Nondiscrimination Policy
Touro Law Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, handicap or disability, marital status, or sexual orientation. This policy applies to admissions procedures, educational programs, employment practices, and other activities sponsored by the Law Center. Touro Law Center complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws relating to discrimination.
Student Organization Contact Information
Lesbian and Gay Law Students Association (AMICUS)
sponsors social and educational programs, represents the interests of lesbian and gay members of the Law Center community, participates in public interest legal projects, and is active in regional and national lesbian and gay law student organizations.
Faculty Contact Information
Lewis Silverman
Assistant Professor of Clinical Law
Phone: 631.421.2244, ext. 347
E-mail: lewiss@tourolaw.edu
Administrator Contact Information
No details provided.
Course Titles and/or Descriptions
Sexual Orientation and Law
Offered from time to time
This course addresses the place of sexual orientation in law, ways in which society attempts to control human sexual behavior through law, and ways in which legal decision makers take sexual orientation into account in dispute resolution. Areas covered include constitutional protection of privacy, speech, and association; regulation under criminal law of sexual conduct; regulation of family status and the attendant benefits; and regulation of discrimination in the civilian sector and in the military.
Domestic Partnership Benefits
No details provided.
Additional Information
Touro Law Center welcomes and celebrates diversity within the law school community. Applicants are encouraged to reflect in
their application for admission the diversity their candidacy brings to legal education and legal practice.
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