Concentrations
Preparing to practice law in today's market requires in-depth knowledge of several subjects on which you can build an economically viable practice, as well as proficiency in professional skills such as interviewing, drafting, counseling, and trial practice. Thus, we offer concentrations, opportunities to help you gain expertise in one or more areas of the law. The concentrations are flexible guides for the second half of law school. They enable you to shape your education to prepare you for the real needs of legal practice. 
Each concentration involves survey and specialty courses, an array of simulations, clinics, or externships to develop your skills, and a culminating experience such as a seminar or advanced practice opportunity that pulls all the elements together. Most concentrations encompass multiple areas of the law that you may decide to pursue.
With planning and careful use of these options, you can also create your own concentration. In the past, our students have used elective courses, externships, and independent studies to prepare themselves for many legal fields including admiralty law, banking law, immigration law, solid waste management law, risk management law, securities law, construction litigation, and international dispute resolution.
Business
A concentration in business prepares students for traditional corporate or nonprofit practice in private firms, corporate legal departments, tax practice, estate planning, or to work with business start-ups in fields ranging from technology to real estate.
Commerce and Technology
This innovative curriculum emphasizes real-world problems and issues as emerging information technologies transform the way the world conducts business. The study of commerce and technology law encompasses a variety of business activities in the Information Age economy, ranging from merely using the computer as a communication device between buyer and seller to the electronic delivery of digital products. It includes the creation of new types of products and services and the development of supportive legal systems to address concerns about the protections of consumers’ private information and the threat of identity theft and cybercrime.
Our e-Law Summer Institute in Cork, Ireland offers a critical learning experience, providing lawyers of the 21st century a greater understanding and appreciation of the domestic and international aspects of the growing and evolving body of Information Age law.
In addition to a JD concentration, the University of New Hampshire School of Law's graduate program offers a Master of Commerce & Technology (MCT), a Master of Laws in Commerce and Technology (LLM-CT) and a joint JD/LLM-CT.
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Criminal Practice
Students prepare for careers as public defenders, private defense lawyers, prosecutors, or lawyers in the corrections system. At UNH School of Law students can gain extensive real life experience through externships, participation in our Criminal Practice Clinic or the Appellate Defender Program.
Intellectual Property
The University of New Hampshire School of Law is a global leader in training lawyers of all backgrounds to deal with technological and scientific issues, maintaining the largest full-time Intellectual Property faculty as well as the largest Intellectual Property library in the nation, and a curriculum of unmatched depth and breadth. Intellectual Property lawyers protect copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and licensing; Intellectual Property lawyers with scientific backgrounds are eligible to become patent attorneys.
UNH School of Law offers the most comprehensive academic summer program in intellectual property law and licensing in the United States on our campus in Concord, NH and, in cooperation with Tsinghua University Law School, a summer institute in Beijing, China .
In addition to a JD concentration, UNH School of Law's graduate program offers a Diploma in Intellectual Property (DIP), Master of Intellectual Property (MIP), a Master of Laws in Intellectual Property (LLM-IP) and a joint JD/LLM-IP.
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International Criminal Law and Justice
Students are prepared to practice law in today’s global community by selecting courses from our extensive selections in intellectual property, commerce and technology, criminal law, and social justice. Clinics provide hands-on learning; studying abroad in our summer programs offers international exposure; externships encourage practical learning and a one-week seminar in Washington, D.C. explores legal responses to terrorism, counterfeiting, intellectual property crimes, human trafficking and more.
In addition to a JD concentration, UNH School of Law offers a Master of International Criminal Law and Justice (MICL), a Master of Laws in International Criminal Law and Justice (LLM-ICLJ), and a joint JD/LLM-ICLJ.
Social Justice Institute
UNH School of Law created the Social Justice Institute to train lawyers for work in the public sector, private practice, or government service, helping to fulfill the growing need for advocates, organizers, strategists and policy experts. Graduates pursue careers in family and youth services, combating of domestic violence, protection of the elderly and people with disabilities, upholding of civil rights, consumer protection, occupational health and safety, GLBT representation, environmental protection, health care delivery and traditional legal aid work.
Beyond the many externship and clinical experiences offered students, UNH School of Law hosts the Public Interest Coalition that sponsors summer fellowships, providing stipends to select students taking unpaid social justice jobs.
