Judy Prosper, Director of Career Services and Neil Sirota, Assistant Dean of Career Services

The Office of Career Services is proud to join the Rudman Center in administering Rudman Center Summer Public Service Fellowship Awards. The 2023 Rudman Summer Fellow class is comprised of an unprecedented 85 1L and 2L students. In addition to the traditional public interest opportunities with non-profit legal services organizations, public defenders’ offices, and judicial internships at all levels, students will be serving New Hampshire residents at the Governor’s Office, Office of Professional Licensure and Certification, School Board Association, Insurance Department, Commission for Human Rights, and various County Attorneys’ offices.

Almost 20% of 2023 Summer Fellows sought out and landed out-of-state opportunities, including in the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and in the District of Columbia. Some unique out-of-state opportunities include internships with Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center in Colorado, and Veterans Legal Institute in California.

Several students will be conducting athletic compliance for NCAA colleges, including at the University of New Hampshire, Sacred Heart University, University of Virginia, and Utica University.

According to Judy Prosper, Director of Career Services, “The subject matter and geographical variety of internships reflects UNH Franklin Pierce Law School’s commitment to fostering public service in traditional and unique areas of the law in places where students wish to make a difference. The law school is proud to support experiential opportunities with financial assistance to allow students to accept positions with non-profit and government entities around the country.”  

We look forward to hearing from all our students about their experiences as Rudman Summer Fellows and to sharing them with the greater community.  Taylor Vitti, a Rudman Summer Fellow from the 2022 program remarked, "It definitely made me more passionate about education law. My supervisor was so incredibly helpful, and I think through putting in a lot of time and effort and showing I cared, he gave that back to me.”

Watch Rudman Summer Fellows Joshua Salazar 2L, Jonathan Super 2L, Taylor Vitti 2L, and Jacob Watts 3L, describe their 2022 Fellowship experiences during interviews with Rudman Center Engagement Director Laura Knoy. See here for how the program works.

The full list of 2023 Fellowship placements:

Office of Governor Christopher T. Sununu

Hillsborough County Attorney's Office

Cheshire County Attorney's Office

New Hampshire Public Defender

Merrimack County Attorney's Office

Connecticut State's Attorney's Office, New Haven Judicial District

New Hampshire Office of Professional Licensure and Certification

Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

New Hampshire Circuit Court

  • 10th Circuit District Division, Portsmouth
  • 2nd Circuit Division, Lebanon
  • 6th Circuit, Concord

New Hampshire Judicial Branch

New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights

Court Appointed Special Advocate of New Hampshire

Olmsted County Attorney's Office

Sullivan County Attorney's Office

City of Portsmouth

Concord City Prosecutor's Office

University of New Hampshire Athletics

New Hampshire Insurance Department

Connecticut Office of the Attorney General

Rhode Island Legal Services

Connecticut Division of Public Defender Services

UNH Innovation

Hillsborough Superior Court North

University Of New Hampshire Tech Transfer Office

Office of the City Solicitor

University Hospital Health System (Ohio)

United States District Court

  • District of New Hampshire
  • District of Minnesota
  • Southern District of California
  • Southern District of Indiana

Office of the Colorado State Public Defender

University of Virginia

Manchester Solicitor’s Office

New Hampshire Department of Justice, Environmental Protection Bureau

Catholic Charities, New Hampshire

Veterans Legal Institute (California)

Belknap County Superior Court

Rockingham County Attorney’s Office

University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law Criminal Practice Clinic

United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Criminal Division

United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts

New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights

New Hampshire Legal Assistance

United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire

Merrimack County Superior Court

Rockingham County Attorney’s Office

Hillsborough County Attorney’s Office North

Nashua Police Department

Disability Rights Center (New Hampshire)

Utica University (New York)

New Hampshire Banking Department

Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office

Kings County District Attorney’s Office

Essex District Attorney’s Office

Nassau County District Attorney’s Office

New Hampshire Public Defender

  • Nashua
  • Concord
  • Laconia
  • Stratham

United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia

New Hampshire School Boards Association

Sacred Heart University (New York)

Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center (Colorado)

Worcester County District Attorney's Office

Northeast Legal Aid

New Hampshire Supreme Court

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