Touro Law Receives Excellence in Innovation Award
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Touro Law Receives Excellence in Innovation Award
National Honor Recognizes Cutting-Edge Hybrid FlexTime JD Program
June 15, 2026Dean Elena Langan announced today that Touro Law has received the 2026 Excellence in Innovation Award: Law Schools from Insight Into Academia magazine, the nation’s longest-running publication advancing best practices in higher education. The honor specifically recognizes Touro Law’s hybrid FlexTime JD Program and will be featured in the magazine’s July/August 2026 issue.
“This award highlights Touro Law's commitment to breaking down geographic and logistical barriers in legal education,” said Dean Elena Langan. “The FlexTime program was built on the belief that a rigorous legal education should be accessible to everyone, and we are thrilled to bring this exact model of flexible, high-quality legal education to our new Montana campus in 2027 to help address the region's shortage of legal professionals.”
Touro Law’s FlexTime JD program accommodates the schedules of students who require ultimate flexibility to balance their legal education with demanding work or family obligations. Through a rigorous combination of in-person classes required only on Sundays and online coursework, students can complete their degree requirements in just under four years.
The award comes at a pivotal moment of growth for the program. Currently offered at Touro Law’s main campus on Long Island and its Cross River Campus in Times Square, Manhattan, the FlexTime JD program will expand to a brand-new campus in Great Falls, Montana, set to open in Fall 2027. This expansion aims to directly address a documented and growing shortage of legal professionals across the Big Sky region.
“The Insight Into Academia Excellence in Innovation Award: Law Schools is a prestigious national honor recognizing law schools driving innovation in legal education,” said Holly Mendelson, co-owner and publisher of Insight Into Academia magazine. “This selective recognition celebrates programs defined by forward-thinking design and measurable impact—initiatives that raise the standard and advance the field.”
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Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center is located adjacent to both a state and a federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, has a campus in Manhattan. Touro Law’s proximity to the courthouses, coupled with programming developed to integrate the courtroom into the classroom, provide a one-of-a-kind learning experience for law students, combining a rigorous curriculum taught by expert faculty with a practical courtroom experience. Touro Law is dedicated to providing hands-on learning that enables students to gain experience while offering much-needed legal services in the community.
Touro Law, which has an alumni base of more than 8,000, offers full- and part-time JD programs where students can earn a degree in 3 or 4 years. Additionally, Touro offers a hybrid, four-year FlexTime JD Program at the Long Island and Manhattan campuses and in Fall 2027 the program will be offered in a new campus in Great Falls, Montana. The Flextime Program combines in-person and online learning, requiring students to be in class only on Sundays. Touro Law offers several dual degree programs and graduate law programs for US and foreign law graduates. Touro Law Center is part of Touro University.
TOURO UNIVERSITY
Touro University is an international system of non-profit institutions of higher and professional education chartered in 1970. Touro was founded primarily to enrich the Jewish heritage and to serve the larger American and global community. Over 21,000 students are currently enrolled at Touro University at over 38 schools in seven states and four countries: New York, California, Florida, Illinois, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Berlin, Jerusalem and Moscow. New York Medical College; Touro University California and Touro University Nevada; Touro University Worldwide and its Touro College Los Angeles division; as well as Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois are separately accredited institutions within the Touro University system.
Patti Desrochers
Assistant Dean of Communications
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