Vault Law School Diversity Profile • 2007 Edition Touro Law Center Recruitment and Scholarships/Fellowships How does your school recruit minority and/or women students? Throughout the year, Touro recruits nationally to attract a diverse group of students. Recruiting venues include HBCU’s and addi- tional campuses located in areas rich with minority populations. Touro will also host on-campus events targeting groups that have been historically underrepresented in legal education. Please describe any scholarship and fellowship programs for minority and/or women students organized through your school. Once a candidate in accepted for admission to attend Touro Law, a decision is automatically made regarding the awarding of schol- arship. While LSAT and GPA are strong factors utilized to make such decisions, all credentials included in the application for admission are considered, including the diversity a candidate may bring to the law school. All candidates for admission are strong- ly encouraged to file their application for admission as early as possible after September 1 of the year preceding their entry date for law school for full consideration of both admission as well as scholarship awards. Additional incentive scholarship awards are made to encourage diversity at Touro. Scholarship award amounts range from $1,000 per academic year to full tuition. Additionally, scholarship awards are made to law students based on their achievement during their law school career. Prominent Alumni/Faculty Please provide information about prominent minority faculty members at your school. Deborah W. Post, Professor of Law. B.A., cum laude, 1971, Hofstra University; J.D., 1978, Harvard Law School. Trained originally as a social scientist, Professor Post was an executive assistant to anthropologist Margaret Mead. Admitted to the bar of Texas, Professor Post was an Associate with Bracewell & Patterson in Houston, Texas, before assuming teaching posi- tions at the University of Houston Law Center and then Touro Law Center. She has published in the areas of both commercial law and critical legal studies. She is the co-author of two recent books, Cultivating Intelligence: Power, Law, and the Politics of Teaching (New York University Press, 1996), with Touro Law Center colleague Louise Harmon, and Contracting Law (Carolina Academic Press, 1996), with Amy Kastely and Sharon Hom. Other articles include: “Continuity and Change: Partnership Formation Under the Common Law,” Villanova Law Review (1987); “Reflections on Identity, Diversity, and Morality,” Berkeley Women’s Law Journal (1990-91); “Race, Riots and the Rule of Law,” Denver Law Review (1993); “Profit, Progress and Moral Imperatives,” Touro Law Review (1993); “Critical Thoughts About Race, Exclusion, Oppression and Tenure,” Pace Law Review (1994); Power and Morality of Grading: A Case Study and a Few Critical Thoughts on Grade Normalization, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review (1997). Beverly McQueary Smith, Professor of Law. B.A., 1970, Jersey City State College; M.A., 1974, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; J.D., 1977, New York University School of Law; LL.M., 1988, Harvard Law School. Admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia, West Virginia, Texas, and New Jersey. Prior to attending law school, Professor McQueary Smith taught English literature at Rutgers. Since becoming a lawyer, she has held posts in every branch of the federal government. Professor McQueary Smith began her career in legal education at South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas, and she has been on the Touro Law Center faculty for thirteen years. She is a past president of the National Bar Association. Please provide information about prominent minority alumni from your school. Melanie D. Hendry, is an Associate of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C.’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution department. Ms. Hendry’s practice includes all facets of state and federal civil litigation, as well as arbitration, involving complex commercial disputes, contracts, employment, partnership and corporate disputes, bankruptcy, restrictive covenants, personal injury, trade secrets and intellectual property. Prior to joining Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., Ms. Hendry was a Legal Intern at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, where she conducted legal research and assisted with trial preparation. Ms. Hendry was also a Legal Intern to the Honorable Ruth C. Balkin - Nassau County Family Court - where she conducted legal research on var- ious issues and assisted with daily court proceedings. Ms. Hendry graduated Summa Cum Laude, salutatorian from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center where she made Dean’s list every semester. She served as Editor-in-Chief of the Touro Law Review and attended law school on a full academic scholarship. She graduated with honors in May 2004 with the CALI Academic Read all of Vault’s Law School Surveys at www.vault.com/lawschool — get complete surveys on top law schools, C A R E E R 187 expert advice on applicaton essays, LSAT prep and more. L I B R A R Y Vault Law School Diversity Profile • 2007 Edition Touro Law Center Excellence Awards; Legal Methods I, Legal Methods II and Property I. She also received the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Leadership and Overall Academic Excellence and two student awards: Exemplary Contributions to the Quality of Student Life and Exceptional Contributions to the Growth of the Law Center. Manuel Matos represents U.S. companies in connection with cross border loan restructuring and workouts. He counsels U.S. companies operating in Latin America facing complex debt–related issues and requiring legal and extra-legal intervention. In addition, Mr. Matos represents financial institutions in the U.S. based leveraged lease transactions including leasing and selling of aircraft, manufacturing and construction equipment. Public Interest Upon graduating law school Mr. Matos served as executive director of the Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights. During his tenure he participated in numerous nationally broadcast debates and appeared frequently as a commentator on various programs including The Charles Grodin Show, Janet Parshall’s America, Dateline NBC,CNBC, CNN, BBC, ABC, Univision and Telemundo. Along with Frank McCourt and Dennis Walcott, Mr.Matos was a featured speaker helping Mayor Guiliani launch New York City’s immigration coalition. Mr. Matos has served on numerous non-profit boards and committees including: The New York Immigration Coalition (NY), Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s Census Advisory Committee (Cal.), Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund’s Census Committee (NY), National Hispanic Media Coalition (NY), National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (D.C.)Dominican American National Roundtable (D.C.- co-founder), Institutional Review Board for Human Research at Columbia Medical School (NY), Lark Theatre Company (NY). Mr. Matos graduated from Touro Law school where he received, amongst other distinctions, the Community Service Award, the American Jurisprudence Award for Trial Practice and the Best Oral Advocate Award. He currently resides in New Jersey with his wife Digna and three boys, Mason-William, Nicholas and Thomas. Please provide information about prominent women faculty members at your school. Louise Harmon, Professor of Law. B.A., with highest distinction, 1971, Indiana University; J.D., with honors, 1979, University of Texas at Austin; LL.M., 1983, Harvard Law School; Ph.D., 1998, Columbia University. Admitted to the bar of Illinois. Before beginning her career in legal education, Professor Harmon was in private practice with a large commercial law firm in Chicago. In addition to her regular teaching, she offers courses, respectively, in Indian and Tibetan Law and Philosophy and China’s Legal Traditions in Touro’s summer programs in India and China. Among her many publica- tions, Professor Harmon is author of Fragments on the Deathwatch (Beacon Press, 1998) and co-author, with Touro Law Center colleague Professor Deborah Post, of Cultivating Intelligence: Power, Law, and the Politics of Teaching (New York University Press, 1996). Eileen R. Kaufman, Professor of Law. B.A., with highest honors, 1970, Skidmore College; J.D., 1975, LL.M., 1991, New York University School of Law. Admitted to the bars of New York, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Professor Kaufman came to teaching after a number of years as managing attorney with Westchester (NY) Legal Services. She is the founder and director of Touro’s summer program in India, the only American law school program on the Indian subcontinent. She serves on the board of directors of the Society of American Law Teachers and is the reporter for the Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, which writes the model jury instructions for New York State trial judges. Formerly the Law Center’s Vice Dean, Professor Kaufman has published primarily in the area of civil rights law. Rena C. Seplowitz, Professor of Law. A.B., summa cum laude, 1973, Barnard College, Phi Beta Kappa; J.D., 1975, Columbia University School of Law. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Admitted to the bars of New York and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Professor Seplowitz spent a number of years in private practice with the New York City firm of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler before entering legal education. Publishing mostly in the area of trusts and estates, she is associate editor of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal. Professor Seplowitz is also a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Please provide information about prominent women alumnae from your school. Nasaau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice graduated from Touro Law Center in 1991. In November of 2005, Kathleen Rice became the first woman elected District Attorney in Long Island’s history. Her victory builds on an already distinguished career of public service. Ms. Rice’s career has been spent fighting for victims and victims’ families and advocating for a legal system C A R E E R 188 L I B R A R Y © 2007 Vault, Inc.