Megan Carpenter

Megan Carpenter is Dean of the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, which has been a top-ranked school in Intellectual Property around the world for three decades. Dean Carpenter is a thought-leader in intellectual property, technology, and education. She has extensive experience in institution-building; her track record includes significant accomplishments in the development of new revenue streams, product and service innovation, policy, and diversity and inclusion.

Carpenter writes in the area of intellectual property and innovation, including the book, “Evolving Economies: The Role of Law in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.” She has written multiple book chapters and published works in 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. Before entering academia, Dean Carpenter practiced law at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart (now K&L Gates).