Charles Temple, Esq.

Clinical Professor, Criminal Practice Clinic / Advanced Criminal Practice Clinic

JD, Franklin Pierce Law Center
BA, University of New Hampshire
ctemple@piercelaw.edu
(603) 228-0643
Courses: Criminal Practice Clinic, Criminal Procedure I, Fundamentals of Law Practice, Criminal Law
Committees: NH Minimum Continuing Ed Bd, Webster Scholar Ad Hoc Study, PIC Selection LRAP Scholarships, Student Scholarship Awards, Teaching Effectiveness, Curriculum
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Professor Temple oversees Pierce Law's Criminal Practice Clinic and the Advanced Criminal Practice Clinic, programs that offer students hands-on practice representing clients in the courtroom. He also teaches Fundamentals of Law, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure I.

Temple brings 24 years of trial experience to the position. He has practiced in the New Hampshire District Courts, Superior Courts and Supreme Court. Temple has also appeared in the New Hampshire Federal District Court and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

A 1985 graduate of Pierce Law, he served as an adjunct professor in the school's Civil Practice Clinic from 1994-2000. He practiced at Upshall, Cooper and Temple for 18 years.

A member of the New Hampshire Bar Association, Temple participates in the Association's Public Information Committee and serves as editor of the New Hampshire Question of Law. He is also a certified domestic relations neutral evaluator and a Rule 170 civil mediator for New Hampshire Superior Courts. Temple is a member of the American Bar Association, as well as a member of the New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and a member of the New Hampshire Public Employee Labor Relations Board. He is also on the Board of Directors for the Merrimack County Bar Association.