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WWW.T OUROL AW.E DU 55 This approach to legal education fuses the traditional gap between theory and practice between the academy and the practicing bar. By integrating skills and doctrine beginning in the first year and incrementally increasing exposure to hands-on training we are preparing students for the realities of practice training them to be successful legal professionals and supporting them in their endeavors beyond law school. This is an outstanding program that will surely have a profound impact on our students and future Touro Law alumni. Myra Berman Associate Dean for Experiential Learning FOUR CONCENTRATIONS AT TOURO LAW Touro Law now has four concentrations for students who want to study a specific field of law in depth. Concentrations offer advanced training and provide intense study for students who are ready to focus on a specific area of study. As the older segment of our nations population increases there will be a greater need for lawyers trained in the specialized skills and knowledge needed to assist the elderly and their families. The institutions that provide medical and other services to the elderly legislatures and government and private agencies that develop laws programs and policies that affect the aging require lawyers with broad knowledge of the law and sensitive understanding of the circumstances of todays elders and the challenges they will confront in the future. Allied with the Aging and Longevity Institute Touro Law Center now offers students an opportunity to concentrate in this growing field of law. The concentration in Aging and Longevity Law will prepare students to begin careers in elder law health law health regulatory compliance wealth preservation or health care administration all burgeoning areas of law practice that offer promising career paths. Touro Laws Concentration in Criminal Law is designed to aid students in their pursuit of careers as prosecutors and defense attorneys by offering a course of study in criminal law theory advocacy skills development and experiential learning through clinics and externships. When prospective employers review the records of our concentration students they will be assured that these job applicants have the requisite substantive law knowledge and skills training to be highly successful attorneys in this specialized field of legal practice. The Solo and Small Practice Concentration bridges the gap between the doctrinal knowledge and practical competencies taught in law school and those necessary to successfully operate a solo practice. This concentration focuses students on courses where they will build the diverse set of business legal and interpersonal skills necessary in solo and small firm practice. For example courses required for the concentration include Interviewing Negotiating and Counseling Law Practice Management Selected Topics in Ethics for Solo and Small Firm Practice and New York Legal Research. In addition to these courses students will have the opportunity to work with practitioners on simulated cases that will involve the types of matters likely to present themselves in a solo practice. Following that experience students will work on actual cases in a law office setting. Participation in this concentration will eliminate the mystery that often terrifies the new practitioner. The goal of this concentration is to help students succeed both in business and as a high-caliber attorney. The concentration in Land Use Sustainable Development Law prepares students for a wide range of diverse practices including practices in the areas of Construction Environmental Law and Sustainability Fair Housing Land Use Planning and Zoning Real Estate or State or Local Government Law. Graduates who have taken this concentration will have specialized knowledge and skills that should be attractive to many employers in the for-profit public interest and government sectors and provide a useful grounding for those who embark on solo practice. PORTAL ONEINTRODUCTION TO LAW AND LAWYERING During the 1L year Touro Law students learn foundational legal doctrine and are provided with enhanced and meaningful opportunities to engage in practice-related activities. Upon entering law school students are quickly introduced to the professional values inherent in access to justice activities and to pro bono initiatives offered by the law school. PORTAL THREETHE APPRENTICESHIP AND LICENSURE YEAR The third portal encompasses an apprenticeship year a two semester period during which students focus on their entry into the professional by enrolling in clinics legal externships and courses that prepare students for the bar exam. PORTAL TWODEVELOPING COMPETENCIES INTEGRATING DOCTRINE PRACTICE Through the second portal students continue to learn substantive law but focus equally on the development of other core competencies necessary to the practice of law. Touro Law offers 2L students opportunities for in-depth and focused studies through optional concentrations in specific fields of practice complementing the offerings of our Institutes and Centers. PORTAL FOURPOST-GRADUATION EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING Portals to Practice includes a commitment to recent Touro Law graduates. Alumni are offered continued support through the Career Services Office ongoing professional development workshops networking opportunities Continuing Legal Education courses sponsored by Touro Law and an opportunity to learn how to open a law practice.