This Article Describes About Touro Law School Which Is A Legal Education Institution Based On The New York City. The School Has Its Own Curriculam. It Has Great Emphasis On Practical Learning Experiences And Hands-On Legal Education. First Year Students Participate In The Court Observation Program In The First Semester.

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[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 Tuition for the 2005-2006 school year
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.
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 On The Net
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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