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UNH Law Teams Gear Up For Moot Court Season
UNH Law’s 2012-13 appellate moot court teams will compete in six national competitions this season, including two that will take place this weekend. Last year, the school took top honors at one of these, The Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition. Students Anjie Vichayanonda and Jeffrey Larson made history by winning all of the top awards: Best Brief in the Nation, Best Oralists in the Nation, and Best Overall Team in the Nation. This year, Vichayanonda and Larson are among seven former moot … -
IP Symposium at UNH Law Will Help Global Companies Prepare for New Patent Laws
The University of New Hampshire School of Law will host the inaugural Robert Shaw International Intellectual Property Symposium on April 25 in Concord, NH. The event, held in UNH Law's Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property, will provide practical advice to help global companies protect their businesses and gain competitive advantages as the changes from the America Invents Act continue to be implemented. The event is sponsored by Sughrue Mion, PLLC, a global intellectual property law firm with leading industry expertise on … -
UNH Law Faculty News
Mike McCann, who will be joining us this summer to establish the Sports & Entertainment Law Institute, has made a number of national media appearances recently: he was interviewed on the Katie Couric show alongside Joe Paterno's widow and he appeared on HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel to discuss NBA player Royce White. He was also on FoxNews to discuss Lance Armstrong. In his recent SI.com columns he has analyzed the NCAA's case against Penn State and Lance Armstrong. He … -
UNH Law Hosts Client Counseling Competition Despite Blizzard
Winter storm Nemo will not easily be forgotten by those who lived through it, but it will be particularly memorable to the students, professors, volunteers and staff members who worked through blizzard conditions to host the American Bar Association’s Client Counseling Competition at the University of New Hampshire School of Law on Feb. 8 and 9. Despite the second-largest snowfall in Concord’s recorded history and a storm that shut down the school for two days and rendered much of New England … -
UNH Law to Host Symposium on New Hampshire Death Penalty
The UNH Law Diversity Action Coalition, UNH National Lawyers Guild student group, and the law school’s Social Justice Institute will host a symposium on Feb. 13 titled “The New Hampshire Death Penalty in the Era of Addison: Community Voices on Capital Punishment.” “The event aims to orient the Concord community to the issues surrounding the death penalty,” says Kerstin Cornell, a UNH Law student and one of the event’s organizers. “It is an objective symposium that seeks to provide the community … -
UNH Law Students Take Part in Naturalization Ceremony
Three University of New Hampshire School of Law students helped to welcome 2 dozen people as U.S. citizens on February 1, when the school hosted a naturalization ceremony. Students Caitlin Turecek and Lydea Irwin sang the national anthem, and student David Kolesar led the Pledge of Allegiance. “I consider it a great honor to be able to participate in an event like this,” said Turecek, a first-year student. “It was very moving to have the new citizens sing along with us during … -
UNH Law Students’ Victory Will Send Them To National Trial Competition Finals
Two University of New Hampshire School of Law Students will advance to the finals in the National Trial Competition after winning the regional title on Feb. 3. At the competition, hosted by UNH Law, students Peter Park and Matthew Cessna resoundingly defeated a team from Suffolk University Law School, traditionally a strong regional competitor. They will compete in the national finals, in San Antonio, TX, in April. Cessna, who also received an award as one of the region’s two best advocates, and … -
In Article, Professor Advocates Alternative Framework to Civil Gideon for Immigrants Facing Removal
A recent article by Professor Erin Corcoran, director of the University of New Hampshire School of Law’s Social Justice Institute, addresses the possible shortfalls of continuing to push for the courts to recognize a constitutional right to an attorney for immigrants facing deportation. Her article, “Bypassing Civil Gideon: A Legislative Proposal to Address the Rising Costs and Unmet Legal Needs of Unrepresented Immigrants,” argues that given the current landscape, efforts for reform would be better spent focusing on alternative legislative driven …