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Touro Law Secures New $50,000 Scholarship

March 22, 2022

Touro Law Center Dean Elena B. Langan is pleased to announce a new $50,000 scholarship. The Raphaelson and Levine Law Firm Scholarship will be awarded to students for whom it will have a significant impact on their financial ability to attend law school.

“We are grateful to Mr. Raphaelson, Mr. Levine, and Mr. Flick for supporting our students by establishing this scholarship to ease the financial burden of law school,” stated Dean Elena Langan. “Generosity such as this makes a huge impact for our students.”

Howard Raphaelson founded the Raphaelson & Levine Law Firm in 1992, serving personal injury victims in the New York region. Andrew Levine joined the firm in 2005 and serves as partner. Corey Flick is an associate at the firm, whose practice is focused on motor vehicle collisions, premises liability, and various other types of negligence actions. The attorneys are passionate about advocating for clients and for helping others. Mr. Raphaelson and Mr. Flick are members of Touro Law’s Board of Governors.

This gift marks more than a quarter of a million dollars raised since August 2021 for student scholarships. Touro Law has always offered scholarship support to both incoming and current students. In the past 10 years, the law school has added more than 67 named scholarships to those scholarships awarded administratively. Alumni, law firms, corporations and friends have donated the new scholarships. 
 
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Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law is located adjacent to both a state and a federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York. Touro Law’s proximity to the courthouses, coupled with programming developed to integrate the courtroom into the classroom, provide a one-of-a kind learning experience for law students, combining a rigorous curriculum taught by expert faculty with a practical courtroom experience. Touro Law is dedicated to providing hands-on learning that enables students to gain experience while offering much-needed legal services in the community.

Touro Law, which has an alumni base of more than 6,500, offers full- and part-time JD programs where students can earn a degree in 2, 3 or 4 years and provides four areas of concentration Additionally, Touro offers a hybrid, four-year FlexTime JD Program combining online and on campus learning. Touro Law offers several dual degree programs and graduate law programs for US and foreign law graduates. Touro Law Center is part of the Touro College system.

The Touro College and University System - Touro is a system of non-profit institutions of higher and professional education. Touro College was chartered in 1970 primarily to enrich the Jewish heritage, and to serve the larger American and global community. Approximately 19,000 students are currently enrolled in its various schools and divisions. Touro has 35 campuses and locations in New York, California, Nevada, Illinois, Berlin, Jerusalem and Moscow. New York Medical College; Touro University California and Touro University Nevada; Touro University Worldwide and its Touro College Los Angeles division; as well as Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois are separately accredited institutions within the Touro College and University System. For more information, visit www.touro.edu.

For more info contact:
Patti Desrochers
Director of Communications
pattid@tourolaw.edu
(631) 761-7062

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