Charles Temple, Esq.

Clinical Professor, Criminal Practice Clinic / Advanced Criminal Practice Clinic

JD, Franklin Pierce Law Center
BA, University of New Hampshire
ctemple@piercelaw.edu
(603) 513-5157
Courses: Criminal Law Clinic, Criminal Procedure I, Fundamentals of Law Practice, Criminal Law
Committees: PIC Selection, LRAP, Prize Scholarships, NH Minimum Continuing Ed Bd, Teaching Effectiveness Chair
Scholarship

Professor Temple oversees Pierce Law's Criminal Practice Clinic and the Advanced Criminal Practice Clinic, programs that offer students hands-on practice representing clients in the courtroom. He also teaches Fundamentals of Law, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure I.

Temple brings 23 years of trial experience to the position. He has practiced in the New Hampshire District Courts, Superior Courts and Supreme Court. Temple has also appeared in the New Hampshire Federal District Court and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

A 1985 graduate of Pierce Law, Temple served as an adjunct professor in the school's Civil Practice Clinic from 1994-2000. He practiced at Upshall, Cooper and Temple for 18 years.

A member of the New Hampshire Bar Association, Temple participates in the Association's Public Information Committee and serves as editor of the New Hampshire Question of Law. He is also a certified domestic relations neutral evaluator and a Rule 170 civil mediator for New Hampshire Superior Courts. Temple is a member of the American Bar Association. He is a member of the New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.