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

March 3, 2005

Touro to Host Public-Interest Law Seminar and Wine and Cheese Reception

Huntington, N.Y. – Touro Law Center will host a discussion and its annual Wine and Cheese Reception on Monday, March 7. Tickets are $25 and available at the door, or by calling 631-421-2244, ext. 307. The talk, "Political Activism Versus Litigation in Public Interest Law," will take place in the Auditorium starting at 4:30 p.m. Speakers include: Ed Hernandez, director of Brookhaven Coalition for Peaceful Solutions; Harold Abramson, a professor of law at Touro Law Center; Jack O'Connell, president of Health & Welfare Council, and Joan Magoolaghan, a partner in the firm Koob & Magoolaghan.

The Wine and Cheese Reception will follow at 6:30 p.m. in the Faculty Conference Room.

The event is sponsored by the Public Interest Law Organization of Touro (PILOT) and benefits the law school's Loan Forgiveness Fund, which provides grants to graduates working for public interest law organizations.

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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