Touro Law Center

Touro Law Center is the only law school in Suffolk County, New York.{{cite web|title=Suffolk County Government – Community – Education|url=http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Community/Education.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203184545/http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Community/Education.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2012|website=Suffolk County Government|access-date=November 5, 2014}} 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.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.tourolaw.edu/AboutTouroLaw/?pageid=43#.VFp4y_nF_To|website=Touro Law Center|access-date=November 5, 2014}} In 2007, the Law Center moved to its current campus in Central Islip.{{cite news|last1=Winslow|first1=Olivia|title=Touro Law Center Makes Its Move|publisher=Newsday|date=January 16, 2007|page=A26}} 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,{{cite web|title=Touro Law Center – Facilities|url=http://law.touro.edu/AboutTouroLaw/?pageid=731#.VFpucvnF_Tp|website=Touro Law Center|access-date=November 5, 2014}} in which the Suffolk County District and Family Courts and the New York State Supreme Court sit.{{cite web|title=Collaborative Court Programs|url=http://www.tourolaw.edu/Academics/?pageid=68#.VFqAevnF_To|website=Touro Law Center|access-date=November 5, 2014}}

Students may enroll in either a program to earn a Juris Doctor (JD) degree{{cite web|title=Juris Doctor|url=http://www.tourolaw.edu/Academics/?pageid=64#.VFuipsmwXeQ|website=Touro Law Center|access-date=November 6, 2014}} or a Master of Laws (LLM) degree.{{cite web|title=Master of Law (LL.M.) Programs|url=http://www.tourolaw.edu/Academics/?pageid=71#.VFurFcmwXeQ|website=Touro Law Center|access-date=November 6, 2014}} 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.{{cite web|title=Two-Year Accelerated Law Program|url=http://www.tourolaw.edu/Academics/?pageid=816#.VFulJsmwXeQ|website=Touro Law Center|access-date=November 6, 2014}} 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,{{cite news|last1=Zeller|first1=Gregory|title=Central Islip-Based Touro Law, UCF Create Accelerated-Degree Program|url=http://libn.com/2013/04/23/touro-law-ucf-partner-on-accelerated-degree-program/|access-date=November 7, 2014|publisher=Long Island Business News|date=April 23, 2013}} and an accelerated JD Program which allows graduates of foreign law schools to earn a J.D. degree in two years.{{cite web|title=Two-Year J.D. Program for Foreign Law Graduates|url=http://www.tourolaw.edu/Admissions/?pageid=822#.VF0XW_nF98E|website=Touro Law Center|access-date=November 7, 2014}}

Touro Law Center offers four concentrations for J.D. candidates,{{cite web|title=Concentrations|url=http://www.tourolaw.edu/Academics/?pageid=767#.VFum_MmwXeQ|website=Touro Law Center|access-date=November 6, 2014}} 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,{{cite web|title=Masters of Law (LL.M.) Programs|url=http://www.tourolaw.edu/Academics/?pageid=71#.VFunNcmwXeQ|website=Touro Law Center|access-date=November 6, 2014}} 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.{{cite web|title=Dual Degree Programs|url=http://www.tourolaw.edu/Academics/?pageid=70#.VFuqL8mwXeQ|website=Touro Law Center|access-date=November 6, 2014}}

Touro Law Center has at times offered summer programs in Vietnam, Germany, Croatia, China, India, and Israel.{{cite web|url=http://tourolawsummerprograms.blogspot.com/2010/06/james-durham-visiting-supreme-court-of.html|title=Visiting the Supreme Court of Israel|last1=Durham|first1=James|date=June 1, 2010|website=Touro Law Center Summer Abroad Programs Blog|publisher=Touro Law Center|access-date=November 18, 2014}}{{cite journal|author1=Louise Harmon|author2=Eileen Kaufman|date=Fall 2007|title=Innocents Abroad: Reflections on Summer Abroad Law Programs|url=http://www.tjeffersonlrev.org/sites/tjeffersonlrev.org/files/30-01-03-Harmon-Kaufman.pdf|url-status=dead|journal=Thomas Jefferson Law Review|volume=30|issue=1|page=70|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129030202/http://www.tjeffersonlrev.org/sites/tjeffersonlrev.org/files/30-01-03-Harmon-Kaufman.pdf|archive-date=November 29, 2014|access-date=November 18, 2014}} Only the Vietnam program was offered for the summer of 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.tourolaw.edu/SummerPrograms/pages/Home.aspx|title=Summer Abroad Programs|website=Touro Law Center|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308034211/http://www.tourolaw.edu/SummerPrograms/pages/Home.aspx|archive-date=2018-03-08|access-date=2019-12-27}} In 2011, when the Vietnam program was first offered, Touro Law Center was the only law school to offer such a program within the borders of Vietnam.{{cite web|title=Vietnam Summer Law Program|url=http://www.napalsa.com/links/blogs/vietnam-summer-law-program.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218033958/http://www.napalsa.com/links/blogs/vietnam-summer-law-program.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 18, 2014|website=National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association News Blog|access-date=November 18, 2014|date=March 19, 2012}}

In September 2013, Touro Law Center joined the Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Consortium,{{cite web|last1=Gerkman|first1=Alli|title=Touro Law Center the Newest Member of a Growing Consortium|url=http://online.iaals.du.edu/2013/09/06/touro-law-center-the-newest-member-of-a-growing-consortium/|website=IAALS Online|publisher=University of Denver|access-date=November 5, 2014|date=September 6, 2013|archive-date=November 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105203036/http://online.iaals.du.edu/2013/09/06/touro-law-center-the-newest-member-of-a-growing-consortium/|url-status=dead}} which consisted of 31 ABA-accredited law schools that have demonstrated a commitment to innovation in legal education and offer a number of law school courses "that implement a student-centered approach to legal education".{{cite web|title=Consortium Member Criteria|url=http://educatingtomorrowslawyers.du.edu/about-etl/about-our-consortium/consortium-member-criteria/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929172347/http://educatingtomorrowslawyers.du.edu/about-etl/about-our-consortium/consortium-member-criteria|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 29, 2011|website=Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers|publisher=IAALS – University of Denver|access-date=November 5, 2014}} The consortium was dissolved in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://iaals.du.edu/educating-tomorrows-lawyers/content/educating-tomorrows-lawyers-consortium|title=Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Consortium (2011-2017) {{!}} IAALS|website=iaals.du.edu|access-date=2019-12-27|archive-date=2019-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227185615/https://iaals.du.edu/educating-tomorrows-lawyers/content/educating-tomorrows-lawyers-consortium|url-status=dead}} In 2013, PreLaw Magazine recognized Touro Law Center as one of six law school schools in the nation offering innovative clinical and experiential learning opportunities, highlighting the law school's ProBono Uncontested Divorce Project.{{cite news|last1=Weyenberg|first1=Michelle|title=25 Innovative Ideas|url=http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/prelaw_2013backtoschool/#/30|access-date=November 7, 2014|issue=Back to School 2013|publisher=PreLaw Magazine|page=31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108175102/http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/prelaw_2013backtoschool/#/30|archive-date=January 8, 2015|url-status=dead}} Touro Law Center is also a member of the Alliance for Experiential Learning in Law, an alliance that currently has 113 law school and legal service organization members, which was established in 2011 with the goal of integrating experience-based education into the traditional law school curriculum.{{cite web|title=Alliance for Experiential Learning in Law|url=http://www.northeastern.edu/law/experience/leadership/alliance.html|website=Northeastern University School of Law|access-date=24 November 2014|archive-date=29 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129083016/http://www.northeastern.edu/law/experience/leadership/alliance.html|url-status=dead}}

In Fall 2006, the Law Center began a pilot program that required all first year students to observe courtroom practice in both the federal Alfonse M. D’Amato United States Courthouse and the John P. Cohalan State Court Complex.{{cite news|last1=Zeitler|first1=Michelle|title=First-year Law Students in the Classroom: An Experiment in Practical Legal Education at the Touro Law Center|url=http://www.courtinnovation.org/sites/default/files/Touro_evaluation.pdf|access-date=3 December 2014|agency=Center for Court Innovation|date=September 2009|pages=1–2}} In 2009, the Center for Court Innovation issued a report on its three-year study of the pilot program; the report concluded that consideration should be given to expanding the program either through increased observation opportunities or participation of students beyond their first year of law school.{{cite news|last1=Zeitler|first1=Michelle|title=First-year Law Students in the Classroom: An Experiment in Practical Legal Education at the Touro Law Center|url=http://www.courtinnovation.org/sites/default/files/Touro_evaluation.pdf|access-date=3 December 2014|agency=Center for Court Innovation|date=September 2009|pages=3–4, 24–25}} As of 2011, the program is a graduation requirement in which all first year students must participate, and upper-level students have the option of continuing the curriculum through coursework and court externships, clerkships, or pro bono projects.{{cite web|title=Collaborative Court Programs|url=http://www.tourolaw.edu/Academics/?pageid=68|website=Touro Law Center|access-date=3 December 2014}}{{cite web|title=The Chief Judge's Hearing on Civil Legal Services, Second Dep't, Oct. 4, 2012 (testimony of Patricia E. Salkin, Dean, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, at 103:21–104:14)|url=http://www.nycourts.gov/ip/access-civil-legal-services/PDF/CLS2012-APPENDICES.pdf|publisher=Report to The Chief Judge of The State of New York from the Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York|access-date=3 December 2014|date=November 2012}}

Touro Law Center's clinical program{{cite web|title=Clinics|url=http://www.tourolaw.edu/Academics/clinics|website=Touro Law Center|access-date=4 February 2015}} consists of legal clinics that specialize in the areas of:

• Bankruptcy & Mortgage Foreclosure{{cite news|url=http://libn.com/2013/09/25/touro-law-joins-externship-consortium/|title=Touro Law Joins Externship Consortium|last1=D'Andrea|first1=Kristen|date=September 25, 2013|access-date=November 5, 2014|publisher=Long Island Business News}}{{cite news|last1=Yan|first1=Ellen|title=Touro Foreclosure Clinic Holding Open House Friday|url=http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/touro-foreclosure-clinic-holding-open-house-friday-1.1817911|access-date=4 February 2015|work=Newsday|date=March 18, 2010}}{{cite news|last1=Du|first1=Lisa|title=LI Housing Nonprofits Receive $150G in Grants|url=http://www.newsday.com/business/li-housing-nonprofits-receive-150g-in-grants-1.4096787|access-date=4 February 2015|work=Newsday|date=October 10, 2012}}{{cite news|last1=Karas|first1=Tania|title=New State Grant to Finance Staff Attorney for Touro Clinic|url=http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=1202583471930/New-State-Grant-to-Finance-Staff-Attorney-for-Touro-Clinic#ixzz3UHAPRNz9|access-date=13 March 2015|work=New York Law Journal|date=January 7, 2013}}
• Criminal Law (State Defense/Prosecution & Federal Prosecution)
• Disaster Relief{{cite news|last1=Du|first1=Lisa|title=Disaster Relief Clinic to Aid Sandy Victims at Touro Law|url=http://www.newsday.com/business/disaster-relief-clinic-to-aid-sandy-victims-at-touro-law-1.4561344|access-date=4 February 2015|work=Newsday|date=6 February 2013}}{{cite news|last1=Hollander|first1=Sophia|title=Sandy Stirs Legal Mess|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323978104578334660783806132?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424127887323978104578334660783806132.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_latestheadlines|access-date=9 March 2015|work=Wall Street Journal|date=March 4, 2013}}{{cite news|title=Touro Law School's Disaster Relief Clinic helps elderly Sandy victims from Oakdale|url=http://longisland.news12.com/features/sandy/touro-law-school-s-disaster-relief-clinic-helps-elderly-sandy-victims-from-oakdale-1.5469507|access-date=9 March 2015|work=News 12 Long Island|date=June 12, 2013|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095546/http://longisland.news12.com/features/sandy/touro-law-school-s-disaster-relief-clinic-helps-elderly-sandy-victims-from-oakdale-1.5469507|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=David W.|title=Hurricane Sandy Victims Say Damage Reports Were Altered|url=http://nyti.ms/17k20dK|access-date=9 March 2015|work=The New York Times|date=February 16, 2015}}
• Education and Youth Justice Clinic{{Cite web|url=https://www.tourolaw.edu/Academics/600#advanced|title=Touro Law - Clinical Law Program Descriptions {{!}} Touro Law Long Island, NY|website=www.tourolaw.edu|access-date=2020-03-16}}
• Elder Law
• Family Law{{cite news|last1=Lefkowitz|first1=Melanie|title=Kids In Crisis: Seeking Legal Balance|work=Newsday (New York)|date=March 9, 2008|page=A16}}{{cite web|last1=Selvin|first1=Rhoda Selvin|title=Pro Bono Attorney of the Month: The Touro Family Law Clinic, Its Students and Director Lewis A. Silverman|url=http://nslawservices.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Touro-Family-Law-Clinic-4-11.pdf|website=Nassau Suffolk Law Services|access-date=11 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095657/http://nslawservices.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Touro-Family-Law-Clinic-4-11.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}
• Immigration Law{{cite web|title=Resource Guide for Newly Arrived Immigrant Children, Families|url=http://www.hwcli.com/documents/715.pdf|website=The Health and Welfare Council of Long Island|access-date=13 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402162345/http://www.hwcli.com/documents/715.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}
• Small Business and Not-for-Profit Law
• Veterans' and Servicemembers' Rights{{cite news|last1=Evans|first1=Martins C.|title=$6M in grants will aid Long Island veterans in need|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/6m-in-grants-will-aid-long-island-veterans-in-need-1.6182031|access-date=13 March 2015|work=Newsday (New York)|date=October 2, 2013}}{{cite news|last1=Newsday Staff|title=Seaford Harbor Elementary celebrates 50th, Vets' groups gets $17G|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/seaford-harbor-elementary-celebrates-50th-vets-groups-gets-17g-1.6295688|access-date=13 March 2015|work=Newsday (New York)|date=October 21, 2013}}

Touro Law Center also hosts the following Institutes and Centers:

• Aging and Longevity Law Institute{{cite news|last1=Karas|first1=Tania|title=Law School Roundup|url=http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=1202616606322?keywords=touro+aging&publication=New+York+Law+Journal|access-date=17 March 2015|work=New York Law Journal|date=August 23, 2013}}
• Center for Innovation in Business, Law & Technology{{cite news|last1=Zeller|first1=Gregory|title=New name, focus for Touro business institute|url=http://libn.com/2013/06/05/new-name-focus-for-touro-business-institute/|access-date=17 March 2015|work=Long Island Business News|date=June 5, 2013}}
• Institute of Land Use and Sustainable Development Law{{cite news|last1=Starzee|first1=Bernadette|title=Long Islanders on the Move|url=http://libn.com/moversandshakers/2013/10/08/rowland-named-st-catherine-of-siena-chief-administrative-officer/|access-date=21 March 2015|work=Long Island Business News|date=October 8, 2013}}
• Jewish Law Institute{{cite journal|last1=Glickstein|first1=Howard A.|title=A Jewish-Sponsored Law School: Its Purposes and Challenges|journal=Marquette Law Review|date=Winter 1995|volume=78|issue=2|pages=482–483|url=http://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1584&context=mulr|access-date=17 March 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Ain|first1=Stewart|title=Suffolk Day School Engineering A New Curriculum|url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/special-sections/education-careers/suffolk-day-school-engineering-new-curriculum|access-date=17 March 2015|work=The Jewish Week (New York)|date=January 15, 2014}}
• TLC Heart (TLC – Hurricane Emergency Assistance and Referral Team){{cite news|last1=Gallucci|first1=Jaclyn|title=Touro Law to Open Pro Bono Storm Help Center|url=http://archive.longislandpress.com/2012/11/01/touro-law-to-open-pro-bono-storm-help-center/|access-date=17 March 2015|work=Long Island Press|date=November 1, 2012}}
• International Justice Center for Post-Graduate Development

The International Justice Center for Post–Graduate Development serves as a national clearinghouse for the law-school based incubator movement.{{cite web|last1=Filisko|first1=G.M.|title=Legal Rebel: Law firm incubators help both grads and needy clients, Fred Rooney says|url=http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/2013_legal_rebel_profile_fred_rooney/|website=ABA Journal|publisher=American Bar Association|access-date=28 March 2015}} Led by Fred Rooney, the Center launched Touro's Community Justice Center in 2013, housing eight-ten start-up law firms owned by Touro alumni.{{cite news|last1=Du|first1=Lisa|last2=Ryan|first2=Joe|title=Touro incubator for lawyers|work=Newsday|date=November 12, 2013}}{{cite news|last1=O'Regan|first1=Dan|title=Touro incubator gives new lawyers a leg up |url=http://libn.com/2014/04/10/touro-incubator-gives-new-lawyers-a-leg-up/|access-date=28 March 2015|work=LIBN.com|publisher=Long Island Business News|date=April 10, 2014}}

The William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst Public Advocacy Center (PAC), established in 2007,{{cite news|last1=Adcock|first1=T.|title=Touro's Public Advocacy Center Benefits Students, Community|url=http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=1202425502358/Touros-Public-Advocacy-Center-Benefits-Students-Community?slreturn=20150230214034|access-date=31 March 2015|work=New York Law Journal|date=October 24, 2008}} has 14 offices and houses on-campus non-profit legal service providers{{cite news|last1=Bain|first1=Brandon|title=Touro College dedicates Central Islip law center|work=Newsday|date=October 22, 2007}} such as the Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc. (grant recipient of the Legal Services Corporation), New York Civil Liberties Union, and the Empire Justice Center (member of the Consumer Federation of America); there are also additional off-campus member affiliates. Thomas Maligno has served as the Executive Director of the Public Advocacy Center since it opened.

Touro Law Center was established and admitted its first class in the Fall of 1980.{{cite web|title=Milestones in the History of Touro College|url=http://legacy.touro.edu/media/bg/milestones.pdf|website=Touro College – News Center – Touro Background – Milestones|access-date=November 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112221017/http://legacy.touro.edu/media/bg/milestones.pdf|archive-date=November 12, 2014|url-status=dead}} The first class graduated in Spring 1983, and in that same year, the Law Center was provisionally accredited by the American Bar Association.{{cite web|url=http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/|title=The Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs – Touro College Profile|website=Office of Postsecondary Education|publisher=U.S. Department of Education|access-date=24 November 2014}} It began operations in a building located at 30 West 44th Street in Manhattan, New York City, which is now the home of the Penn Club of New York.{{cite web|title=Archival Collections Penn Club of New York Records 1919–2004|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/faids/upt/upt500.html|website=UPenn University Archives and Record Center|access-date=November 12, 2014}} In 1982, the law school moved to the town of Huntington in Suffolk County, New York and the building it occupied for twenty years, formerly Toaz Junior High School.{{cite news|title=Trustees Look at Reacquisition of Former Toaz Junior High School|url=http://www.hufsd.edu/news/stories/2009/november/02a.html|access-date=November 12, 2014|agency=Huntington Public Schools|publisher=Huntington Headlines|date=November 2, 2009}} At the time of its move to Huntington, Touro Law Center was the only law school on Long Island to offer a part-time program to students.{{cite news|last1=Ketchan|first1=Diane|title=Law School Days (Long Island Journal)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/31/nyregion/long-island-journal-law-school-days.html|access-date=8 December 2014|work=The New York Times|date=March 31, 1985}} In April 1986, the Law Center was officially named the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, in honor of Judge Jacob D. Fuchsberg, who served as an associate judge of the New York State Court of Appeals from 1975 to 1983.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/28/obituaries/jacob-d-fuchsberg-82-dies-lawyer-and-appellate-judge.html|title=Jacob D. Fuchsberg, 82, Dies; Lawyer and Appellate Judge|last1=Pace|first1=Eric|date=August 28, 1995|work=New York Times|access-date=November 14, 2014}} Judge Fuchsberg began serving on the Board of Trustees of Touro College at the time it was established in the 1970s, and during his tenure on the Board, he advocated for the establishment, accreditation, and growth of the Law Center.{{cite web|url=https://www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/luminaries-court-appeals/fuchsberg-jacob.html|title=New York Legal History / The Bench & The Bar – New York State Court of Appeals – Jacob David Fuchsberg|last1=Cohen|first1=Suart|website=Historical Society of the New York Courts|access-date=25 November 2014}} The Law Center achieved full accreditation by the American Bar Association in 1989.

John S. Bainbridge was the dean of the law school from 1982 to 1985.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/06/nyregion/06bainbridge.html?_r=0|title=John S. Bainbridge, 90, Legal Educator for African Leaders, Dies|last1=Saxon|first1=Wolfgang|date=February 6, 2006|work=New York Times|access-date=24 November 2014|page=21}} During his tenure, Bainbridge recruited the founding faculty and administrators and guided the school through the first American Bar Association inspection that led to its provisional national accreditation.{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/delawareonline/obituary.aspx?n=john-bainbridge&pid=145754412|title=John Bainbridge Obituary|date=February 8, 2006|work=The News Journal (Delaware)|access-date=24 November 2014}} Howard A. Glickstein served as the dean of the Law Center from 1986 to 2004.{{cite news|last1=Glickstein|first1=Howard|title=An Interview with Dean Howard A. Glickstein|work=The Touro Lawyer Alumni Magazine|publisher=Touro Law Center|date=Fall 2003|page=7}}{{cite journal|last1=Morris|first1=Jeffrey B.|title="We Cannot Remain Morally Neutral": Howard A. Glickstein, Dean, Touro Law Center, 1986–2004|journal=Touro Law Review|date=2004|volume=20|issue=1|page=189}} During Glickstein's tenure, the Law Center was accepted as a member of the American Association of Law Schools, which occurred in 1994.{{cite web|title=Member Schools (T-Z)|url=http://www.aals.org/member-schools/|website=The Association of American Law Schools|access-date=25 November 2014}} During his eighteen-year tenure, Glickstein also oversaw the initial plans for the Central Islip, New York campus and the development of the construction project. Construction on the new campus began in March 2005, shortly after Glickstein's tenure ended.{{cite news|last1=Cotsalas|first1=Valerie|title=From a Bleak Past, a Positive Plan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/realestate/20lizo.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1416953141-UneaGe3FKe4v1sFBxJhglg|access-date=25 November 2014|work=The New York Times|date=March 20, 2005|location=Real Estate Desk|page=13}} From 2004 to 2012, Lawrence Raful served as dean.{{cite news|last1=Burson|first1=Pat|title=Seeking A Higher Law; Lawrence Raful, The New Dean of Touro, Wants Faith To Inspire Young Attorneys|work=Newsday (New York)|date=October 2, 2004|page=B76}} During Raful's tenure, the construction of the Central Islip campus took place, opening in 2007.{{cite news|last1=Winslow|first1=Olivia|title=Groundbreaking Approach to Law Education|work=Newsday|date=February 25, 2005|page=A53}}{{cite news|last1=Cotsalas|first1=Valerie|title=From a Bleak Past, a Positive Plan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/realestate/20lizo.html?_r=0|access-date=14 January 2015|work=The New York Times (Sunday Edition)|issue=In the Region/Long Island Section|date=March 20, 2005|page=13}} In 2012, Patricia Salkin was appointed the dean of the law school.{{cite news|last1=Keshner|first1=Andrew|title=Dean Aims to Build National Reputation for Touro Law|url=http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=1202570773463/Dean-Aims-to-Build-National-Reputation-for-Touro-Law#ixzz3Q9KpvMQI|access-date=28 January 2015|work=New York Law Journal|date=September 11, 2012|page=1}}{{cite news|last1=Fuller|first1=Nicole|title=Touro Law School Installing First Female Dean|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/touro-law-school-installing-first-female-dean-1.4064592|access-date=28 January 2015|work=Newsday|date=October 2, 2012|page=A22}}{{cite news|last1=Callegari|first1=John|title=Touro Law Center names Patricia Salkin new dean|url=http://libn.com/2012/05/10/touro-law-center-names-patricia-salkin-new-dean/#ixzz3Q9NXTi9Z|access-date=28 January 2015|work=Long Island Business News|date=May 10, 2012}} She served until 2016, when she was promoted to the position of provost of graduate and professional studies for the Touro College and University system. Harry Ballan, senior counsel at Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP was subsequently appointed to the position.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/touro-law-center-names-manhattan-lawyer-as-new-dean-1.12130409|title=Touro Law Center names Harry Ballan as New Dean|date=3 August 2016 |access-date=August 28, 2016}} In June 2019, Elena B. Langan was announced as the new dean of the law school, having previously served as dean of Concordia Law School and interim dean of Nova Southeastern University's Shepard Broad College of Law.{{cite news|last1=Sloan|first1=Karen|title=Touro Law Finds New Dean Elena Langan in Idaho |url=https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2019/06/19/touro-law-finds-new-dean-in-idaho/ |access-date=July 22, 2019|work=New York Law Journal|date=June 20, 2019|page=1}}

In May 2014, Touro Law Center was identified by one law school rankings system as the 13th "most undervalued" law school in the country, based on the spread between the Law Center's U.S. News peer reputation and the number of downloads from the Social Science Research Network of Touro law faculty scholarship.{{cite web|last1=Caron|first1=Paul|title=The Most Overrated and Underrated Law Schools: U.S. News v. SSRN|url=http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2014/05/the-most-overrated-.html|website=TaxProf Blog|publisher=Law Professor Blogs|access-date=October 30, 2014}} This particular system, first established in a law review article in 2006 by two law professors, compares the U.S. News Rankings to scholarly impact as measured by download counts from the Social Science Research Network.{{cite journal|last1=Black|first1=Bernard|last2=Caron|first2=Paul|title=Ranking Law Schools: Using SSRN to Measure Scholarly Performance|journal=Indiana Law Journal|date=2006|volume=81|pages=84–136|url=http://ilj.law.indiana.edu/articles/81/81_1_Black.pdf|access-date=October 30, 2014}} In 2013, Touro Law Center launched its SSRN Legal Studies Research Paper Series eJournal.{{cite web|title=Touro Law Center Legal Studies Research Paper Series|url=http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/JELJOUR_Results.cfm?npage=10&form_name=journalbrowse&journal_id=2292121&Network=no&SortOrder=ab_approval_date&stype=desc&lim=false&selectedOption=6|website=Social Science Research Network|access-date=November 13, 2014}}

The students and faculty of Touro Law Center currently publish four journals:{{cite web|title=Journals|url=http://www.tourolaw.edu/Academics/journals|website=Touro Law Center|access-date=March 9, 2015}}

• Touro Law Review (first published Spring 1985){{cite journal|last1=Blackmun|first1=Harry A.|title=Address|journal=Touro Law Review|date=March 1985|volume=1|issue=1|page=vii}}
• Touro International Law Review (formerly known as the Touro Journal of Transnational Law; first published Fall 1988){{cite journal|last1=Glickstein|first1=Howard A.|title=Introduction|journal=Touro Journal of Transnational Law|date=Fall 1988|volume=1|issue=1|page=v}}
• Touro Law Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity (first published August 2006){{cite journal|last1=Richards|first1=Lenka L.|title=Foreword : A Reflection on the Journey|journal=Touro Law Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity|date=August 2006|volume=1|issue=1|page=1|url=https://www.tourolaw.edu/JournalRGE/uploads/Issues/Issue1/Lenkaforeword.pdf|access-date=November 13, 2014}}
• Touro Journal of Experiential Learning (first published Fall 2014){{cite journal|last1=Thomson|first1=David I.C.|title=Foreword To The First Volume Of The Journal|journal=Journal of Experiential Learning|date=October 2, 2014|volume=1|issue=1|pages=v–vi|url=http://www.tourolaw.edu/jel/Articles/VOL1-14-15/Foreword.pdf|access-date=9 March 2015}}

According to Touro's 2018 ABA-required disclosures, 67.9% of the Class of 2016 had obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment by nine months after graduation.[https://www.tourolaw.edu/pdf/Employment_Summary_for_the_class_of_2017.pdf Employment summary for the class of 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420044505/https://www.tourolaw.edu/pdf/Employment_Summary_for_the_class_of_2017.pdf |date=2021-04-20 }} tourolaw.edu Touro Law Center's Law School Transparency under-employment score for the Class of 2017 is 20.3%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2017 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation. For the graduating class of 2021, Touro's LST employment score of 59.1% is the lowest of any law school in New York state.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/states/newyork|title=New York|website=Law School Transparency|accessdate=6 August 2023}}

The cost in tuition and fees for attending Touro Law Center full-time for the 2018–19 academic year is $24,900 per semester and $18,605 per semester for part-time programs.

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• Sol Wachtler – Former Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals;{{cite web|title=Sol Wachtler|url=https://www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/luminaries-court-appeals/wachtler-sol.html|website=New York State Unified Court System|access-date=November 21, 2014}} Distinguished Adjunct Professor.{{cite web|title=Mediation Settlement Day|url=http://www.nycourts.gov/ip/adr/MSD.shtml|website=New York State Unified Court System|access-date=November 21, 2014}}

• Kathleen M. Rice (1991) – U.S. House of Representatives, New York's 4th Congressional District, November 2014{{cite web|url=http://nyenr.elections.state.ny.us/home.aspx|title=NYS Board of Elections Unofficial Election Night Results|work=state.ny.us|access-date=2015-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215111755/http://nyenr.elections.state.ny.us/home.aspx|archive-date=2014-12-15|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last1=Barrios|first1=Jennifer|title=Gov. Andrew Cuomo Wins Re-Election, Kathleen Rice Beats Bruce Blakeman in 4th C.D.|date=5 November 2014 |url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/andrew-cuomo-wins-re-election-as-ny-governor-as-polls-close-1.9581162|publisher=Newsday|access-date=24 November 2014}}
• Sal Iacono (1996) – Comedian, writer and game show host; best known for his roles on The Man Show and the late night television show Jimmy Kimmel Live!{{cite web|title=Sal Iacono – Biography|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0406237/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|website=Internet Movie Database|access-date=24 November 2014}}
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• Martin Tankleff (2014) – Activist{{cite web|title=Martin Tankleff, Wrongfully Convicted of Parents' Murders, Graduates from Touro Law Center|url=http://longisland.news12.com/news/martin-tankleff-wrongfully-convicted-of-parents-murders-graduates-from-touro-law-center-1.8178381|website=News 12|access-date=24 November 2014|archive-date=29 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529011131/http://longisland.news12.com/news/martin-tankleff-wrongfully-convicted-of-parents-murders-graduates-from-touro-law-center-1.8178381|url-status=dead}}
• Bradley Blakeman (1986) – Fox News Contributor; Former Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush; Georgetown University politics professor{{cite web|title=Brad Blakeman – Biography|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2441647/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm|website=Internet Movie Database|access-date=24 November 2014}}
• Gabriel Silva Marques (2014) – Former Deputy Nassau County Comptroller, member of the Portuguese Government's Diaspora Advisory Council (Conselho das Comunidades Portuguesas).{{cite web|title=An Economic Vision to Confront Nassau County's Demographic Trends|url=http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/Comptroller/NewsRelease/2014/documents/DemographicStudy_FINAL.pdf|publisher=Nassau County Office of the Comptroller|access-date=24 November 2014}} {{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Joseph Addabbo, Jr. (1992) – New York State Senator, 15th Senate District{{cite web|title=New York State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. – Biography|url=http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/joseph-p-addabbo-jr/bio|website=New York State Senate|access-date=21 November 2014}}
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• Sam Nunberg (2009) – Former campaign advisor to Donald Trump{{cite web|title=Sam Nunberg LinkedIn profile|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-nunberg-8179298/|website=LinkedIn|access-date=5 March 2018}}
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