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Nine Touro Law students completed training in the Restorative Justice Project. Click here to read more! .
During the week of January 2, 2012 Touro Law students traveled to the Gulf Coast to provide legal assistance to residents in New Orelans, LA and Biloxi, MI. Both Gulf Coast regions have been devastated by hurricanes in recent years and most recently by the BP oil spill. Click here to read some of blog entries submitted by students who volunteered as part of the Student Disaster Relief Network.
Thanks to all who participated in the Backpack Pirate Challenge - collecting school supplies for Long Island's homeless children. The drive was a HUGE success thanks to everyone's generosity and support.
PILOT was awarded Student Organization of the Year! Seen here are PILOT board members Brittany Mangain (2L FTD), Suzanne Valles (3L FTD), Tiffany Femiano (3L FTD), John Nicodemo (2L FTD), Erika Last (2L FTD).
Seen here is planning for the kick off of Touro Law's newest group pro bono project. Touro Law's WBA will be presenting at the Suffolk Network For Adolescent Pregnancy. They will provide information on rights and responsibilities of teen mothers. The program will mark the inauguration of the WBA's new group pro bono project to work with volunteer attorneys to provide ongoing legal information to these girls - many of whom are having difficulty understanding the legal issues surrounding them. This picture is from a planning held on October 24, 2012 to plan for the December 6 conference to be held at Touro law where hundreds of clients and professionals will meet.
Since our founding in 1980, Touro Law Center has been committed to providing a quality legal education that encourages students to examine the moral goals of the law while promoting social justice and community service. Today, Touro Law strongly stands as a leader in promoting the moral and ethical responsibilities of our profession.
From honoring our alumni who work in the public interest field to our unique Public Advocacy Center that provides office space to non-profit legal advocacy agencies while enabling our students to satisfy their pro-bono requirements, our commitment to social justice never waivers . . . enriching the character of Touro lawyers and improving the lives of countless individuals in and beyond our local community.
Touro Law Center Campus 225 Eastview Drive/Room 302 Central Islip, NY 11722 Telephone: (631) 761-7033 Fax: (631) 761-7039
Thomas Maligno Director of Public Interest and Executive Director of the Public Advocacy Center thomasm@tourolaw.edu