2013 Archive - News & Media

 
  • Professor Bisom-Rapp in Italy
    Professor Bisom-Rapp Reports from Italy on Marco Biagi Conference
    March 20, 2013
    Every year since 2003, the Marco Biagi Foundation has hosted an international conference in Modena, Italy devoted to international and comparative...
  • TJSL at JAG School
    Four TJSL Alumni Attend JAG School in Virginia
    March 20, 2013
    Four Thomas Jefferson School of Law alumni have been attending the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School (TJAGLCS) in Charlottesville...
  • ADR Team
    ADR Team Takes Second Place in California Bar’s Environmental Negotiation Competition
    March 19, 2013
    The TJSL team of  Sean Kelley 2L and Lawrence Kleinman 3L, ably coached by Patrick Downing 3L and Khouloud Elmasari 2L, won second place and a $...
  • Avoiding Discipline
    Avoiding the State Bar Discipline System: A Workshop
    March 15, 2013
    “We see a lot of good people do bad things,” said Kristin Ritsema, who appeared at TJSL on Friday, March 15, for an MCLE presentation by...
  • Networking
    TJSL Alumni Association Presents Networking DOs and DON'Ts
    March 14, 2013
    Networking is one of the most important tools of the trade when it comes to getting established in the legal profession. But as those students who...
  • TJSL's First JSD Degree Awarded
    TJSL’s First JSD Dissertation Defense was a Global Affair
    March 11, 2013
    On February 22, TJSL’s online doctoral (JSD) program conducted its first dissertation defense, called a “rigorosum.”  “...
  • VITA Tax Clinic
    VITA Tax Clinic at TJSL is Open to Prepare Free Tax Return Services
    March 11, 2013
    From now until April 11, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program operated by Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Tax Law Society, a...
  • Death Penalty
    National Lawyers Guild Presents Death Penalty Panel at TJSL
    March 8, 2013
    Is the death penalty a deterrent to crime?  Is it worth the huge amount of money that states have to spend on executing death row inmates?...
  • Performance Rights
    Public Performance Rights for Music: Pay it to Play it?
    March 8, 2013
    It seems like everywhere we go there is music: On our car radios, in our workplace, in restaurants, health clubs and night clubs. Even in our dentist...
  • Veterans Self-Help Clinic
    TJSL Opening a Veterans Self-Help Legal Clinic
    March 7, 2013
    Thomas Jefferson School of Law will open a Veterans Self-Help Legal Clinic on March 20 to help former military service members with their legal needs...