost.

Tuition and fees are due in full during the registration period before the start of each semester, unless prior arrangements have been made with the Business Office. For your convenience, payment plans are available for a modest fee. These allow you to spread the cost of your education throughout the semester or defer it while awaiting financial aid.

Tuition and/or fees are subject to change.

Prospective Student Information Session

You are cordially invited to attend a VIRTUAL Prospective Student Information Session via Zoom with the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Admissions Department. Applicants with at least an Associate Degree and an LSAT score are welcome to apply. Information Sessions are tailored for students who are either waiting for an admissions decision, or have not yet applied. Join our info sessions to learn more about the law school admissions process and get your questions answered. To RSVP for a Virtual Information Session via Zoom, please select a convenient date from the list below.

Students who have already been admitted, should RSVP for an Admitted Student Open House.

For additional assistance, you also may email admissions@tjsl.edu 

We look forward to chatting you!

Register 

*Click the link to register in advance for an event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
 

• Prospective Student Information Session on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 4:00pm
• Prospective Student Information Session on Thursday, May 10, 2023 at 5:30pm 

At Thomas Jefferson School of Law, we are all about our students.

Our commitment to you as a student is to give you the knowledge, skills, tools and support you need to be successful from the moment you set foot on campus until the moment you walk across the stage to get your diploma – and beyond.

You will be part of a highly diverse, technologically-advanced campus with an intellectually stimulating curriculum and the most innovative academic success program to be found at any law school.

Thomas Jefferson is renowned for our highly-accessible, world-class faculty. We also have an amazing array of hands-on opportunities for our students to gain real-world legal experience.

You’ll get all of that and the paradise that is San Diego - a unique city that has so much to offer professionally, economically and recreationally.

Please explore our dynamic website to find out what makes Thomas Jefferson different from other law schools and how we can be your gateway to a fulfilling legal career.