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Megan M. Carpenter is an American lawyer, legal educator, and dean of the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law.

Career

In 2003 Carpenter earned an LLM in International Human Rights from The National University of Ireland, Galway, where she graduated first in her class.

Carpenter practiced law in Pittsburgh, PA at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart (now K&L Gates) where she represented clients on intellectual property and technology-related issues. She is currently a member of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania bar, and Western District of Pennsylvania bar. She is an honorary fellow of the New Hampshire Bar Association.

Carpenter founded and served as co-director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property at Texas A&M University School of Law. She also served as Professor of Law and Faculty Director for several intellectual property and entrepreneurship-related clinical programs. At Texas A&M Carpenter received multiple awards including the Texas A&M University System Distinguished Achievement Award, the President’s Grand Challenge Award and the Judith Kuhn & Stephen R. Alton Service Award.

University of New Hampshire

Carpenter is the first female dean of the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, where she has served as dean since 2017. During Carpenter's tenure, the law school launched a first-in-the-nation Hybrid JD in Intellectual Property, Technology, & Information Law.

In 2018 Carpenter was listed on New Hampshire Magazine's "It List."

She writes and publishes in the area of intellectual property and innovation, including the book, Evolving Economies: The Role of Law in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Carpenter's academic publications include the Hastings Law Journal, Fordham Law Review, Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts, Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, and the Yale Journal of Human Rights and Development.

References

  1. ^ "Faculty: Megan Carpenter (Dean)". University of New Hampshire: Franklin Pierce School of Law. UNH.
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  3. "Honorary Fellows". New Hampshire Bar.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "PROF. CARPENTER TO RECEIVE DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (March 29, 2016)". Texas A&M University School of Law. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  5. "President's Grand Challenge Award".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Andrews, Caitlin (8 March 2017). "Megan Carpenter to become UNH Law's first woman dean". Concord Monitor.
  7. Beyer, Rebecca. "UNH Law's New Dean: Legal Education Needs to Change (March 20, 2017)". Bloomberg Law.
  8. "UNH Franklin Pierce Launches First-in-the-Nation Hybrid JD in Intellectual Property, Technology, & Information Law". University of New Hampshire.
  9. "It List".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. https://fordhamlawreview.org/author/megan-carpenter/
  11. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=986196
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