Thomas Maligno Named to NALP Board

Thomas Maligno Named to NALP Board

April 27, 2010

Central Islip, NY – Thomas Maligno, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center’s Director of Public Interest and Executive Director of the William Randolph Hearst Public Advocacy Center, has been nominated and elected to the Executive Board of the National Association for Law Placement (NALP).


NALP was founded in 1971, during a period of rapid change in both the legal profession and legal education, in response to a perceived need by many law schools and legal employers for a common forum to discuss issues involving placement and recruitment. NALP is dedicated to facilitating legal career counseling and planning, recruitment and retention, and the professional development of law students and lawyers.


“Tom is the only NALP board member who specializes in Public Interest law and we’re very proud of him for being elected to this prestigious position,” said Touro Law Center Dean Lawrence Raful. “Tom has always been dedicated to law students and the profession and this is a natural extension of his hard work and dedication.”



Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center’s 185,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility 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 model for law students, combining a rigorous curriculum taught by expert faculty with a practical courtroom experience. Touro Law, which has a student body of approximately 750 and an alumni base of more than 5,000, offers full- and part-time J.D. programs, several dual degree programs and graduate law programs for US and foreign law graduates. Touro Law Center is part of the Touro College system.

Touro is a system of Jewish-sponsored non-profit institutions of higher and professional education. Touro College was established in 1971 primarily to enrich the Jewish heritage, and to serve the larger American community. Approximately 17,500 students are currently enrolled in its various schools and divisions. Touro College has branch campuses, locations and instructional sites in the New York area, as well as branch campuses and programs in Berlin, Jerusalem, Moscow, Paris and Florida. Touro University California and its Nevada branch campus, as well as Touro College Los Angeles, are separately accredited institutions governed in common by the same Board of Trustees as Touro College. For more info contact:
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