The Law Center is part of Touro University, a private, not-for-profit, coeducational institution based in New York City.

[8] After briefly beginning operations in Manhattan, the Law Center's first campus was established in the town of Huntington, which is located in northwestern Suffolk County.

[20] Touro Law Center has at times offered summer programs in Vietnam, Germany, Croatia, China, India, and Israel.

[56][57] The William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst Public Advocacy Center (PAC), established in 2007,[58] has 14 offices and houses on-campus non-profit legal service providers[59] such as the Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc. (grant recipient of the Legal Services Corporation), New York Civil Liberties Union, and the Empire Justice Center (member of the Consumer Federation of America); there are also additional off-campus member affiliates.

[60] The first class graduated in Spring 1983,[60] and in that same year, the Law Center was provisionally accredited by the American Bar Association.

[68] During his tenure, Bainbridge recruited the founding faculty and administrators and guided the school through the first American Bar Association inspection that led to its provisional national accreditation.

[71] During his eighteen-year tenure, Glickstein also oversaw the initial plans for the Central Islip, New York campus and the development of the construction project.

[76][77][78] She served until 2016, when she was promoted to the position of provost of graduate and professional studies for the Touro College and University system.

Harry Ballan, senior counsel at Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP was subsequently appointed to the position.

[82] In 2013, Touro Law Center launched its SSRN Legal Studies Research Paper Series eJournal.

[89] For the graduating class of 2021, Touro's LST employment score of 59.1% is the lowest of any law school in New York state.