Touro Law in the News

• "A.G. Schneiderman Announces More Than $11 Million in New Funding…” Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announces Touro Law as one of two dozen recipients of funding to help prevent foreclosures and rebuild communities greatly affected by the housing crash. New York State Office of the Attorney General, October 1, 2015
• Touro’s Legal Incubator Helps Grads Launch Practices, While Filing Community’s Needs” Touro’s Incubator program, the “Community Justice Center of Long Island,” is highlighted and discusses the attorneys’ experiences and the legal work performed. Newsday, October 5, 2015
• Gillibrand Presses for Gun Trafficking Bill” Senator Gilibrand’s roundtable discussion at Touro with Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, law-enforcement official, and gun-control activists is highlighted. Newsday, October 9, 2015
• 500 in New York State Must Pay Total of $3.4m in Sandy Aid Back to Feds” Daniel Strafer of the Disaster Relief Clinic is quoted about FEMA’s recoupment of grant money and notes that the Clinic is getting favorable dispositions for its clients. The Associated Press, October 10, 2015
• Dickson City Attorney Offers Legal Services to Region’s Senior Citizens” Touro Law alum Brenda Colbert is profiled as a compassionate and expert in her work with elderly clients in estate planning matters. The Times Tribune, October 11, 2015
• Gun Debate Rages On, But Some Look for Alternate Narratives” Senator Gilibrand’s roundtable discussion at Touro Law with Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, law-enforcement official, and gun-control activists is highlighted. Newsday, October 11, 2015
• More Superstorm Sandy Fallout: The Disaster-Grant Money New Yorkers Owe Back to Feds” Daniel Strafer of the Disaster Relief Clinic is quoted about FEMA’s recoupment of grant money and notes that the Clinic is getting favorable dispositions for its clients. Newsday, October 11, 2015
• “FEMA Looks to Get Back Millions from Sandy Victims” In a video, Daniel Strafer of the Disaster Relief Clinic discusses FEMA’s “clawback” letters and unfair policies. News 12, October 12, 2015
• “Interest Charges Added to Sandy ‘Clawbacks’” Daniel Strafer of the Disaster Relief Clinic is quoted in regards to FEMA’s “clawback” letters and proposes the need for greater scrutiny that grant applicants must meet under FEMA’s criteria. News 12, October 12, 2015
• “Touro Names Legal Aid Chief as Lawyer in Residence” Seymour James, attorney-in-chief of the New York City Legal Aid Society, is announced as Touro’s 2015 Public Interest Lawyer in Residence. New York Law Journal, October 16, 2015
• Schumer Asks FEMA to Stop Using Treasury Department for Debt Collection” Daniel Strafer of the Disaster Relief Clinic discusses notice of debt letters sent to Sandy victims from the U.S. Treasury. Daniel’s work to terminate a client’s debt was also highlighted. Newsday, October 21, 2015
• Legislator Anker Supports Touro Law’s Senior Citizen Program” Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker praises the Senior Citizens Program at Touro for free comprehensive legal services. LongIsland.com, October 21, 2015
• James Starts His Touro Residency” Seymour James is pictured alongside Touro Law staff and students during his two-day visit as the 2015 Public Interest Lawyer in Residence. New York Law Journal, October 23, 2015
• “After Superstorm Sandy Victims Faced Burdensome and Fraudulent Insurance Claims Process, Senator Gillibrand Announces New Reforms to Protect Homeowners” Melissa Luckman of the Disaster Relief Clinic voices her support for Senator Gillibrand’s “Flood Insurance Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015” as important for defrauded homeowners after Superstorm Sandy and for future flooding events. NewsRoom, October 25, 2015
• GSSC Partners with Touro Law for New Patch Program - GSSC unveils its all-new Justice Patch Program in partnership with Touro Law. Girl Scouts of Suffolk County Magazine, Fall 2015, Volume 1
• Experts Discuss How to Apply to Law School” Asst. Dean of Admissions George Justice sums up what law school admissions are looking for and how numbers do not fully define an applicant. The Ticker, October 26, 2015
• Flood Insurance Review Plagued with Delays” Melissa Luckman of the Disaster Relief Clinic and clinic-intern Jeannette Villeda are pictured consulting with a Long Islander. Melissa is quoted in regards to FEMA’s broken promises. Newsday, October 29, 2015
• Nassau District Attorney Race: Kate Murray Versus Madeline Singas” Professor Richard Klein weighs in on the candidates for Nassau County District Attorney and the transferability of administration skills. Long Island Press, October 30, 2015

• Underpayment on FEMA Flood Insurance After Superstorm Sandy, feature on families who have not been able to recover their losses following Sandy and efforts by Touro’s Disaster Relief Clinic to assist them. Clinic Director Benjamin Rajotte interviewed on camera at the clinic, ABC News, Feb. 27
  
• New York's Eastern District Deciding How to Handle All the Sandy Cases, Benjamin Rajotte talks about the challenge homeowners face with insurance claims, Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog, Feb. 22
   
• Touro Grant, news about the school’s receipt of a $40,000 grant from the Hagedorn Foundation, a Long Island-based philanthropic organization that promotes social equality, Long Island Jewish World, Feb. 21-26
  
• Jews in Shanghai and China During the Holocaust, video of Dr. Pan Guang, vice chairman and professor of the Shanghai Center for International Studies, speaking at Touro about Jews who fled Europe for China, YouTube, Feb. 14
   
• Eastern District Awash in Sandy Insurance Cases, quotes Benjamin Rajotte, director of Disaster Relief Clinic, who says most of the Sandy litigation will go to federal court because the National Flood Insurance Act dictates that lawsuits challenging flood coverage trigger federal jurisdiction, New York Law Journal, Feb. 13
  
• NY Top Judge Proposes Law Students Work for Credit, New York’s chief judge unveils plans to let law students spend their last semester doing free legal work for experience and credit. Dean Patricia Salkin quoted, Associated Press, Feb. 11
  
• Office Max Blunder Exposes Pitfalls For ‘Big Data’ Purveyors, feature story quoting Jonathan Ezor, professor and director of the Touro Law Center for Innovation in Business, Law and Technology, LAW360, Feb. 11. Note: to view article requires free trial. 
  
• Meet J Ball’s King of Hearts, Bruce Gould, profile of Bruce Gould, Touro Law Class of 1984, who created the school’s first endowed chair and established the prestigious Bruce K. Gould Book Award. Together with his family he has named the law school library, the Gould Law Library, Heritage Florida Jewish News, Feb. 7
  
• Attorney-Client Privilege Questioned After Inmate’s Call is Recorded, Professor Richard Klein interviewed on camera about sanctity of attorney-client privilege in case involving prosecutors submitting audio from an interview with a criminal defendant, I-Team, NBC New York, Feb. 4

• Flood Ebbs, Insurance Woes Don’t, feature story quotes Benjamin Rajotte, director of Touro Law Center’s Disaster Relief Clinic, where law students assist homeowners with their claims, The New York Times, Jan. 24
  
• Suffolk Day School Engineering a New Curriculum, feature story on innovative program at Jewish Academy of Suffolk County involving Law Center teaching six and seventh graders about the law, The Jewish Week, Jan. 15
  
• Martin Tankleff Gets More than $3.3 Million Settlement from New York State,  story about Martin Tankleff, 42, a Touro law student scheduled to graduate in May who received a settlement after his 1990 conviction for killing his parents was overturned. New York Daily News, Jan. 7
  

• Will Sandy Deadlines Be Missed to Sue for Sandy Money?, quotes Benjamin Rajotte saying homeowners still owed money will have to file federal lawsuits to preserve their rights, Newsday, Dec. 27.
  
• Letters to the Editor, letter by Professor Rodger D. Citron published about the controversy surrounding Hannah Arendt’s provocative “Eichmann in Jerusalem,” The New York Times, Dec. 20
  
• Kathleen Rice Takes on Bullying, Prostitution and Public Corruption, profile of alumna, class of 1991, Long Island Jewish World, Dec. 13
  
• Best Law Schools for the Devout, Touro Law is ranked second in the “Top 5 Schools for Jews” list (please see page 31); Professor Samuel J. Levine is quoted on Jewish traditions followed at Touro, in “Law Schools for those of the Jewish Faith” (please see page 33); and Touro Law’s LEAP program is highlighted in the story “Should Law Schools Be Colorblind,” (please see pages 35 and 39), PreLaw Magazine, Winter 2014  

• Long Island Business News noted the new appointments of our Land Use and Sustainable Development Law and Advisory Board. Read here.
  
•  Touro Law's partnership project with the Jewish Academy is covered in Newsday on October 18, 2013.
  
• The October 17, 2013 issue of the Islip Bulletin highlights our Senior Citizens Law Program on Page 5 and the Disaster Relief Grant announcement is noted on page 10.
  
• Touro Law's cemetery restoration project with written about in Jewish Week on October 9 and Newsday on October 13, 2013.
  
• Professor Benjamin Rajotte, Director of the Disaster Relief Law Clinic, held a live chat for Newsday readers who had insurance questions relating to SuperStorm Sandy.
   
• The Portugese American Journal covered an upcoming Kristallnacht event at the law center.
   
• The New York Law Journal wrote an article on Touro Law being awarded a $600,000 grant for our Disaster Relief Clinic on October 15, 2013.
   
• Professor Rajotte's Insurance Checklist for homeowners facing insurance deadlines was noted in Newsday on October 10, 2013.
   
• Professor Rajotte was quoted in a Newsday article about the FEMA filing deadline extension for Superstorm Sandy victims.
   
• The Associated Press wrote an article about the FEMA deadline extension that included a reference to Professor Benjamin Rajotte and the Disaster Relief Clinic on October 1, 2013. It was picked up by several news outlets including the Wall Street Journal.

• Law Firm Incubators Help Both Grads and Needy Clients, profile of and video interview with Fred Rooney, who leads the law school’s new International Center for Post-Graduate Development & Justice, a national clearinghouse for the law firm incubator and legal residency movement, ABA Journal.com, September 18, 2013.
  
• The Legal Significance of the Leo Frank Case, Professor Rodger Citron writes on the conviction of Leo Frank, one of the most troubling cases in American legal history, with this year marking the 100th anniversary of the conviction, Justia.com, September 16, 2013.
  
• U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Visits Central Islip, Receives Award for Autobiography “My Beloved World,” Justice Sotomayor’s visit to Law Center, photo with Dean Patricia Salkin, LongIsland.com, September 12, 2013.
  
• Touro Honors Sotomayor As Author, photo of Justice Sotomayor receiving book award at Law Center, with Dean Salkin, President Kadish and Bruce Gould, benefactor of the award, New York Law Journal, September 11, 2013.
  
• Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Visits Touro, feature story on Justice Sotomayor’s visit. Photo with Dean Patricia Salkin, Newsday, September 9, 2013. 
  
  Debate Heats Up Over 2-Year Law Schools, quotes Dean Salkin on talks about condensing the educational program and practical aspects of such a change, Long Island Business News, Sept. 6-12, 2013.
  
• The Law Center’s ProBono Uncontested Divorce Project was named one of the 25 most innovative ideas law schools have launched in the last year, National Jurist, September.
  
  

• March on Washington commemorated at Touro Law School, on the 50th anniversary of the historic march for Civil Rights, Prof. Jeffrey Morris recounted its immeasurable impact on the country, Long Island News 12, Aug. 28
  
• Firm Commitment, feature on Touro Law’s creation of incubator, the International Justice Center for Post-Graduate Development, to help grads find their footing, Long Island Business News, Aug. 26.
  
• Law Schools Gain Greater Autonomy, feature story on American Bar Association reforms expected to impact law schools, with photo and commentary from Associate Dean Deborah Post, The National Law Journal, Aug. 19. Also appeared in dailyreportonline.com
  
• Victims of Hurricane Katrina and Touro Law Students Help Those Affected by Sandy, feature story about law students from Louisiana, some of whom lost their homes in Katrina, visiting law school’s Disaster Relief Clinic for a week to provide legal aid for Sandy victims, The Jewish Voice, Aug. 15
  
• AP wrote a story, Flood of Legal Questions Now Roils Sandy Survivors, on legal aid being offered to victims of Superstorm Sandy, highlighting the complex issues faced by homeowners and efforts of Touro Law Center’s Disaster Relief Clinic and others to solve them, quoting Dean Patricia Salkin and Clinic Director Benjamiin Rajotte, August 13, 2013.
  
• These Students are on the Six-Year Plan, feature story on new “3+3” programs offered by at least two dozen law schools including Touro, quoting Dean Patricia Salkin and photo of Dean Salkin, The National Law Journal, Aug. 12. Also appeared in dailyreportonline.com
  
• UCF-Barry Partnership Would Help Law Students Graduate Earlier, story on partnership program that mentions UCF’s plans to start offering an accelerated degree program with Touro Law Center, Orlando Sentinel, Aug. 6

• Q&A: Kathleen Rice, Nassau DA, interview with the Touro Law alumna, Long Island Business News, July 8, 2013.
  
• In D.C., Medical Marijuana is All About Location, Location, Location, Dean Salkin quoted in story about District of Columbia and zoning and land-use restrictions related to marijuana regulation, The Atlantic Cities, July 3, 2013.
   
• Privacy, Transparency and Google’s Blurred Glass, essay by Assistant Professor Jonathan Ezor, The Privacy Advisor, July 2013.
   
  

• Rooney Joins Touro to Advise ‘Incubators,’ story about Fred Rooney joining Law Center to lead the establishment of a resource center that will create legal residencies and ‘incubator’ programs for solo practitioners, New York Law Journal, June 28, 2013.
  
• Attorneys have a ‘Lot to Analyze’ in Gauging the Impact of DOMA Ruling on Client Benefits, Associate Professor of Clinical Law Lewis Silverman quoted, New York Law Journal, June 28, 2013.
  
• Supreme Court Strikes Down Part of Defense of Marriage Act, Professor Silverman served as on-air legal analyst regarding same-sex marriage cases, FiOS1 Long Island, June 26, 2013.
  
• Touro Law Students Come to Aid of Sandy Victims Battling Insurance Company, feature on students from Disaster Relief Clinic volunteering in a trailer where Sandy victims are living, helping them regain their homes, CBS New York, June 19, 2013.
  
• The New York Bar Foundation Grants $52,000 to Groups Helping Victims of Superstorm Sandy, announcement Law Center to participate in grant, readmedia.com, June 12, 2013.
  
• Touro Law School’s Disaster Relief Clinic Helps Elderly Sandy Victims from Oakdale, News12 Long Island, June 12, 2013.
  NYCLU: Racial Disparity in Marijuana Arrests, Professor Richard Klein quoted, Newsday, June 6, 2013.
   
  New Name, Focus for Touro Business Institute, story on Law Center’s Institute for Business Law and Technology, Long Island Business News, June 5
   
  Graffeo Touts Law, Law Beat column notes New York State Court of Appeals Associate Judge Victoria Graffeo received honorary degree at commencement; Dean Salkin mentioned as being remembered by local audience from her time at Albany Law School, Albany Times Union, June 5, 2013.
  
  

• Touro College 2013 Commencement, covered in Newsday, May 26, 2013.
  
• Lawyers Object to Mandatory Pro Bono Reporting, story quotes Director of Pro Bono and Public Service Tom Maligno, Long Island Business News, May 14, 2013.
  

• Article in Newsday features free legal advice from local law students and volunteer lawyers in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Click here to read.
  
• Newsday writes about Touro Law Professor Beverly McQueary Smith's retirement. Click here for article.
  
• Touro Law and UCF signed an agreement for a 3+3 accelerated law program. The new partnership was highlighted in a New York Law Journal article and an article in Long Island Business News.
  
• New scholarship packages for Veteran students were noted in an article in the New York Law Journal "Law Schools Increase Financial Aid for U.S. Military Veterans."
  
• Professor Richard Klein is quoted in a USA Today article about the Central Park Jogger Case.
  
• Newsday's article, NY Labor Laws at Center of Sandy Cleanup Contract Probes features quotes from Professor Richard Klein.

March 2013

• Professor Bill Brooks is quoted in a Newsday article on a precedent-setting lawsuit by a couple who are mentally disabled and getting married but will be forced to live separately.
  
• Touro Law hired Dedire Byrne as Pro Bono Student Coordinator to organize efforts of law students from across the nation who want to help Long Island's Hurricane Sandy victims as noted in Long Island Business News and New York Law Journal.
  
• Director of ProBono Thomas Maligno was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article describing residents struggles with bureaucracy since Hurricane Sandy called Sandy Stirs Legal Mess. 
  
• Touro Law students win Nassau Bar Moot Court Competition. Article appeared in the Long Island Exchange.

 November 2012

• Professor Jonathan Ezor's article "Ethics Crash Course in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy" was published in Law Technology News.
  
• Touro Law's new storm help relief effort TLC-HEART is featured in the National Law Journal.

• Touro Law students and Professor Raful are highlighted in an article in the New York Law Journal titled "Few Exemptions Anticipated for New Bar Admission Mandate." Click here to read.
  
• Touro Law alums Karie Keyison '12 and Benjamin Tracy '12 join the New York City Law Department. Click to read the article in The New York Law Journal. 

• The New York Law Journal profiles Dean Salkin and Touro Law Center. Click here to read.
  
• Touro Law has been awarded a grant from Attorney General Schneiderman to support the work of the Mortgage Foreclosure and Bankruptcy Law Clinic. Click here to read the article in the New York Law Journal.
  
• Queens DA hires 15 new assistants, including two Touro Law graduates. Click here to read.

• Dean Salkin is featured in Long Island Business News.

• Dean Salkin began her tenure at Touro Law on July 30, 2012, as noted in Newsday.
  
• Dean Raful was quoted in LIBN's article on virtual lawyering.
  

• Jeffrey Goodstein '97 was nominated by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to the Court of Claims Bench. 
  
• Tommy Galan '02 and his unique CLE program were mentioned in the ABA Journal's article on unusual CLE programs.
  

• Professor Richard Klein was quoted as an expert on wrongful confessions in the Arizona Daily Star.
  
• Professor Richard Klein was cited as a law expert in Newsday, discussing a case involving amnesty for retirees who turn themselves in for participating in disability fraud. Click here to read article.
  
• Touro Law alum Captain James Van Thach '02 was recently provided a Service Dog to assist with injuries suffered when serving in the Iraq War. Among others, he was featured in the New York Daily News and profiled by CBS news.
  
  
• Touro Law announced the appointment of new dean, Patricia Salkin. The announcement resulted in several stories in the press, including:
  NYLJ
  Times Union (Albany)
  Long Island Business News
  National Jurist

April 2012

• Congratulations to Harold M. Somer '83, president of the Alumni Association of Touro Law Center, who has been named Pro Bono Attorney of the Month for April 2012 by the Nassau County Bar Association. Read here.
  
• Touro Law alum Stephen Sharon '09 was interviewed on CBS as an internet safety expert, discussing banning online gaming for sex offenders. Click here.

• Two Suffolk County District Attorney summer internships for Hispanic students from Touro Law will be funded by the Long Island Hispanic Bar Association. Video footage was seen on Verizon Fios and printed in Newsday.

• David Flores, an evening student at Touro Law and credit counselor at  GreenPath Debt Solutions, was featured on WPIX News talking about consumer debt and credit repair. 

• Kathleen Rice '91, Nassau County District Attorney, is quoted in a Newsday  article, "DA: 2 Charged in ID Theft Tax-Return Scam."
  
• Touro Law alum Matthew Daus '92, former chairman of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission from 2001 to 2010, wrote an OpEd for the New York Times called "Hailing the Wrong Taxi".
  
• Touro Law alum and Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice '91, who filed criminal charges against a young man who took standardized tests for others, appears in this CBS 60 Minutes piece called "The Perfect Score: Cheating on the SAT".

December 2011

• Thomas Maligno is profiled by the ABA Center for Pro Bono Exchange. Read the article here.

• Dean Raful is quoted in the New York Law Journal article, "Majority of Law Schools Post Higher Pass Rates for July Exam."
  
• Dean Raful is quoted in an article by Thomson Reuters about the bar pass rate, "More than half of NY law schools increase bar passage rate."
  
• 3L Whitney Montgomery is featured in a National Law Journal article titled, "An Early Connection."

• Dean Raful is quoted in an article in the New York Law Journal, "Under Plan, Lawyers Who Counsel Poor Would Get Loan Help."
  
• Touro Law Dean Lawrence Raful and Professor Myra Berman are named Educators to receive Leadership in the Law - Educator of the Year awards hosted by Long Island Business News.

• Touro Law professor Jonathan Ezor is quoted in Fox Business article titled,"Seven Ways to Ruin Your Resume."

• Touro Law evening student David Flores is a Certified Consumer Credit Counselor at GreenPath Debt Solutions. He was featured twice on CNN to discuss foreclosures and the housing market. View his first appearance and his second appearance on CNN.

• Touro Law co-sponsored a conference with Fordham Law School titled "Bob Dylan and the Law". The conference has received much attention in the press including the New York Times article The Legal Side of Bob Dylan.

• New pro-bono project by PILOT students featured in Long Island Business News article "LI Law Schools Create Youth Courts."
  
• Touro Law and Dean Raful featured in the Wall Street Journal Blog posting, "The Incredible Shrinking Law School? It's the Vision of Two Deans."
  
• Dean Lawrence Raful featured in the New York Law Journal's article "Two Deans Say They  Will Trim Entering Class"
  
• Touro Law featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education's piece, "Law Schools Revamp Their Curricula to Teach Practical Skills" (login may be required)

• Professor Brooks was featured in a New York Times piece about billing patients who sue.

• Touro Law receives a B+ from PreLaw Magazine in their listing of Best Public Interest Law Schools

• Assistant Dean Charlotte Taylor’s article “The Law School Admission Committee:  What They Want (and Don’t Want) from Applicants” was published in the Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) Winter/Spring 2011 magazine

• 3L student Andrew Bernstein featured in National Jurist article

• Alum Judge Jeffrey Arlen Spinner '87 is the subject of this article, where Professor Leif Rubinstein is also quoted. 
• Professor Rubinstein is interviewed with one of the clinic clients on NBC.