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.

Nassau County Bar Association Blood Drive

Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA) is sponsoring a Blood Drive on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 from 1:15-7:15 p.m.

Where:  NCBA, 15th and West Streets, Mineola, NY

Please click on the picture for more information.

Summer Exams - Accommodations Deadline - June 28

Special Exam Arrangements

Students who want special exam arrangements must submit an Exam Accommodations Form to the Office of Student Services by Monday, June 28.

Special arrangements fall into two categories: Deferrals for Scheduling Reasons: Students with two exams on one day can request that one of the exams be deferred to the next open day on the student’s exam schedule. Students with night exams followed by a morning exam the next day may request to take the morning exam on a staggered basis, i.e., beginning at 11:15 a.m. instead of 9:30 a.m. Accommodations for Disabilities: Touro provides reasonable accommodations, including exam accommodations, for students with disabilities, including learning disabilities, health impairments and other conditions. Appropriate documentation is required.

Summer Classes - Computer Exam Registration Information

Touro Law Center
Memorandum

From: Lauren Chite, Assistant Dean for Student Services
Peter Stanisci, Assistant Dean for Information Technology

Re: Taking Final Exams on Laptops


You may take your summer session final exams on a laptop if you follow these instructions:

1. Register by Monday, June 21, 11:59 p.m. by completing the Electronic Examination Form, available online at http://tlcweb.tourolaw.edu. (Choose “Electronic Exam” and then “Apply Online.”) Requests received after this date will not be honored. When you have successfully registered, an automatic email will be sent to your TLC email address stating that your registration was successful. If you do not receive this email, please contact the Office of Information Technology at 631.761.7070 before the deadline. If you have difficulty registering, please contact the Office of Information Technology BEFORE the deadline.

2. Following are additional deadlines you must meet to be eligible to take your exams on a laptop. If you fail to meet any one of these deadlines, you will not be able to take your exams on a laptop.

• Tuesday, July 6, 11:59 p.m.: Students must install the exam software by this date. (If you took your exams on computer in the Spring 2010 semester, you do not need to reinstall the software. If you did not take exams on a laptop in the Spring 2010 semester, you MUST install the software.)
• Tuesday, July 6, 11:59 p.m.: ALL students must download mock exam and upload mock answer.
• 24 Hours Before Each Exam Date: All students must download their individual exam files.

Which laptops are eligible?
Students with PC laptops or Mac laptops are eligible to participate in this program. (Note: Mac laptops must have both the Leopard OSX and Microsoft XP or Vista installed.) Touro Law does not provide laptops to students.

What if I receive exam accommodations?
If you are submitting an Exam Accommodations Form (due June 28) to have an exam time/date changed for an exam conflict or disability accommodation, the instructions above still apply if you plan to use a computer. The Office of Student Services will send you an updated Exam Accommodations Form with your new designated exam date/times.