Touro Law Celebrates Retiring Associate Dean, Welcomes New Veterans’ Clinic Leadership
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Touro Law Celebrates Retiring Associate Dean, Welcomes New Veterans’ Clinic Leadership
November 9, 2016The Touro Law Center Alumni Veterans Council hosted a brunch on Sunday, November 6, 2016, to mark the retirement of Ken Rosenblum as Associate Dean for Administration and Director of the Veterans’ and Servicemembers’ Rights Clinic, and to welcome the new clinic leadership, Director Rosanne Trabocchi and Staff Attorney Sarah Fetherston. Attendees including Touro Law Dean Harry Ballan, former Touro Law Deans Howard Glickstein and Lawrence Raful, Touro Law faculty and administrators, current Touro Law students and veterans leaders.
The Alumni Veterans Council is an informal group of Touro Law graduates who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Members mentor current students who are veterans; assist in recruiting applicants with military backgrounds; advise Law Center leadership on developing new initiatives to recruit veteran-students, and to better meet the legal needs of veterans and servicemembers; and develop employment opportunities for veteran students and graduates.
The event was held at the Museum of American Armor in Bethpage, a collection of more than thirty restored armored vehicles (most dating to WWII), many of which are operational, along with related exhibits, housed on the grounds of the Old Bethpage Village Restoration on Round Swamp Road in Old Bethpage. According to the museum website, “The ability of the museum to create a military armored column that replicates the sights and sounds of American forces during World War II offers one of the most compelling educational tools our region has in telling the seminal story of American courage, valor and sacrifice.”
Rosenblum, a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran, revived the clinic in 2013, and focused on representing homeless, sheltered and at-risk veterans. He will be remaining at Touro as a part-time consultant on veterans’ issues. Trabocchi is a 23-year US Coast Guard veteran JAG officer who retired in 2012 as a Captain. Fetherston is a former US Air Force officer.
Dean Ballan stated, “Ken Rosenblum is a true leader in every sense as well as cherished friend. The work he has done and continues to do to help veterans is groundbreaking and inspiring. He shares his passion and knowledge with students to continue the legacy of helping those who have given of themselves for our freedoms and way of life. I expect Ken to continue to be a trusted advisor. The entire Touro Law family is extremely proud of him and all that he has accomplished in the service of others.”
Current student and US Army Staff Sergeant Dan Pilo, who has worked in the veterans clinic, stated, “Dean Rosenblum cares about every student and goes out of his way for each of us. He is truly dedicated to this school and our students as well as serving veterans. I am so glad to have gotten to know him and learn from him.”
Since 2013, the Touro Law Center Veterans’ Clinic has focused primarily on representing homeless, sheltered and at-risk veterans, with a view to removing barriers to their reintegration into the community, in areas such as landlord-tenant, debt relief, bankruptcy, mortgage foreclosure, driver’s license restoration/traffic tickets, child support modification, federal and state income tax problems, and discharge upgrade applications.
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