Project P.A.T.C.H.  Project P.A.T.C.H. (Participatory Awareness Through Community Help) is a partnership among the Law Center , the Northport-East Northport School District , the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Law Youth and Citizenship (LYC) program, and the New York State Education Department (SED).  The purpose of LYC is to:

• train teachers to use law-related education methodology;

• develop and distribute law-related education materials for teachers;

• involve attorneys and judges in educational programs, both in and out of the classroom; and

• provide assistance to schools to teach students about the law and government and encourage active citizenship.

The Law Center has been working with the Northport-East Northport School District Project P.A.T.C.H. for over fifteen years. Touro has:

• arranged for faculty members to teach in middle school and high school classes;

• developed  a library of age and grade-appropriate law-related materials for use in high school classes; and

• developed and hosted a virtual law library of cases and materials relevant to high school law courses on its website (including the text of the Constitution, selected United States Supreme Court opinions, summaries of major constitutional law cases, and a glossary of legal terms).

ADOPT-A-SCHOOL.  The Adopt-a-School Program is supported by two student organizations, the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) and the Latino/a American Law Students Association (LALSA), together with Touro faculty and administrators. Through this innovative program, Law Center students become mentors and tutors to underachieving and disadvantaged students at nearby Huntington High School .  Other similar outreach programs are undertaken throughout the school year by a variety of student organizations.

SUFFOLK COUNTY WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATION .  The Law Center provides office space, meeting rooms, voice and e-mail, and volunteer student assistants for the Suffolk County Women?s Bar Association (SCWBA), the Suffolk County Chapter of the Women?s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY).  Hosting the SCWBA is the forerunner of a planned public interest wing in the Law Center ?s proposed new facility in Central Islip , NY .  This wing would provide similar space and amenities for other community groups with law-related missions or purposes.