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Touro Timeline Groundbreaking Legal Education Government officials, Touro College President
Dr. Bernard Lander, Touro Law Center Dean Lawrence Raful and
Dean Emeritus Howard Glickstein, along with judges, faculty,
staff, students and union representatives helped break ground on
Touro Law Center’s ambitious new campus in Central Islip on
February 24, 2005. Highlights included Dean Emeritus Glickstein
breaking a bottle of champagne on a bulldozer and climbing on
board for a photo op.
Concrete
Progress
On Friday,
April 29, 2005, the first concrete was poured for the foundation of
the Law Center’s future home in revitalized Central Islip, NY.
The $35 million, 180,000 square foot facility will soon be
rising beside the Cohalan New York State Court Complex and the
Alphonse D’Amato United States Courthouse, the latter the
second-largest such facility in the country.
 Topping
Off Officials celebrated again at a
ceremonial "Topping Off" on Tuesday, November 1, 2005,
to mark the end of steel construction at the site. In
attendance: Honorable Arthur Spatt, U.S. District Court Judge,
Eastern District; Hon. H. Patrick Leis III, District
Administrative Judge, Tenth Judicial District (Suffolk Co.);
State Senators Caesar Trunzo and Ken LaValle; Touro College
President Dr. Bernard Lander; Touro Law Center Dean Lawrence
Raful; and Dean Emeritus Howard Glickstein, along with other
state, county and town officials, judges, faculty, staff,
students and union representatives and workers. Scores of
well-wishers signed the last beam, which was hoisted to the apex
of the building and riveted in to applause.
Summer of 2006 The following summer saw
the building enclosed, with walls erected and glass installed.
Photos.
 Classes
in Cohalan Fall 2006 marked the beginning
of Touro's innovative new Court Observation program, headed by
Prof. Lynne Kramer. As part of the program, first-year students
attended arraignment court in the Cohalan State Courthouse
across the street from the nearly-completed Touro Law Center
site. Third-year Trial Practice students argued a mock case in
the courthouse before sitting State Supreme Court Judge Joseph
Pastoressa for their final exam. Ribbon
Cutting
Classes began on the new campus on
Tuesday, January 16, 2007. An official "Ribbon Cutting"
was held on the following Monday. Speakers included Suffolk
County Executive Steve Levy, US District Court Judge Leonard
Wexler, State Supreme Court Judge H. Patrick Leis III, Touro
College President Bernard Lander and Touro Law Center Dean
Lawrence Raful. Scores of alumni, students, faculty and staff
also attended. The opening was covered by a wide variety of
newspapers and
TV stations.
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