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June 7, 2007

Just Ducky! Minor League Mascot Receives Super-Sized Diploma

“Juris Duck-torate” for Quackerjack and Owner Frank Boulton

Central Islip, N.Y. – It’s a merging of graduation season and baseball season. The

merging of a law school that was just built next to federal and state courthouses

and the popular Long Island Ducks’ Citibank Park in Central Islip.

So in a welcome to the community – and a first-of-its-kind event – the Ducks greeted 70 members of the Touro Law Center faculty and staff at its ballpark on Thursday night and Dean Lawrence Raful presented Ducks owner Frank Boulton and mascot Quackerjack with a six-foot-wide Juris Duck-torate (playing on the Latin juris doctorate) degree before approximately 6000 fans. This is the first time in history that a professional sports mascot has received such a distinction.

 “We’re glad to finally be in our beautiful new building in Central Islip, and this was a lighthearted way for our faculty and staff to take a break and enjoy the game next door,” said Dean Raful, who also threw out the game’s opening pitch. “We’re very appreciative of Mr. Boulton and the Ducks’ hospitality, and were happy to provide some pre-game laughs for the fans.”

Changes at Touro Law Center
Touro, with a student body of 750, is a law school on the rise with a new, cutting-edge academic plan and 180,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art law campus adjacent to and working with state and federal courthouses in Central Islip, N.Y. Touro’s $35M new campus provides a learning model like no other for law students, combining practical courtroom experience with a rigorous curriculum taught by expert faculty.

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