Touro Law School
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Touro Law Center |
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| Established | 1980 |
| Type | Private |
| Location | Central Islip, New York, USA |
| Dean | Lawrence Raful |
| Website | http://www.tourolaw.edu/ |
Touro Law Center or Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center was established in 1980 as part of Touro College, a private, coeducational institution based in New York City. Founded under Jewish auspices by Dr. Bernard Lander, the College was chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York in 1970.
In April 1986, the Law Center was officially named the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, in honor of Judge Fuchsberg, a distinguished litigator who served as an associate justice of the New York State Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, from 1975 to 1983.
The Law School has been housed in a former public school in Huntington, Long Island. In January 2007, the law center opened the doors to its new state-of-the-art facility located alongside the Alfonse D'Amato Federal Courthouse in Central Islip (the second largest federal courthouse in the nation) and the John P. Cohalan, Jr. state courthouse. Touro is the only law school in the country on the same campus as both a state and federal courthouse. This move will reposition the school and allow it to boost its ranking.
The new campus, which opened on January 2, 2007, will stress hands-on legal education, expanding learning from the classroom and textbooks into real courtrooms. The total cost of the project is expected to be approximately $35 million. This modern, 180,000-square-foot law campus is the first of its kind anywhere and a national model. It will also be a cornerstone in an effort to revitalize Central Islip. Touro Law Center, with a student body of around 750, welcomed record-setting entering classes over the past two years. Selectivity and test scores for the 25-year-old institution are at all-time highs, surpassing national trends for law schools.
In addition to its regular programs, Touro hosts a number of specialized institutes and international law programs. Touro's 2005 conference at the site of the Nuremburg Trials has led to a new film, "Hitler’s Courts: The Betrayal of the Rule of Law in Nazi Germany," which premiered in the fall of 2006. Touro also hosts the Institute of Jewish Law, the Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust, and the Institute for Business, Law and Technology, each of which offers courses for students and programs for attorneys and others.
[edit] Prominent faculty
- Sol Wachtler, Former Chief Justice of New York Court of Appeals
- Arlene Rosario Lindsay
- Joel Asarch
- Stan Bernstein
- Salvatore Alamia
- Lawrence Raful
- Judge Leon Lazer
- Bruce Morton
- Martin Schwartz
- Chiam Povarsky
[edit] Notable alumni
- Kenneth LaValle - New York State Senator, 1st Senate District. Elected to the Senate in 1976.
- Thomas J. Hillgardner - Marijuana Reform Party candidate (2002) for Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York.
- Greg Meyer- Last American man to win the Boston Marathon. Although Mr. Meyer stayed for only two semesters, he had a major impact on the school. Mr Meyer is resposible for the school's move to Central Islip.
- Kathleen Rice - Nassau County District Attorney (2005- )
- James Van Thach - The first Vietnamese-American to serve as a Military Advisor to the New Iraqi Army
- Jared Blummer - Retired Astronaut. Long Island legend.
