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Is Touro accredited? |
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Yes. The Law Center is fully approved by the American Bar Association (ABA) and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). Graduates of ABA-approved law schools are eligible to sit for the bar examination in any jurisdiction in the United States. |
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What degrees does the Law Center offer? |
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Juris Doctor (J.D.)
J.D./M.B.A. with Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus
J.D./M.B.A. with Dowling College
J.D./M.P.A. (Health Care) with Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus
J.D./M.S.W. with the State University of New York at Stony Brook
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
LL.M. in U.S. Legal Studies (for Foreign Law Graduates) |
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What clinical programs are available at Touro? |
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Business,
Law & Technology Clinic
Civil Practice Clinic
Civil Rights Litigation Clinic
Criminal Law Clinic
Elder Law Clinic
Family Law Clinic
International Human Rights Clinic
Judicial Clerkship Clinic
Not-For-Profit Corporation Law
U.S. Attorney's Office Rotation |
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In what areas of law does the Law Center specialize? |
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While a Touro education prepares students for a career in virtually any field of law, the Law Center's curriculum is particularly rich in the following areas:
Business Law
Criminal Law
Family Law
Health Law
Intellectual Property Law
International Law
Public Interest Law
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What is the Law Center's total enrollment? |
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Approximately 750 J.D. and 40 LL.M. students are enrolled. |
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What is the size of a typical Law Center class? |
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16 - 24 for tutorials and seminars
70 for required first-year classes
65 for required and elective upper-level classes |
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What is the Law Center's student: faculty ratio? |
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For 2007-2008, it is 16:1 |
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How diverse is the student body? |
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For 2007-2008, it is 23%
minority and 47% women. |
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What is Touro's LSAT/UGPA profile? |
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For students matriculating in the Fall of
2007, the 75th percentile LSAT score was 153; the 25th percentile LSAT score was
150. The 75th percentile undergraduate GPA was 3.30; the 25th percentile undergraduate GPA was
2.78. |
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How many applications does Touro receive each year? |
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We received 2,204 J.D. applications
for the fall 2007 entering class. |
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How many seats are available in the Fall entering class? |
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For Fall 2008, there will be 190 full-time seats,
65 part-time evening seats, and 15 part-time day seats available in the entering class. |
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What are the hours for full-time and part-time? |
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Full-time is anytime between 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday and anytime between 9:30 a.m. and 3:20 p.m. on Wednesday and between 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Friday.
Part-time in the evening is from 6:30 p.m. to between 9:35 p.m. and 9:55 p.m. from Monday through Thursday.
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How long does law school take? |
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Attending law school full-time (12-16 credits per semester), most students complete the J.D. program within 3 years, but may accelerate to 2½ years by attending summer sessions.
Part-time students (8-11 credits per semester) usually take 4 years to complete the J.D. program, but may accelerate to 3½ years by attending summer sessions.
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Does Touro offer summer courses? |
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Yes. Summer sessions are available and open to students who have completed the first-year requirements successfully. Students may take up to 6 credits in the summer program at the Law Center campus (seven weeks from the end of May to the middle of July) or abroad in Russia, Israel, India, China, or Germany (four to five weeks each, from late May through the end of June). |
