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Touro Law Announces New International Center for Post-Graduate Development & Justice
June 24, 2013Touro Law Center is pleased to announce the creation of the International Center for Post-Graduate Develo...
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United Way of Long Island Provides Grant for Superstorm Relief Efforts
June 19, 2013The United Way of Long Island has awarded a $25K grant to Touro Law Center to fund a coordinator to help ...
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Distinguished Visiting Professor in Health Law & Policy Named
June 10, 2013Dean Patricia Salkin is pleased to announce that Edward A. Dauer has been named the Inaugural Kermit A. G...
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IBLT Expands Focus on Innovation and is Renamed
June 5, 2013The Institute for Business, Law and Technology (IBLT), which was launched by Touro Law Center in March 20...
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Commencement Ceremony Held to Honor the Class of 2013
May 30, 2013Touro Law Center’s 2013 Commencement ceremony was held on Sunday, May 26, 2013 at The New York City...
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31st Annual Commencement Ceremony to Honor, Celebrate Class of 2013
May 2, 2013Touro Law Center’s 2013 Commencement ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 26, 2013 at The New York ...
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India Sneed Named a Presidential Management Fellow
May 1, 2013Touro Law Center is proud to announce that India Sneed, part-time evening student who will graduate in Ma...
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TLC-HEART Attorney Volunteer Michael Aronowsky to Receive NYSBA 2013 Presidents’ Pro Bono Service Award
April 30, 2013Touro Law Center is pleased to announce that volunteer attorney Michael Aronowsky has been selected to re...
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Vayola Abraham Selected as Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Fellow
April 29, 2013Touro Law is proud to announce that Vayola Abraham, a second year, full time student, has been selected a...
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Professor Beverly McQueary Smith to Retire
April 25, 2013Touro Law Center has announced that Professor Beverly McQueary Smith will be retiring at the end of this ...
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Touro Law and Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade Sign Collaborative Agreement
April 25, 2013Touro Law Center is pleased to announce a newly formed collaboration with the Shanghai Institute of Forei...
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Touro Law and University of Central Florida Sign Agreement for a Three-Plus-Three Accelerated Law Program
April 19, 2013Touro Law Center and the University of Central Florida (UCF) are pleased to announce the creation of a th...
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Touro Law Center Scholarship Packages for Veteran Students Takes Off at American Airpower Museum
April 9, 2013Touro Law Center rolled out a new financial assistance and scholarship program for veterans, on Sunday, A...
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Touro Law Center to Host Religious Legal Theory Conference
April 4, 2013Touro Law Center will host the fourth annual Religious Legal Theory Conference titled “Expanding th...
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Deidre Byrne Hired as Student ProBono Coordinator for Hurricane Relief Efforts
March 28, 2013Touro Law Center is proud to announce that Deidre Byrne, a 2008 Touro Law graduate, has been appointed as...
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Former US Representative Elizabeth Holtzman to Commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day at Touro Law
March 25, 2013The Law Center will mark Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah), with a talk by former US Representative...
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Touro Law Wins Nassau Academy of Law Moot Competition
March 22, 2013Touro Law Center is proud to announce that two of its Moot Court teams advanced to the final round in the...
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Justice Sotomayor to Accept Touro Law’s Gould Book Award
March 21, 2013Touro Law Center is pleased to announce that United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will acc...
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Touro Law to Organize National Law Student Response to Help Hurricane Sandy Victims
March 13, 2013Touro Law is pleased to announce receipt of a $40,000 grant from the Rauch Foundation to hire an Attorney...
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Trial Advocacy Team Makes Strong Showing in Regional Competition
March 13, 2013The Touro Law Trial Advocacy team recently participated in the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Stu...
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Liberty & Justice Dinner Honors 13 Builders Society Members
March 7, 2013Touro Law Center honored 13 new members of its Builders Society at the annual With Liberty & Justice ...
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Panel to Examine Jeffrey MacDonald Case, Former Green Beret Doctor Jailed for 1970 Murder of Pregnant Wife and Two Young Daughters
March 4, 2013Touro Law Review will sponsor a panel, “Wrongful Conviction? The Trial of Jeffrey MacDonald for the...
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Hannah Carmel Named Morris E. Fischer, LLC Scholarship Recipient
March 4, 2013Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center is pleased to announce that Hannah Carmel, a second year stud...
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Two Touro Law Students Receive NYC Bar Diversity Fellowships
February 27, 2013Touro Law Center is pleased to announce that first year students Jeanine Joseph and Aliza Anwar received ...
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Christopher Dor Awarded Rochester Legal Diversity Clerkship
February 26, 2013First year, full-time student Christopher Dor has been selected to receive the prestigious Monroe County ...
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Student Volunteers Provide Tax Assistance
February 25, 2013Touro Law students are providing free tax help to low and moderate income community members who need help...
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Touro Law’s TLC-HEART Storm Hotline to Provide Legal Help to Snow Storm Victims
February 11, 2013Touro Law Center’s disaster assistance hotline, TLC-HEART, will help local residents and businesses...
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Touro Law Receives $80K Grant from the Robin Hood Foundation
February 7, 2013Touro Law Center is pleased to announce that it has received an $80,000 grant from the Robin Hood Relief ...
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Disaster Relief Clinic Starts at Touro Law
January 31, 2013Touro Law Center has launched a Disaster Relief Clinic to assist community members with legal problems ar...
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Touro Law Receives $1 Million Gift from the Kermit Gitenstein Foundation
January 24, 2013Touro Law Center is pleased to announce a $1 million gift from the Kermit Gitenstein Foundation to establ...
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Touro Law to Host Hurricane Help Program for Individuals and Small Business Owners
January 15, 2013Touro Law Center will host a program to provide both individuals and small businesses assistance in hurri...
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Touro Law to Host Public Interest/Government Career Fair
December 18, 2012Touro Law Center’s Office of Career Services in conjunction with the Public Advocacy Center will ho...
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Touro Law Receives Grant from NYS Attorney General, Funding a Staff Attorney in the Mortgage Foreclosure & Bankruptcy Clinic
December 13, 2012Touro Law Center has been awarded a $207,477 grant from the State of New York Office of the Attorney Gene...
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Thomas Maligno Named Director of Pro Bono
December 12, 2012Dean Patricia Salkin has announced that Thomas Maligno, Executive Director of the Public Advocacy Center,...
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Suffolk County Bar Association & Touro Law to Hold ProBono Legal Clinics for Those Affected by Hurricane Sandy
December 3, 2012The Suffolk County Bar Association (SCBA) and Touro Law Center will offer free legal clinics for individu...
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Funding Commitment Received from van Ameringen Foundation, Inc.
November 29, 2012Touro Law Center is pleased to announce a substantial funding commitment from van Ameringen, Inc. in supp...
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Lawrence Raful Named Director of the New York State Courts’ Pro Bono Initiative
November 20, 2012New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman and Chief Administrative Judge A. Gail Prudenti recently announced ...
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Associate Dean for Experiential Learning Announced at Touro Law
November 15, 2012Touro Law Dean Patricia Salkin is pleased to appoint Myra Berman as Associate Dean for Experiential Learn...
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Associate Dean for Research & Scholarship Announced at Touro Law
November 15, 2012Touro Law announced that Fabio Arcila Jr. has been appointed as Associate Dean for Research & Scholar...
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TLC-HEART Phone Line Robust With Calls for Help
November 6, 2012Touro Law Center, together with partners the Suffolk County Bar Association and the Disaster Relief Law C...
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Touro Law Opens Pro Bono Storm Help Center - “TLC-HEART”
November 2, 2012Touro Law Center will open a center next week to provide referrals, assistance and legal advice for local...
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Touro Law Center Establishes Distinguished Jurist in Residence: Hon. Leonard Wexler, First Recipient
October 25, 2012Touro Law Center Dean Patricia Salkin is pleased to announce the creation of a new position at the law sc...
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Youth Law Day to be Held at Touro Law
October 25, 2012Touro Law Center will host Youth Law Day for students from Wyandanch and Brentwood High Schools on Wednes...
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Inaugural Municipal Law Fellows Named
October 24, 2012Touro Law Center is pleased to partner with the Municipal Law Section of the New York State Bar Associati...
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Panel Discussion and Screening of Crime After Crime at Touro Law
October 24, 2012On Monday, November 12, 2012, Touro Law Center will host a screening of the multiple award-winning docume...
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Students Complete Training in the Restorative Justice Project
October 23, 2012Nine Touro Law students completed Conference Facilitator training as part of the Restorative Justice Proj...
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Susan M. Dietrich Clyne Scholarship Recipients Announced
October 17, 2012Touro Law Center has announced that Diane Clark and Paul Fabiszewski have been selected to receive the pr...
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Dean Patricia Salkin Installed at Convocation
October 16, 2012Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center held an Academic Convocation to install Dean Patricia E. Salk...
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Suffolk County Women’s Bar Association to Honor Dean Salkin
October 4, 2012The Suffolk County Women’s Bar Association is hosting an event to welcome Touro Law Center’s ...
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Touro Law Center Marks Appointment of Dean Patricia Salkin at October 11 Convocation
October 4, 2012Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, an innovator in legal education, will host an Academic Convo...
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Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation Award $20K to Touro Law
October 3, 2012The Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation has awarded a $20k grant to Touro Law. The grant is to be used f...
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US Ambassador to the Republic of Niger Bisa Williams to Visit Touro Law
September 24, 2012Touro Law Center is pleased to welcome Bisa Williams, United States Ambassador to Niger, on Wednesday, Oc...
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Two New IBLT Entrepreneurship Assistance Fellowships Created
September 20, 2012The Institute for Business, Law and Technology (IBLT) at Touro Law Center has established two new Entrepr...
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Bank of America Awards Touro Law $10K for Clinical Program
September 19, 2012The Bank of America has awarded Touro Law Center a grant in the amount of $10,000 to be used to support t...
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Touro Law Receives Gift of $25K
September 13, 2012Thomas ‘97 and Cynthia Rosicki, of Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates P.C. and Sparkling Pointe Wine...
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LALSA Students Plan Street Law Event
September 13, 2012Touro Law Center’s Latino/a American Law Student Association is holding Street Law presentations fo...
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V. Elaine Gross to Deliver the Howard A. Glickstein Civil Rights & Public Policy Lecture
September 10, 2012V. Elaine Gross, President of ERASE Racism, will deliver the Howard A. Glickstein Civil Rights & Publ...
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Jewish Law Institute Welcomes Rabbi Yona Reiss
September 10, 2012Touro Law Center’s Jewish Law Institute welcomes Rabbi Yona Reiss, Dean of Yeshiva University’...
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Thirty Six Students Selected for Touro Law Honors Program
September 6, 2012Thirty six students, 27 full-time and 9 part-time, have been selected for the 2012-2013 class of the Tour...
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Touro Law Center Joins United Nations Academic Impact Initiative
September 5, 2012Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center has joined more than 600 universities in more than 100 countr...
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Lawrence Raful Public Interest Summer Law Fellowship Established
September 5, 2012Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center is pleased to announce newly appointed Dean Patricia Salkin a...
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Morris E. Fischer, LLC Scholarship Recipient Announced
September 4, 2012Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center is pleased to announce that Joshua D. Falda is the first-ever...
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Inaugural Public Interest Collective Conference Planned
August 30, 2012Touro Law Center is proud to join with other law schools in the area to form the Public Interest Collecti...
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Bess and Sam Zeigen Fellowship Recipient Announced
August 28, 2012Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center is pleased to announce that Francesca Brancato is the recipie...
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Siben and Siben Fellowship Recipients Announced
August 23, 2012Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center is pleased to announce that Cristina Knorr and Paul Lipsky ha...
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Fay and Saul Starr Fellowship Recipient Announced
August 22, 2012Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center is pleased to announce that Stefan Josephs is the recipient o...
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Friends of the Library Program Benefits Attorneys
August 20, 2012Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center’s Friends of the Library program provides the opportuni...
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Touro Law Welcomes Diverse New Class with a Gift from the New Dean
August 14, 2012This week Touro Law welcomes an entering class of 256 students for a week-long Orientation that begins th...
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Convocation Announced to Celebrate Appointment of Dean Salkin
July 31, 2012Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center is hosting an Academic Convocation to celebrate the installat...
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Judge Sol Wachtler Named Distinguished Adjunct Professor
July 26, 2012Dean Lawrence Raful is pleased to announce that Judge Sol Wachtler has been named the Distinguished Adjun...
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Jared Scotto Named Outstanding Student by CLEA
July 18, 2012Touro Law Center is pleased to announce Jared Scotto has received the Outstanding Student Award for the 2...
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Gould Law Library Hires Isaac Samuels
July 11, 2012Touro Law Center is pleased to announce Isaac Samuels ’09 has been hired as the Gould Library Educa...