Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Established	1969
School type	Private, Non-profit
Dean	Thomas Guernsey
Location	San Diego, CA, US
Enrollment	650 Full-time; 240 Part-time (approx.)
Faculty	103 Full-time and adjunct
USNWR ranking	Rank not published
Bar pass rate	54.7% (ABA profile)
Website	Thomas Jefferson School of Law
ABA profile	Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL) is an independent law school in San Diego, California. It offers a Juris Doctor and three Master of Laws programs, including one that is exclusively online, as well as a combined J.D./M.B.A. with San Diego State University. Its law program is accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA).

The Thomas Jefferson School of Law was originally founded in 1969 as the San Diego campus of the Western State University College of Law and operated as such until 1995. It became independent in 1995 and received approval from the ABA in 1996. It joined the Association of American Law Schools in 2008.

In January 2011, TJSL opened a new campus located in the East Village district of downtown San Diego. The campus is an eight-story 305,000-square-foot (28,300 m²) building complies with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Gold Certification requirements and has classrooms, a two-story law library (containing 1,250,598 volumes), offices, collaborative work areas, and a legal clinic. A variety of fossils found during construction, including mammoth and whale bones, were donated to the San Diego Natural History Museum.

The program offers Master of Laws (LL.M.), JSM and JSD "Doctor of Laws or Juridical Science" degrees. Certificate Programs in International Financial Centers, United States Taxation, E-commerce, Anti-Money Laundering & Compliance, and Trusts and Estate Planning are available. Faculty for the program are generally part-time and populated with industry professionals from around the globe.

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