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  • Melissa Lynn Davis joined UNH Law in August of 2020 to direct the Criminal Practice Clinic. As Director, she supervises students as they represent clients in criminal cases in New Hampshire's Circuit and Superior Courts.

    She joined the New Hampshire Public Defender in 2005 as a Staff Attorney. She practiced in Strafford, Grafton, and Coos Counties representing indigent clients accused of a range of criminal offenses. In 2017 she became the lead trainer for the New Lawyer Trial Skills Course, a multi-day training in theory driven trial preparation for new NHPD lawyers. In 2018 she became Managing Attorney for the Littleton Office of NHPD.

    In 2023, the New Hampshire Bar Association Awarded Professor Davis its Outstanding Service in Public Sector/Public Interest Law.

    In 2024, Professor Davis was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers and is now a member of the New Hampshire State Committee. Professor Davis is a Board Member for the New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers where she also sits on the CLE committee.

    She is a graduate of American University, Washington College of Law (J.D. - '05) and the University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A. '99).
  • Teaching Activities

  • Criminal Practice Class Taught course
  • Criminal Practice Class Taught course
  • Criminal Practice Clinic Taught course
  • Criminal Practice Clinic Taught course
  • Evidence Taught course
  • Fundamentals of Law Practice Taught course
  • Adv Criminal Practice Clinic Taught course 2023
  • Criminal Practice Class Taught course 2023
  • Criminal Practice Clinic Taught course 2023
  • Fundamentals of Law Practice Taught course 2023
  • Independent Study Taught course 2023
  • Adv Criminal Practice Clinic Taught course 2022
  • Criminal Practice Class Taught course 2022
  • Criminal Practice Clinic Taught course 2022
  • Evidence Taught course 2022
  • Adv Criminal Practice Clinic Taught course 2022
  • Criminal Practice Class Taught course 2022
  • Criminal Practice Clinic Taught course 2022
  • Evidence Taught course 2022
  • Adv Criminal Practice Clinic Taught course 2021
  • Criminal Practice Class Taught course 2021
  • Criminal Practice Clinic Taught course 2021
  • Adv Criminal Practice Clinic Taught course 2021
  • Criminal Practice Class Taught course 2021
  • Criminal Practice Clinic Taught course 2021
  • Evidence Taught course 2021
  • Independent Study Taught course 2021
  • Criminal Practice Class Taught course 2020
  • Criminal Practice Clinic Taught course 2020
  • Education And Training

    Full Name

  • Melissa Davis
  • Mailing Address

  • University of New Hampshire School of Law

    2 White St.

    Concord, NH  03301

    United States of America