check out the TOURO TIMES available online today

This week's edition of the Touro Times includes:

• SBA “Hot Topics” lunch on Ground Zero Mosque (Tuesday);
• Central Islip Civic Council Farmers Market (Wednesday);
• 1L Court Observation Orientation (Wednesday);
• plus details on holiday closings and services, Suffolk Bar membership, SBA NYC Back-to-School party (Saturday evening), Law Review/Moot Court Student Colloquium competition,

and much more information you need to know, all at www.tourolaw.edu/tourotimes

Plus this just in: Tuesday, August 31 - SBA election meeting for students interested in running for Secretary and 1L Rep, 5:30 p.m., MFMR.

 

 
 

 

Check out the Touro Times & our new website

First Year Orientation starts Sunday, August 15, regular classes begin Thursday August 19. Get all the information you need to be ready for the fall semester, including the orientation schedule, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) shuttle bus schedule, and the class schedule with room numbers, all on the new website, at www.tourolaw.edu/tourotimes (click August 15, 2010).  You can also check out the new and improved Law Center's website at http://www.tourolaw.edu/.

How I Spent My Summer sponsored by Touro Law Career Services and PILOT

Touro Law Career Services and PILOT are sponsoring the program How I Spent My Summer, where the Berg and REVSON Fellows will talk about their summer 2010 internships . This program is open to all students and will be held on Tuesday, August 24 from 12:30-1:20 p.m. in the FCR. Lunch will be served.

Please also join us for the Twenty-first Annual Public Interest Career Reception on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 from 6:00 - 8:30 pm at the N Y City Bar Association, 42 West 44th Street, New York, NY, between 5th and 6th Avenue (public transportation: subways-- 42nd Street on the B, D, F, V and 7 train; short walk from Penn Station LIRR/NJ Transit and Grand Central/Metro North stations.) The Reception is co-sponsored by 18 law schools in the tri-state area, including Touro Law.

There are a wide variety of opportunities in public interest/service practice which includes work with non-profit organizations, government agencies, and private public interest law firms. The Reception should be valuable to you regardless of whether you are

• committed to becoming a public interest lawyer
• are interested in exploring career paths
• want to learn about such practice areas for internships while in law school
• are interested in organizations you can partner with for pro bono work if you work at a firm

The event was established to introduce you to and highlight outstanding and rewarding work done in the public service as you begin your law school career. Participation in the Public Interest Career Reception will enable you to make contacts and talk with public interest practitioners about their work and experiences. You will gain a significantly greater understanding of the range of public interest/public service work, and enable you to make better choices during your planning process and job search.

For more information, please join us at the How I Spent My Summer program on August 24 or contact thomasm@tourolaw.edu.

New York City Bar's Hot Practice Area for 2010

Attention Touro Law Students and Alumni!!

Are you interested in attending the New York City Bar Summer Series: Hot Practice Areas for 2010?  Touro Law Center is a law school sponsor so all students and alumni can attend for FREE. 

For more information on the City Bar Summer Series Practice Areas, click on the links below.

August 3: Technology
August 4: Immigration
August 5: Healthcare

Please click on the pictures below for additional program information.

Good Luck on the Bar Exam

Good Luck on the Bar Exam


The Office of Student Services wishes you all the best of luck on the bar exam!!!

Attention All Students: AABANY Interview Workshop

AABANY Interview Workshop

Thursday, July 29 @ New York Law School (185 West Broadway, Room 420)

The Student Outreach Committee of AABANY will be hosting an Interview Workshop on July 29, 2010 at New York Law School. Please join them for a panel discussion and be prepared to participate in mock interviews with attorneys familiar with the hiring and recruiting process.  Click on the picture below for more information.

Students- Please e-mail your resumes to Ben Chan at benjamin.chan@law.nyls.edu and indicate your areas of interest in your e-mail. Use “Interview Workshop Resume” in the subject line of your e-mail.

Schedule of events:

6-6:30pm - Arrival

6:30-7:30pm - Panel

7:30-9:00pm - Mock Interviews

Panelists:

-Chia Kang, Esq., Senior Lateral Legal Recruiting Coordinator, Ropes & Gray LLP

-Sung-Hee Suh, Esq., Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

-P. Stephen Kim, Esq., Associate, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP

-Ben Chan (moderator) Co-Chair, AABANY Student Outreach Committee

Registration link: http://www.aabany.org/cde.cfm?event=317726

The event is free, but please register for the event by Tuesday, July 27, 2010.

New Assistant Dean for Student Services

Touro Law Center Dean Lawrence Raful is proud to announce Charlotte Taylor has been named the new Assistant Dean for Student Services at Touro Law Center.  She began at the law center on July 1.

"Charlotte Taylor has an obvious commitment to law students, and we are excited that she will be joining us,” said Dean Raful. “We look forward to having her as part of our administration -- helping to foster student success while promoting the goals of the law school."

Charlotte D. Taylor was formerly the Assistant Dean for Multicultural Affairs and Student Support Services at DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, IL. After graduating from DePaul University College of Law in 1996, she practiced in the area of insurance defense before returning to DePaul as the assistant director of the Academic Support Program. While at DePaul, she co-authored Bridging the Gap Between College and Law School: Strategies for Success (Carolina Academic Press), which has become a standard reference for academic support professionals, pre-law advisers and first-year law students. In 2000, Dean Taylor was promoted to assistant dean for multicultural affairs, to serve as a mentor and adviser to minority students and minority student organizations. In 2004, she assumed additional responsibility for student support services, covering first-year orientation, academic advising, exam administration and Code of Conduct matters.