225 Eastview Drive, Central Islip, NY 11722, USA
Phone: 631.761.7010 | Website: www.tourolaw.edu
Introduction
Touro Law Center is committed to providing the best in legal education. Touro Law students are encouraged to examine the moral goals of the law while promoting social justice and community service. Touro College—Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center is at the forefront of legal education in this country. Its students have the opportunity to take advantage of the first-ever law campus in this country—a law school adjacent to and working with both a federal courthouse and a state courthouse. In addition, Touro Law students benefit from a new state-of-the-art facility and a new curriculum that blends the academic rigors of the classroom with the real-life experience of the courtroom. The Law Center is part of Touro College, a Manhattan based institution of higher education founded under Jewish auspices. As a result, Friday is a shortened day and the school is closed on Saturdays. Cafeteria food meets strict kosher standards.
Touro Law is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.
Touro's LLM program for foreign law graduates is the third oldest such program in the New York City metropolitan area, after those of Columbia University School of Law and New York University School of Law. It is a 27-credit program designed to provide a grounding in United States jurisprudence, law, and procedure.
The program was the first in the country to offer a research and writing course designed exclusively for foreign lawyers as well as a course devoted specifically to the US legal system. Distinctive features to the program include:
- Optional survey courses on basic US legal subjects: Constitutional Law, Property, Contracts, Civil Procedure, and Torts.
- The opportunity to "audit" one course per semester. Auditing allows a student to attend a course at no cost and to even take the final exam, but the course does not count toward the credits needed for graduation.
- Students who excel in the LLM program may be considered for transfer to the JD program.
- Tuition is charged on a per-credit basis.
Law School Enrollment
- Total law school enrollment: 840
- Full-time: 601
- Part-time: 239
Physical Facilities
Close proximity to New York City - Free Touro shuttle to and from Long Island Railroad, Central Islip Station
- Easily accessible by car; ample free parking
- 185,000-square-foot state-of-the-art building
- 42,000-square-foot library with 24 library staff
- Free campus-wide wireless network
- Next door to the federal and state courthouses
Housing
The Office of Admissions offers a Housing Information Network to keep students informed of local rentals and of the names of other students wishing to share an apartment. In addition, Touro has special arrangements with Fairfield Properties—an organization with 30 years of experience in providing apartment living on Long Island. Fairfield Properties' apartment complexes consist of spacious studios, one bedroom, and two bedrooms in beautifully landscaped communities. Two-bedroom units can be shared by two students. Touro students enjoy one month free rent, no-fee credit check.
LLM Programs/Areas of Specialization
Touro Law offers two distinct LLM programs: a Master of Laws in US Legal Studies for foreign law graduates and a General LLM program for US law school graduates.
LLM in US Legal Studies
This program gives graduates of law schools outside of the United States a significant exposure to US jurisprudence, laws, and policy. Satisfactory completion of a total of 27 credits is required. Students arriving on student visas must attend full time and will complete the program in about one academic year. Other students may attend part time, taking up to two academic years.
Two courses are required and they are offered on Sundays, Introduction to the US Legal System and Legal Methods for Foreign Lawyers for three credits and two credits, respectively. Five nonrequired survey courses designed just for LLM students are offered each year. They are two- or three-credit condensations of courses that are offered in the first year of the JD program in two-semester sequences. These courses cover Constitutional Law, Property, Torts, Contracts, and Civil Procedure. In the fall, two survey courses are offered on one evening; in the spring, some survey courses are offered on Sundays and some on an evening.
Students may take some or all of these survey courses as well as courses from the rich JD curriculum to satisfy their 22 credits of electives.
Graduates of the program may qualify to take the New York bar examination and be admitted to practice in New York.
For more information, please visit the LLM in US Legal Studies website, or contact:
Susan Thompson
Director of Enrollment
225 Eastview Drive
Central Islip, NY 11722
USA
Phone: 631.761.7012
Fax: 631.761.7019
E-mail: llmflg@tourolaw.edu
General LLM
Students interested in this program should have a JD from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association. This program is for those with a JD or those who have already passed the bar exam and want to return to school to specialize in an area of law. The LLM is a general degree and students in the program may specialize in any area that the law center offers, including Business and Corporate Law, Employment or Labor Law, and Intellectual Property, to name a few. Satisfactory completion of a total of 24 credits is required, including an intensive writing requirement.
For more information, please visit the Master of Laws website, or contact:
Charlotte Taylor
Assistant Dean for Student Services
225 Eastview Drive
Central Islip, NY 11722
USA
Phone: 631.761.7050
Fax: 631.761.7059
E-mail: studentservices@tourolaw.edu
Student Services and Organizations
The Office of Student Services addresses quality of life issues, provides academic and nonacademic counseling, coordinates disability services, supports student organizations, and serves as a source of information for our students. Among the many student organizations are the Asian and Pacific American Law Students Association, the South Asian Law Students Association, the Eastern European Law Students Association, the International Law Society, and the International Law Review.
Career Services
The Career Services Office (CSO) enhances the Law Center's innovative, hands-on curriculum, working with students and alumni to maximize their potential, enhance their marketability and professional development, and give them the edge they need to succeed in the real world of law.
CSO services include:
- One-on-one career goal and strategy counseling
- Résumé, cover letter, and thank you letter assistance
- Interview preparation sessions
- Networking skills seminars
- Career development and practice area programs
- Online job posting via JACOB, powered by Symplicity
- Postgraduate judicial clerkship application assistance
- On-campus interview programs
- Career services library and online resources
- Lifetime career services for alumni
- Flexible programs and counseling schedules to accommodate the demand of evening students
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