Episodes

Friday May 23, 2025
The Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program
Friday May 23, 2025
Friday May 23, 2025
The Daniel Webster Scholar Honors program: UNH-Franklin Pierce School of Law's unique approach toward training lawyers who are ready to practice on day one after graduation. Over the 20 years since its launch, the DWS program has drawn national attention and praise. In this episode of The Legal Impact, we talk with Courtney Brooks, the Associate Dean for Faculty, a professor of law, and Director of the Daniel Webster Scholar Honors program.

Friday Apr 25, 2025
Mediation's Role in our Legal System
Friday Apr 25, 2025
Friday Apr 25, 2025

Saturday Mar 29, 2025
Challenges to Academic Freedom
Saturday Mar 29, 2025
Saturday Mar 29, 2025
On this episode of "The Legal Impact," we talk with UNH-Franklin Pierce Law Professor Seth Oranburg about how colleges and universities are reacting to the Trump Administration's threat to withdraw federal funding from schools that engage in speech that runs counter to its agenda on diversity, gender, inclusivity and anti-semitism. We explore the legal principles and political realities at stake.

Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Speaking Frankly, IP Attorney Patrick Muffo Shares His Journey
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Alumni are in the spotlight, on the latest episode of The Legal Impact! Our guest is Patrick Muffo, an intellectual property attorney at the Polsinelli Law Firm in Chicago. He graduated in 2007 from what was then called Franklin Pierce Law School. His experience deeply shaped his life, so much so that last year, he started a podcast called “Frankly Speaking,” where he checks in with fellow alums, to learn what directions their lives have taken since leaving “the cozy embrace of Concord, N.H.
Enjoy Patrick's Podcast, "Frankly Speaking."
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Friday Feb 14, 2025
The Legal Landscape for Sports Gambling, with Professor Mike McCann
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Friday Feb 14, 2025
In the new year, congress will look again at laws around sports betting, which has exploded since a twenty-eighteen U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing states to legalize wagering on sports. Today, on The Legal Impact, one of the country’s leading experts on this topic, Michael McCann. He's founding director of the Sports and Entertainment Law Institute at UNH-Franklin Pierce School of Law and is a visiting professor at Harvard.
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Friday Dec 06, 2024
Voting Laws
Friday Dec 06, 2024
Friday Dec 06, 2024
In the four years between the last two presidential campaigns, hundreds of new election laws have been passed in states around the country, including New Hampshire. With a major election just behind us, The Legal Impact looks at the ever-shifting legal landscape around voting, with Professor Kelsey Klementowicz. She’s an attorney, and an academic visiting professor at UNH-Franklin Pierce School of Law, with a specialty in civil rights and election policy. She has advised many groups nationwide about these issues.

Friday Oct 25, 2024
The High Cost of Healthcare
Friday Oct 25, 2024
Friday Oct 25, 2024
On the latest episode of The Legal Impact, UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law Professor Lucy Hodder explains why care is so expensive in this country. Listen to this fascinating overview by one of our state’s leading experts.
Produced by The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication and hosted by The Rudman Center's Laura Knoy.
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Monday Sep 23, 2024
Campus Protests and Free Speech
Monday Sep 23, 2024
Monday Sep 23, 2024
On the latest episode of The Legal Impact, we explore First Amendment rights of free speech and free assembly in light of anti-war demonstrations last spring on college campuses around the country. Our guest is Seth Oranburg, professor at UNH-Franklin Pierce School of Law. He describes common misconceptions around what these rights really mean, and gives examples of universities he believes got it right–and wrong.
Produced by The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication and hosted by The Rudman Center's Laura Knoy.
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Monday Aug 12, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court Part 2
Monday Aug 12, 2024
Monday Aug 12, 2024
A special two-part series on The Legal Impact! There were so many key decisions decided by the high court this year, we decided to present them in two episodes. Part Two covers a half-dozen other important decisions, ranging from government regulation, environmental protection, local homelessness policies, and those perennial Supreme Court issues: guns and abortion. In Part One, we discussed the so-called "Trump Docket."
Produced by The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication and hosted by The Rudman Center's Laura Knoy.
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Monday Aug 12, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court Part 1
Monday Aug 12, 2024
Monday Aug 12, 2024
A special two-part series on The Legal Impact! There were so many key decisions decided by the high court this year, we decided to present them in two episodes. Part One covers the so-called “Trump Docket” - those rulings concerning the former President, including the immunity case. Part Two will focus on other key high court decisions.
Produced by The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication and hosted by The Rudman Center's Laura Knoy.
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