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Jennifer Oles
Thu, 21 Nov 2019 07:15 -0500

When the 43 students enrolled in UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law’s newest JD program arrived in Concord in August, most of them didn’t spend too much time unpacking. That’s because the program — a hybrid JD in intellectual property, technology and information law — is a new kind of program, the first mostly online juris doctor in the United States focused on intellectual property and law for the information age. Following a 5-day residential session and orientation at the law school’s Concord campus, the students in the inaugural class returned to homes and jobs across the country to continue their coursework online. “We’re reversing the law school/ student relationship,” explains Megan Carpenter, dean of UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law. “Rather than students moving to Concord for a...