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April 6, 2006

Auction Honors 13 Pro-Bono Attorneys,

Raises Funds for 13 Student Fellowships

Touro Law Center Continues to Honor Public Interest Work

Huntington, NY – Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center honored 13 public-interest attorneys at its 9th Annual Goods and Services Auction on April 5.

The lawyers were recognized as “2006 Outstanding Public-Interest Attorneys” – and, in that spirit, the Auction raised enough money for 13 public-interest awards for students who help the area’s neediest clients.

Touro Summer Public Interest Law Fellows defend the victims of domestic abuse, protect the rights of refugees from violence from around the world, help charitable organizations and work with advocacy groups. This year’s event raised nearly $40,000, enough for the 13 paid fellowships.

Touro is one of the only law schools in the country with a pro-bono requirement for its graduates. Long Island attorneys honored this year include:

Ilene J. Behar, Hoffman & Behar LLP

Judith A. Eisen, Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C.

Victor Grossman, Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

Colleen Kerwick, Cullen and Dykman LLP

Nazar Khan, Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project

Donna-Marie Kort, Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP

Linda Tennen Kushner, Law Offices of Linda Tennen Kushner

A. Thomas Levin, Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C.

David E. Paseltiner, Jaspan Schlesinger Hoffman LLP

Adam Rosen, Rosen Slome Marder LLP

Donald J. Schwartz, Forchelli, Curto, Schwartz, Mineo, Carlino & Cohn, LLP

Harold Somer, Nassau Volunteer Lawyers Project, Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee Inc.

Louis Vlahos, Farrell Fritz, P.C.

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 $35 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.

Touro Law School has welcomed some of its best-ever entering classes the past two years. Selectivity and test scores for the 25-year-old institution are at all-time highs. Touro has a student body of over 750.

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