Touro College

Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
225 Eastview Drive Central Islip, NY 11722
Admissions Phone: (631) 761-7010
Admissions Email: admissions@tourolaw.edu
Web site: http://www.tourolaw.edu
Admissions URL: http://www.tourolaw.edu/admissions/app.asp

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
George Justice
Application deadline
08/01
Full-time program application fee
$60
Part-time program application fee
$60
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
2,057
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
897
Overall acceptance rate
43.6%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
270
Number of full-time program applicants
1,609
Number of full-time program acceptances
733
Full-time acceptance rate
45.6%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
194
Number of part-time program applicants
448
Number of part-time program acceptances
164
Part-time acceptance rate
36.6%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
76
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
2.9-3.43
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
149-153
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
2.95-3.45
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
149-153
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.84-3.35
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
148-152

Career Information

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
NY
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
69.9%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
76.7%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
213
Graduates employed at graduation
N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
77.3%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$52,500
Median private sector starting salary
$65,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$75,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
31%
Median public service starting salary
$52,875
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
2.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
12.0%
Percent employed in government
13.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
4.0%
Percent employed in law firms
67.0%
Percent employed in public interest
2.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
4.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
88%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
8
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
N/A
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
95.0%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
N/A
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
N/A
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
3.0%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
N/A
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
N/A
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
1.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
1.0%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: Touro’s Career Services Office has six professional and two support staff members. CSO assists students with resumes, cover letters and prepares students for interviews with employers. CSO conducts many programs to assist students with employment opportunities. Graduates have lifetime privileges. Touro’s CSO has its own blog: http://tourolawcso.blogspot.com
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
90.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
4.0%
Professional/other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse)
6.0%
Nonprofessional/other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path)
0.0%

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