Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

Amy Vorenberg was a professor at UNH School of Law. She was the founding director of the school’s Criminal Practice Clinic and directed the Legal Writing Program. She began her legal career in New York as a Manhattan Assistant District Attorney. Later she worked as an Assistant Attorney General in New Hampshire before moving to the NH Public Defender's office in 1993. She served for ten years on the New Hampshire Adult Parole Board. Professor Vorenberg’s teaching areas include Legal Analysis and Writing, Criminal Law, and the History and Law of Sexual Violence. Vorenberg was a member of UNH Prevention Innovations, a nationally recognized group of researchers and practitioners who develop and evaluate programs aimed at preventing campus violence. She has written editorials and spoken out on campus sexual assault, providing her perspective as both a rape victim and someone with first-hand knowledge of the criminal justice system. She has written textbooks on Legal Analysis and Writing and articles about teaching, and about issues in Criminal Law and Juvenile Law. She is currently co-authoring a textbook called "Utmost Resistance: Sexual Violence and the Law."

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Campus Sexual Assault, Sexual Abuse or Violence (other than campus sexual assault)

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE