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Touro and Other Area Law Schools Participating in Lobby Day to Repeal "Don't Ask Don't Tell"

Posted on March 09, 2010
Touro Law Center is participating in the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network Washington, D.C. Lobby Day, Friday, March 19, 2010. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to join a group from area law schools to travel to D.C. to lobby members of Congress to repeal "Don't Ask Don't Tell...

Recession-Proof Practice Areas: A Program for Law Students and Recent Law School Graduates

Posted on March 08, 2010
A New York City Bar Association Program:This tough legal market demands that you think outside the box, be creative, and consider a variety of practice areas. Attend this program and hear a panel of attorneys discuss several practice areas that concentrate on assisting clients with everyday legal issues...

New York City Bar's Thurgood Marshall Fellowship Program

Posted on March 08, 2010
The New York City Bar Association has announced this year's Thurgood Marshall Fellowship Program. This program provides an opportunity for second and third year minority law students from New York area law schools to work with the Association on community legal services or civil rights projects that are the legacy of Justice Marshall...

"Walk Through the Supreme Court" Program with the Nassau County Bar Association

Posted on March 05, 2010
The Nassau County Bar Association invites you join them, as their guest, at an Orientation and Cocktail Party on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 5:15 p.m., so that you can have a tour of Domus, the beautiful, 75-year old home of the Association, and to learn about the benefits of belonging to this organization...

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"Turnaround: Solos seek advice to survive a struggling economy"

Posted on March 01, 2010
The ABA Journal Magazine online recently published an article by G. M. Filisko entitled "Turnaround: Solos seek advice to survive a struggling economy." Anyone in solo practice or interested in pursuing this avenue of legal employment should read this article, a portion of which is reproduced below:"Andrea Goldman, Leanna Hamill and Fred Bauerlein are alone, but they?re not unique...

"300 Things You Can Do With a Law Degree" (Free Webinar)

Posted on February 26, 2010
Have you recently been laid off from your legal job or are unhappy with your current legal employment? Are you having difficulty finding meaningful and productive work in the current tight employment market? Are you unable to focus on or are uninformed as to what other job areas in or out of law might suit you better? If you answered yes to any of the previous questions, this seminar, offered by

Two Great Programs: "Managing Your Law School Debt" and "Deconstructing the Bar Exam"

Posted on February 25, 2010
The New York County Lawyers' Association is hosting two excellent programs:MANAGING YOUR LAW SCHOOL DEBT Understanding the repayment options on your student loans and the basics of personal finance can help you maximize your educational investment. This interactive presentation will focus on money management and personal finance strategies that can help you manage repayment of your debt...

Free Webcast: "Attorney Employment Outlook 2010 and Beyond"

Posted on February 22, 2010
2010 Career Development Webcast Series,Session One:Attorney Employment Outlook 2010 and Beyond Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 12:00 p.m. ? 2:00 p.m.Free Live WebcastTo help lawyers better manage their careers during this tough economy, the New York State Bar Association Committee on Lawyers in Transition is continuing its series of free, live Career Development webcasts in 2010...

The 2010 Patent Law Interview Program

Posted on February 22, 2010
Loyola University Chicago School of Law is hosting the 2010 Patent Law Interview Program on Thursday, July 29 and Friday, July 30 in Chicago, Illinois. This is a nationwide interview program that targets patent law employers, rising 2L and 3L students, and students in Intellectual Property LLM programs...

The 2010 New York City LGBT Career Fair for First-Year Law Students

Posted on February 22, 2010
If you are interested in larger law firms (and have the grades which these firms demand), you should take a look at this career fair.(Click on the image to make it larger.)

Animal Law Program for Legal Professionals and Pet Lovers

Posted on January 27, 2010
The Italian-American Law Student Society is pleased to announce that Carol Ryder, a 2008 graduate of Touro Law Center, will present two programs on animal law. The first, entitled "Animal Law for the Pet Lover" will be held at the Law Center on February 2, 2010 from 12:30 to 1:20 p...

Lawyer Who Inflated Grades Gets 18-Month Suspension

Posted on January 19, 2010
The ABAJournal is a great website to find news about the law, the practice of law, and attorneys. Today, the Journal has an interesting article by Debra Cassens Weiss about the results of unauthorized grade inflation:"A lawyer who inflated his law school grades to get a summer associate position at Sidley Austin got something of a reprieve from an Illinois ethics review board...

The 2010 Cover Retreat: Shaping Public Interest Law for 2015

Posted on January 19, 2010
Shortly before his untimely death in the summer of 1986 at the age of 42, Robert Cover, a beloved law professor, legal scholar, and social activist at Yale Law School, circulated a memorandum among his colleagues on the faculty, advocating the creation of an annual public interest retreat for law students, law teachers, and public interest practitioners that would serve four related purposes:

How Far Back Must Title be Cleared in Post-Katrina New Orleans? (A true story, or so we're told.)

Posted on January 19, 2010
Rebuilding post-Katrina New Orleans often has caused residents to be challenged with the task of tracing title to their home. With a community rich with history stretching back over two centuries, houses have been passed along through generations of family, sometimes making it quite difficult to establish ownership...

Touro Law Center Students and Alums Continue to Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast

Posted on January 13, 2010
For several years, Touro Law students have made two or three trips a year to New Orleans as part of the Student Hurricane Network (now the Student Disaster Relief Network) to help Katrina victims. Students have worked in all sorts of legal, social, and political offices to help people enforce the rights which they have...

Okay. This is difficult. Reality check on the job market.

Posted on January 08, 2010
Recently, the Chronicle of Higher Education published a couple of articles on law students, the job market, debt burdens, and managing expectations. The articles say it like it is, which is not always easy, and they have some solid advice for law schools when it comes to preparing law students for the market...

2010 LGBT Job Fair (in NYC) for First-Year Law Students

Posted on January 04, 2010
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Nassau County Bar Association Bridge the Gap CLE

Posted on December 17, 2009
The Nassau County Bar Association and its Academy of Law presents:Bridge-The-Gap: From Classroom Theory?to the Practice of LawSaturday & Sunday, January 23 & 24, 2010 at the Nassau County Bar Association, 15 & West Streets, Mineola, NYTuition (includes breakfast and lunch) ? Recent law school graduates, attorneys admitted less than 2 years, law student: $245? NCBA members admitted over 2 years:

The 2010 Patent Law Interview Program

Posted on December 17, 2009
The 2010 Patent Law Interview Program will be held on Thursday, July 29 and Friday, July 30 at the Embassy Suites Chicago ? Downtown/Lakefront at 511 North Columbus Drive in Downtown Chicago. This program is geared to students who are interested in large law firms throughout the country which practice exclusively in or have a large department in patent law...

"Younger Well-Dressed Law Prof Notes Clothing Generation Gap"

Posted on December 17, 2009
A December 17, 2010 article in the ABA Journal Online, by Debra Cassens Weiss, talks about something of a male generation gap of style and fashion:"Fashion observers are noting something of a clothing generation gap between baby boomer men given to wearing sloppy dressed-down duds and the younger generation of men who are embracing cutting-edge fashion...

Free Podcast: Networking During the Holidays

Posted on December 14, 2009
The American Bar Association Law Student Division presents:Business Law and Young Lawyers:Networking During the HolidaysA free podcast.Before you head home for the holidays or hit the holiday party circuit, learn how to make the most of social events and family gatherings in advancing your career prospects...

NYSBA Program: Navigating the New Economy - Career Strategies for Lawyers

Posted on December 09, 2009
The New York State Bar Association presents: The Fourth Annual Career Development Conferenceconducted during the NYSBA 2010 Annual Meeting.This year's topic:Navigating the New Economy: Career Strategies for LawyersMonday, January 25, 2010 1:00 - 4:00 p...

2010 Summer Fellowships in Labor Law

Posted on December 08, 2009
The Peggy Browning Fund provides unique opportunities for law students to work for economic and social justice. The Fund accomplishes this goal through a variety of activities, including the sponsorship of legal fellowships and workers' rights conferences for law students...

The ABA's Fund for Justice and Education Project Fellows Program

Posted on December 07, 2009
During these challenging economic times, the ABA Commission on the Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Profession and Legal Needs and the ABA Fund for Justice and Education (FJE) have collaborated to create the FJE Project Fellows. The FJE Project Fellows program will provide meaningful volunteer experience for recent law school graduates who may be unemployed, underemployed or deferred and who

Nassau County Bar Association: Holiday Party

Posted on December 01, 2009
The Nassau County Bar Association has generously invited Touro Law Center students (whether or not you are a Bar Association member) to attend its annual holiday party on December 10, 2009. Any student who is interested in attending this fun and food-filled event, which is a great way to meet and network with attorneys, should email Director of Student Activities Marie Koch...

Legal Services of New York City: Annual Recruitment Open House

Posted on November 30, 2009
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New York City Bar Association Career Search Support Group

Posted on November 24, 2009
On December 2, 2009, the New York City Bar Association will host Dr. Sylvan Schaffer and his career search support group. Dr. Schaffer has a unique approach that will help members cope with the emotional and psychological blocks related to job loss and job search...

Interested in Criminal Law? Free CLE on Transgender Issues in the Criminal Justice System

Posted on November 24, 2009
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PSLawNet.org: The Essential Facts

Posted on November 23, 2009
PSLawNet is an incredible job search resource that contains a comprehensive database of over 12,000 public interest organizations, public interest law firms, and government agencies located throughout the United States and the world. Touro Law Center subscribes to the service and, as a result, Touro students and alums may access the database free of charge...

A New Bar Exam Study Game: "Passing the Bar"

Posted on November 20, 2009
Touro Law Center alum Caryn Pincus (Class of 2006) has created a new board game to help those studying for the Bar Exam (and really anyone studying the Multistate Bar Exam practice areas). The game is called "Passing the Bar" and it is receiving national exposure...

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