Touro Law Center
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 1980 |
| Affiliation | Jewish |
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Academic staff
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50 (F/T) |
| Students | 587 |
| Location |
Central Islip, New York, United States 40°45′43″N 73°11′16″W / 40.762°N 73.187738°WCoordinates: 40°45′43″N 73°11′16″W / 40.762°N 73.187738°W |
| Dean | Patricia Salkin |
| Website | www |
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Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, commonly known as Touro Law Center, is an ABA accredited law school. It is located on Long Island, New York, in the hamlet of Central Islip. The Law Center is part of Touro College, a private, not-for-profit, coeducational institution based in New York City.
The current Dean of Touro Law Center is Harry Ballan, former partner of Davis Polk & Wardell, LLP. Touro Law Center has approximately 50 faculty members and 20 teaching adjunct faculty.
Touro Law Center is the only law school in Suffolk County, New York. After briefly beginning operations in Manhattan, the Law Center's first campus was established in the town of Huntington, which is located in northwestern Suffolk County. In 2007, the Law Center moved to its current campus in Central Islip. The Central Islip campus, consisting of a four-story, 180,000-square-foot building, is located within walking distance of both The Alfonse M. D’Amato United States Courthouse and the John P. Cohalan State Court Complex, in which the Suffolk County District and Family Courts and the New York State Supreme Court sit.
Students may enroll in either a program to earn a Juris Doctor (JD) degree or to earn a Master of Laws (LLM) degree. Both full-time and part-time programs are available to students in the JD program.
Touro Law Center is one of several law schools in New York State to offer a two-year accelerated JD program, in which accepted students fulfill their credit-requirements of study within 24 months, beginning with the summer of their first year, and sit for a Bar Examination 26 months after they begin their law school studies. In addition, Touro Law Center offers an accelerated JD program, referred to as a "three-plus-three" (BA/JD) program, with the University of Central Florida, and an accelerated JD Program which allows graduates of foreign law schools to earn a J.D. degree in two years.
Touro Law Center offers 4 concentrations for J.D. candidates, an L.L.M program for U.S. law school graduates and a Master of Laws in U.S. Legal Studies for foreign law graduates, and joint J.D./M.B.A, J.D./M.P.A., and J.D./M.S.W. programs with Touro College, State University of New York at Stony Brook, and LIU-Post.
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