Contact: Darren Johnson, Director of Communications
(631) 421-2244, ext. 383, djohnson@tourolaw.edu

January 3, 2004

Touro Law Center Adds New Director of Admissions

Touro Law Center in Huntington has named Claire O' Keefe its new Director of Admissions. A 1994 graduate of the law school, she will use her experience as a former student and extensive legal network to help recruit students and advise them toward fulfilling legal careers.

Since 1995, O'Keefe has served as an assistant attorney general for the New York State Department of Law in the Labor Bureau, where she represented the State and the New York State Workers' Compensation Board. She has had cases in both state and federal courts and has been heavily involved in appellate practice.

One of just a handful of law schools nationwide with a pro-bono service requirement for its graduates, Touro Law School welcomed a record-setting entering class this year. Selectivity and test scores for the 24-year-old Huntington institution are at all-time high. Touro is currently undertaking a bold, multi-million-dollar strategic plan that includes a cutting-edge new curriculum and a move to a new home in Central Islip by fall 2006, adjacent to and working with state and federal courts. This modern “law campus” will be the first of its kind anywhere and a national model. For more information about Touro Law School’s full- and part-time academic programs, call (631) 421-2244.

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