[9] As part of its opening, the Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Institute of George Washington University transferred to the law center as the PTC Research Foundation, including its flagship publication, IDEA.

[4] That same year, it split from Franklin Pierce College, beginning its run as an independent law school.

[11] That would continue until April 27, 2010, when Franklin Pierce Law Center formally signed an affiliation agreement with the University of New Hampshire.

[7] At the alumni reception during the INTA Annual Meeting in 2019, Dean Carpenter announced the incorporation of "Franklin Pierce" back into the school's name.

[15][16] UNH Franklin Pierce has been among the top 10 intellectual property law schools in the United States for the past 30 years.

The school also confers a Masters of Intellectual Property (MIP), making it one of the only law schools in the United States offering a graduate degree in intellectual property specially designed for scientists, engineers and any interested persons not holding a law degree.

[17][24] Students in the Hybrid program earn their JD in three and a half years and complete their classes through a mix of in-person and remote instruction.

[25] In 2005, the New Hampshire Supreme Court launched an alternative bar licensing process at the UNH School of Law.

The Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program, a collaboration of the Court, the law school, the New Hampshire Board of Bar Examiners, and the New Hampshire Bar Association, is an intensive practice-based honors program that encompasses the last two years of law school.

The clinical programs include work in Criminal Practice, Intellectual Property & Transaction, and International Technology Transfer.

[31] The tuition at the University of New Hampshire School of Law for the 2023–2024 academic year is $40,000 for NH residents and $48,000 for non-residents.

[32] The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $219,793;[33] however, only 3.5% of students pay full price.