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31st Annual Commencement Ceremony to Honor, Celebrate Class of 2013
Posted On May 2, 2013
Touro Law Center’s 2013 Commencement ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 26, 2013 at The New... Read More
India Sneed Named a Presidential Management Fellow
Posted On May 1, 2013
Touro Law Center is proud to announce that India Sneed, part-time evening student who will graduate... Read More
TLC-HEART Attorney Volunteer Michael Aronowsky to Receive NYSBA 2013 Presidents’ Pro Bono Service Award
Posted On April 30, 2013
Touro Law Center is pleased to announce that volunteer attorney Michael Aronowsky has been selected... Read More

Thomas A. Schweitzer

Professor of Law


A.B., cum laude, 1966, College of the Holy Cross
M.A., 1968, Ph.D., 1971, University of Wisconsin
J.D., 1977, Yale Law School
Ford Foundation Fellow, University of Wisconsin, 1969-70


Contact Info
Email: TSchweitzer@tourolaw.edu
Phone: Office: 631-761-7142
Room: 315C
Office Hours:
Faculty Assistant: Jackie Hudson
631-761-7007
jhudson@tourolaw.edu
Biography
Admitted to the bars of New York and several U.S. District and Circuit Courts of Appeal. Professor Schweitzer was an associate with the New York City firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell and a trial attorney in the Office of General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Energy before joining the faculty at Touro Law Center. He has published most significantly in the area of education law.



Courses
Property
First Amendment
Law and Religion
Jurisprudence
Education Law 


Publications
For Selected Works, click here.