Applications to be a TA

Sent for Prof. Darrow-Kleinhaus:


Hi Everyone,

I want to thank all of you who have submitted emails and resumes expressing an interest to become a TA for Fall 2009 Professor Berman and I have received your materials and will be touch with you over the summer.

If you have not applied and are interested, there is plenty of time to do so and you may send an email and resume over the summer break.

Good luck on your final exams and enjoy your summer vacation.

Professor Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus
Director of Academic Development

1L's: Final Exam Strategy Session

Posted for Professor Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus

Dear 1L Student,

I am writing to invite you to attend a Final Exam Strategy Workshop. Applying the approaches in my book, Mastering the Law School Exam, I will take you through an actual Contracts final exam and show you how to allocate your time, plan and outline your answer, and work through the problems.

Please join me this Tuesday, April 28 from 12:30 to 1:20 in Room 308 and on Thursday at 6:30 in Room 209.

I am looking forward to helping you succeed on your final exams.

Professor Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus
Director of Academic Development
Room 314 (631) 761-7116

Touro Summer Session in NYC!

Based on student response, the Law Center will offer Business Organizations I (Professor Meredith Miller) in New York City this summer, (subject to sufficient registration). The class will meet Monday and Wednesday 6:30-9:10 pm on same schedule as Touro's on-campus summer session, so the first class would be Wed 5/27. Last class is Monday, 7/13. Exam is Monday, July 20, 6:30 p.m. Classes will be at the Touro Graduate School of Business, 65 Broadway in lower Manhattan. Watch Monday's Touro Times for details and registration instructions.

To reemphasize, the offering is subject to sufficient registration, so if you have requested this course, please follow the instructions in the Touro Times and register promptly.

For students who need to accrue residency credit for the summer session, you might consider adding an Independent Study Project for one credit (part-timers) or two credits (full-timers). It's also possible that another class will be added to the NYC summer session. Stay tuned!

Updated List of Spring 2010 Courses

SPRING 2010 ELECTIVES
AND FLOATING REQUIRED COURSES

(This list is tentative and is offered as an aid to long-range planning. Not all elective courses will be offered, and additional courses may be added.)

Day
Advanced Trial Practice
American Legal Studies
American Legal Studies Practicum
Business Organizations Practice Module
Business Organizations I
Business Organizations II
Business Technology Clinic
Civil Practice Clinic
Civil Rights Litigation Clinic
Creditors’ Rights
Criminal Law II
Criminal Law Clinic
Criminal Procedure
Disability Law
Drafting Commercial Documents
Elder Law Clinic
Estate & Gift Tax
* Evidence
Family Law
Family Law Practice Module
Family Law Clinic
Holocaust & the Law
International Law
Judicial Clerkship Clinic
Jurisprudence
Justice
Land Use, Zoning & Planning
Pre-trial Litigation
Professional Responsibility
Sales
Sports Law
Trial Practice
* Trusts & Estates
Trusts & Estates Practice Module

Evening
Advanced Legal Research
American Legal History
American Legal Studies
American Legal Studies Practicum
Business Organizations Practice Module
Business Organizations II
Corporate Tax
Creditors’ Rights
Criminal Procedure
Drafting Commercial Documents
Employment Discrimination Law
* Evidence
International Human Rights Clinic
Interviewing, Negotiating & Counseling
International Human Rights
Law Practice Management
No-For-Profit Corporation Law Clinic
Pre-trial Litigation
Real Estate Transactions
Sales
Secured Transactions
Settling Legal Disputes
Trial Practice
* Trusts & Estates
Trusts & Estates Practice Module


* Floating required courses

Fall Registration Update -- AWR Courses

Updated list of courses that can be used to satisfy the Advanced Writing Requirement (subject to professor's agreement to supervise you):

Advanced Family Law (Kennedy)
Advanced Legal Research (A. Schwartz)
Criminal Procedure (Arcila)
International Criminal Law (Derby)
International Law (Derby)
International Human Rights (Reicher)
Intellectual Property (Seplowitz)
Jurisprudence (Citron)
Law & Literature (Pocock)
Law & Medicine (Swartz)
Law, Race & Gender (Subotnik)
Rights of Children (Swartz)
Rights of Children (Berman)

Summer Registration: Manhattan Courses?

The Law Center is considering offering a course in New York City this summer, either Bus Orgs I or Bus Orgs II (Professor Meredith Miller). The class would meet at the Touro College Graduate School of Business, 65 Broadway in the financial district in lower Manhattan, M-W evenings, on the same schedule as Touro’s on-campus summer program (late May-early July).

Interested? Contact Associate Dean for Administration Ken Rosenblum, kenr@tourolaw.edu.

For information on the on-campus summer program, see http://www.tourolaw.edu/pdf/publications/SummerSchedule.pdf.

Fall Registration Update: Courses that Satisfy Requirements

Courses that Satisfy Perspective Requirement:

Day:
Comparative Law (Morton)
International Law (Derby)
International Human Rights (Reicher)
Jurisprudence (Citron)

Evening:
International Criminal Law (Derby)
Law & Literature (Pocock)

Courses that Satisfy Intermediate Skills Requirement:

Day:
Bus Orgs Practice Module (Murtha)
Crim Pro Practice Module (Davis)
International Sales Law & Arbitration (Graves)
Interviewing, Negotiating, and Counseling (Kramer)
Settling Legal Disputes (Abramson)
Trial Practice-ISR (Kramer)

Evening:
Bus Orgs Practice Module (TBA)
Crim Pro Practice Module (TBA)
Family Law Practice Module (TBA)


Courses that Satisfy Advanced Writing Requirement:

Independent Study, 1 credit (your choice of professor)
Advanced Family Law (Kennedy)
Advanced Legal Research (Schwartz)
Criminal Procedure (Arcila)
*International Criminal Law (Derby)
*International Law (Derby)
*International Human Rights (Reicher)
Intellectual Property (Seplowitz)
Law & Medicine (Swartz)
Law, Race & Gender (Subotnik)
Rights of Children (Swartz)
Rights of Children (Berman)

*also satisfies Perspective

Fall Registration Updates - new courses

Courses Cancelled from Fall 2009 Schedule:
Conflict of Laws (Derby) M/W 8:20-9:35

Courses Added to Fall 2009 Schedule

Advanced Family Law Seminar - Professor Desiree KennedyLaw 966U 2 credits NEW COURSE
M 6:30-8:10 p.m.

Advanced Family Law takes students beyond the issues covered in the basic Family Law course and offers an opportunity for in-depth study of contemporary issues in Family Law. Students will be eligible to be selected to participate in an externship with matrimonial judges for additional credits. The discussion-based seminar will also feature guest speakers on a number of timely topics important to family law practice. Subjects which may be covered include adoption, surrogacy, child custody litigation, valuation issues in equitable distribution, and mediation in domestic relations cases, but topics are subject to change based on student interest. Students may be eligible for Advanced Writing credit in lieu of the final exam with prior approval of the Professor. Prerequisite: Family Law.


Law, Race and Gender – Professor Dan Subotnik
Law 908A 2 credits NEW COURSE
T 4:30-6:10 p.m.

Is race dialogue honest and comprehensive or, as U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder put it, are Americans "cowards"? To what extent is the race and gender literature relevant to the fair needs of minorities and women? When does that literature work to alleviate social problems and when does it aggravate them? These are the principal questions addressed in this course.

Among the specific issues to be discussed: are multiple choice tests such as the LSAT discriminatory or do they measure something useful? What makes for race-based test and grade gaps? Is "stereotype threat" a substantial factor? Whatever the answers to these questions, do gaps strengthen or weaken the case for affirmative action? To what extent is taking race into account in police and other criminal justice work justified?

On the gender side: Are women similar enough to men that we should expect that their representation in law schools, law firms and the rest of society should be the same as men? If women are different, how are they different, and what are the implications? What arrangements should be made by society, whether through the legal system or otherwise, to take into account the fact that women generally spend more time on child care and other domestic duties than do men? Are law schools sexist in terms of hiring, promotion, and mode of instruction? Is the definition of rape too narrowly drawn? What would ideal rape reform look like?

A paper is required in this course, which can be used to satisfy the Advanced Writing Requirement. No prerequisite.


Law & Literature: Professor Sharon Pocock (Law 947U)
2 credits Thursdays, 8:15 p.m.-9:55 p.m.
See course description in Course Catalog. Course satisfies Perspective Requirement and course paper is eligible for Advanced Writing Requirement.

International Criminal Law: Professor Dan Derby (LAW 728U)
3 credits Monday/Wednesday, 6:30-7:45
See course description in Course Catalog. Course satisfies Perspective Requirement and course paper is eligible for Advanced Writing Requirement.

Writing Competition for Graduating Students - Deadline April 24, 2009!

The following writing competitions are open only to Law Center GRADUATING students, and so offer the best chance of winning.

The New York State Bar Association Law Student Legal Ethics Award offers a $750 prize for the best paper on professional responsibility or legal ethics. Although no page limit is specified, entries should be approximately 10 or more pages in length. Any paper on the subject written during your time here at Touro can be submitted.

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition offers prizes of $600 and $250 for the best essays on any aspect of copyright law. For more information on the competition requirements, please visit the Office of Student Services. Please note that you may not submit a paper that has already been published.

The Best Paper by a Graduating Student Award carries no cash prize, but is a very prestigious honor awarded to the graduating student who in the judgment of a faculty committee has written the best paper, published or unpublished, on any legal subject. Any paper written during your time here at Touro can be submitted.

The same paper can win more than one award. Entries in all of these competitions must be submitted, in hard copy, to the Office of Student Services by Friday, April 24, 2009. You must submit one copy of your paper for each competition.