A close-knit learning environment
Founded in 1973 to encourage innovation in legal education, Franklin Pierce Law Center is a private, independent law school with an enrollment of approximately 450. Pierce Law remains, by choice, one of the smallest independent law schools in the United States.
Students study in a close-knit, cooperative environment. The curriculum emphasizes an intensive, practice-based approach involving many opportunities for hands-on learning.
Pierce Law's extensive alumni network throughout the United States and around the globe provides limitless options for graduates seeking employment.
Legal services to the state's under–represented are provided through our extensive clinical programs, offering students practical training both in the classroom and in the state's courts. New Hampshire's only law school, Pierce Law has earned worldwide recognition for its programs in the study of international intellectual property.
Accredited by the American Bar Association, Pierce Law is located in Concord, New Hampshire, home to the state's legislature, state offices, as well as local, state and U.S. federal courts. Concord is centrally located, only an hour's drive from Boston, Massachusetts and New Hampshire's majestic White Mountains, pristine lakes, and Atlantic seacoast.
