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Touro Law School, Central Islip, New York [By Akbar Ali] Touro Law School, known formally as Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, is a legal education institution based in New York City (Central Islip) and is part of the larger private, coeducational Touro College. Currently undergoing a major $35 million revamping, the university is one of the newer American law institutions, having been founded in 1980.
The school offers traditional J.D. (Juris
In accordance with the new setting, the
Doctor) and LL.M. (Master of Laws) programs
school has also retooled its curriculum,
totaled $26,820 for full-time students and
at both full- and part-time status and with
placing great emphasis on practical learning
was $20,120 for part-time students in both
both day and evening classes. The main
experiences and hands-on legal education.
day and evening classes. Additional costs
undergraduate campus was founded to
The school enthusiastically proclaims,
include school fees ($300), books ($500),
educate students in Jewish heritage and
“Touro Law Center offers students an
and metro area housing running to between
history with an emphasis on Judeo morals
education that truly bridges the gap between
$5,000 and $8,000. A variety of scholarships
and ethics, an important concept echoed in
academic theory and legal practice. Our
and financial aid options are available to all
the prioritizing of ethics at the law school.
new law campus enables students to take
students, with more than half receiving some
advantage of the synergies resulting from
sort of assistance.
Tuition for the 2005-2006 school year
The school specializes in a variety of
combining a legal education with the day-
programs, including Business Law, Criminal
to-day workings of the courts, court-related
The law school is named after Jacob D.
Law, Family Law, Health Law, Intellectual
agencies, and legal service providers. Our
Fuchsberg, an influential judge who served
Property Law, International Law, and Public
first-year students participate in the Court
as associate judge on the New York Court
Interest Law. It is fully approved by the
Observation Program in their first semester.”
of Appeals from 1975 to 1983 and who
American Bar Association and is a member
famously said of the law, “When America
of the Association of American Law Schools.
fought in the streets for its rights, today we are waging the fight in the courthouses. We
Previously based out of a former public
are making progress, and it has to be done
school in Huntington, Long Island, the school
through the law.”
reopened its doors in January 2007 to a revolutionized campus boasting state-of-the-
Notable alumni include New York State
art facilities, including the latest technology,
With these new advantages, Touro has raised
Senator Kenneth LaValle, Nassau County
innovative classroom designs, private study
the bar for applicant admission. For its 2005-
District Attorney Kathleen Price, and
spaces, and more. The school has also
2006 entering class, the 75th percentile LSAT
Marijuana Reform Party candidate Thomas J.
moved to a new location which sits adjacent
score was 153, and the 25th percentile score
Hillgardner.
to both a federal courthouse and a state
was 150. The 75th percentile undergraduate
courthouse. This is a milestone achievement
GPA was 3.40, and the 25th percentile
for Touro because it is the first and only
undergraduate GPA was 2.83. The current
law school in the nation to be situated thus
student body totals 750 students and is
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law
to have a working relationship with two
expected to increase significantly in the near
Center
courthouses.
future as the last two years have seen record
www.tourolaw.edu
sizes for incoming classes.
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