Touro Law Center will expand to Montana with hybrid program
To address the shortage of legal professionals in Montana, the Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in New York will open a campus in Great Falls, Montana, offering a hybrid learning model. (Photo by Matthew G. Bisanz/MBisanz, CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
To address the shortage of legal professionals in Montana, the Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in New York will open a campus in Great Falls, Montana, offering a hybrid learning model.
Great Falls and the broader Montana region face a growing and significant shortage of practicing attorneys, as many lawyers near retirement and as fewer young legal professionals establish careers in rural communities. Statistics from the ABA show that in 2024, Montana had 3,603 resident lawyers for its population of 1.1 million and 3.18 lawyers per 1,000 residents, ranking it 19th among states by lawyers per residents.
The program, which aims to launch its first cohort in August 2027, will combine in-person instruction with online coursework, aiming to attract working professionals, rural residents and career changers throughout Montana, according to a press release Monday posted on the New York-based law school’s website.
The Touro Law Center will start recruiting and enrolling for the inaugural Montana cohort that will begin in August 2027, according to the press release, joining Touro University’s established College of Osteopathic Medicine. A new nursing program there is planned, as well.
The program received approval during the May meeting of the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
Law.com has coverage.
Write a letter to the editor, share a story tip or update, or report an error.
