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

February 16, 2005

PRESS CONFERENCE/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

See Photos of the Clearing

Touro to Break Ground on New, State-of-the-Art Law School

Much Anticipated Campus Will Work

With Adjacent State and Federal Courts

WHO: Public officials, Touro College President Dr. Bernard Lander, Touro Law School Dean Lawrence Raful and Dean Emeritus Howard Glickstein, along with judges, faculty, staff, students and union representatives and workers.

WHAT: Officials will help break ground on Touro Law School’s ambitious new campus. Visuals include architectural renderings, the operation of heavy machinery and a ceremonial sign-raising.

WHERE: Adjacent to the Alfonse M. D’Amato United States Courthouse, 100 Federal Plaza, Central Islip.

WHEN: 11 a.m., Thursday, February 24. Approximately 30 minutes.

WHY:  Building permits were approved by Islip Town on Tuesday, February 15, after years of planning. Touro is currently undertaking a bold 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. The new campus will stress hands-on legal education, expanding learning from the classroom and textbooks into real courtrooms. The total cost of the project is expected to be approximately $33 million. This modern, 180,000-square-foot “law campus” will be the first of its kind anywhere and a national model. It will also be a cornerstone in an effort to revitalize Central Islip.

ABOUT TOURO: One of just a handful of law schools nationwide with a public 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 an all-time high. Suffolk County’s only law school, Touro has a student body of over 750.

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