Why Hire a UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law Student or Grad?
UNH Franklin Pierce has a long-standing commitment to practice-based legal education. In the first semester of their first year, students begin learning about and using critical intangible skills such as good judgment, professionalism, networking and mentoring. In their second and third years, many students participate in practice-based clinics, the Daniel Webster Scholars program, legal residencies, and certificate programs. A broad range of alumni, practitioners, and employers throughout the US mentor the students.
"We are extremely proud of our graduates and the dedicated faculty, adjuncts, and staff who work closely with them,” UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law Dean Megan Carpenter said. “Additionally, we are grateful to the many alumni and practitioners across the country who have mentored and hired our graduates."
Posting a Job or Event for Current Law Students or Alumni
You may list a post-graduate, summer, or part-time job on the law school’s internal job board, a 12Twenty platform administered by the Career Services Office. Simply click on the Post a Job for Law Students or Alumni button below. Likewise, to post an event for students or alumni, please click on the Post an Event for Law Students or Alumni button. If you have questions, please contact us at career.services@law.unh.edu.
POST A JOB FOR LAW STUDENTS OR ALUMNI
POST AN EVENT FOR LAW STUDENTS OR ALUMNI
Early Recruitment Summer Intern (On-Campus Interview) Program
Law firms and businesses may participate in the Fall On-Campus Interview (OCI) program to recruit students for the following year's summer internships and entry-level positions. This program minimizes the organizational work for you and your staff. Simply complete and return a form specifying the position qualifications, application materials, deadline, and other key information. We post the openings, students apply for the positions for which they qualify, and after your application deadline has passed, we email you the applications in one batch. When you select the students to be interviewed, we schedule the interviews as you direct either at the law school or virtually. Most employers request that students submit application materials in late May-June and conduct virtual interviews throughout the summer. In-person interviews are typically scheduled beginning in September. If your hiring process occurs earlier or later, we are happy to work with your time frame.
If you have questions or wish to register, please contact career.services@law.unh.edu.
Annual Public Interest & Government Job Fair
Numerous State agencies, non-profits and public interest or social justice organizations participate in the Public Interest & Government Job Fair each January. This is an efficient way for these employers to select volunteers to do legal work for them during the summer. In turn, first and second year law students enjoy a wonderful opportunity to talk with practitioners and consider numerous career options. Employers meet with students in a job-fair format during which students may drop off resumes with the organizations that interest them. Over the following couple of months, employers conduct interviews and select students to assist them during the summer.
To help defray student living expenses during their summer of volunteer work, the Rudman Center sponsors the Rudman Summer Fellowship program, which awards a limited number of $4,800 fellowships to eligible students who participate in a competitive application process.
To learn more about participating in the job fair or sponsoring a Rudman Fellowship, please contact career.services@law.unh.edu.
The Difference Between Internships and Residencies
Internships are generally summer positions for pay if the employer is a for-profit business, or for volunteer experience if the employer is a non-profit or state agency. A residency is a work placement for academic credit. The law school operates a robust residency program in which an employer and the law school Director of the Legal Residency Program co-supervise a student for a semester. The Legal Residency provides the student with practical experience and academic credit while working for the employer. A residency may be paid or unpaid. We offer residencies only during the fall and spring semesters. Because ABA rules govern residency programs at all accredited law schools, a student or employer may not arrange a residency independently. All residencies must be approved by Professor Kara Simard, the Director of Legal Residencies. She may be reached at kara.simard@law.unh.edu or 603-513-5195.
Additional Opportunities to Engage with Law Students
Participate on a panel for the 1L Introduction to the Legal Profession class, volunteer for the Mock Interview Round Robin, help with a community service project, attend a networking event, or sponsor a gathering at your office. For information about any of these opportunities, please contact career.services@law.unh.edu.
Contact Us
Phone: (603) 513-5118
Email: career.services@law.unh.edu
On-Campus Interviews
We encourage you to come on campus anytime to interview our students. We do not have a bidding process; employers select whom they want to interview.
The process is as follows:
- Employers contact us to post a job and request an interview date.
- We collect the required application materials from students and email them to the employer two weeks before the interview date.
- The employer selects the students they wish to interview and notifies us of their choices.
- A final interview schedule is emailed to the employer prior to the interview date.
Resume Collection
- We list the employers' job requirements and ask students to submit their application materials to Career Services by a certain date.
- After the deadline, the applications are emailed in one batch to the employer.
- The employer then schedules interviews with selected applicants on their own.
Resume Direct Send
We list the employers' job requirements and ask students to submit their application materials directly to the employer by a certain date.
You can post notices for post graduate, part-time, and summer positions at anytime. Job postings typically stay in our job database for one month; application deadline extensions may be made if the job is not filled within that time.
Students can contact you directly, or we can collect the requested application materials electronically and email them to you in one batch.
Jobs may be posted anytime throughout the year. See above for more details and click on the Post a Job for Law Students or Alumni button above to get started.
For Employers – Grading & Class Rank
Mean Grade of B
In all UNH School of Law classes with more than 15 students, the mean grade in the class will be no higher than a B. For a particular class, a faculty member may request a waiver from this policy from the Teaching Effectiveness Committee.
In order to receive a waiver, the instructor must show a compelling reason, such that the class is a "mastery" class, involving extensive student discussion and oral and written presentations, which would lead to a majority of the class demonstrating mastery of the subject.
The policy does not apply to classes with fewer than 15 students. For classes with 15 and 25 students, the waiver provision will be liberally applied. For classes with more than 25 students, there are expected to be few waivers. (In classes with fewer than 15 students or where waivers have been granted, there will be no mandatory mean for the class.)
Class Rank Policy
It is the policy of UNH School of Law to calculate the percentage class ranking of a student or graduate who requests it. Percentage class rankings are calculated at the conclusion of the fall and spring semesters and are given only to the student or graduate; they are not published.
Numerical Equivalents, Credit Unit/Grade Equivalents
One credit is equal to one hour (60 minutes) per week of class meeting time or 14 hours per semester.
Fall 1981-present
A+ = 4.33
A = 4.00
A– = 3.67 B+ = 3.33
B = 3.00
B– = 2.67 C+ = 2.33
C = 2.00
C– = 1.67 D+ = 1.33
D = 1.00
D– = 0.67 F or U = 0
S/U/O:
S = grade of C- or higher
U = grade of less than C-
O = outstanding performance by student in a class that is graded solely on a S/U/O basis or in an Independent Study
E = Transfer credits and grades
AW = Administrative Withdrawal
R = Retake of course
AU = Audit
T = Transfer credit only
Looking for a part-time intern for the school year or a full-time intern for the summer? Internships are a great opportunity for employers and for students. Employers benefit from the immediate assistance of a law student, while students can learn about a particular practice area and gain valuable experience in a legal setting. The Career Services Office would be happy to post an internship opportunity for you. Please see above and click on the Post a Job for Law Students or Alumni button to get started.
Please note that not every position qualifies as an internship. The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division has established six criteria to be applied when determining whether an intern in the “for profit” private sector must be paid minimum wage and overtime under the Fair Labor Act.
Fact Sheet #71: Internship Programs Under The Fair Labor Standards Act.
UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law Career Services Office Non-Discrimination Policy
University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law is committed to a policy of providing all students and graduates with equal opportunity to obtain employment and education without discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, or military status.
By using the facilities of UNH Law Career Services Office, including posting internship or job positions, and/or utilizing resume collect or on-campus interview assistance, UNH employers affirm their intent to comply with this policy.
Employers who discriminate are denied access to placement assistance.
