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Dues Structure
The New Hampshire Bar Association is a unified bar to which all attorneys licensed to practice in the state, and New Hampshire judges, belong.

Annual dues for:

  • active members having been admitted five years or more are $270
  • members admitted less than five years pay $220 annually
  • full-time judicial members' annual dues are $245
  • Pro Bono active members are $25 

Honorary members, having reached the milestone of 50 years of bar membership, have fully abated dues. Membership dues are abated for members on active military duty for the duration of their active duty obligation.

Bar members are also responsible for an annual fee set by the Supreme Court to support the activities of the Court's Professional Conduct Committee.  Attorney Discipline Fees for the current fiscal year:

  • $195 for ALL active members
  • $10 for ALL inactive members
  • full-time judicial, inactive retired, active military, inactive military, Pro Bono active and inactive honorary are exempt from this fee

Inactive membership dues are $140 annually. Inactive members who are fully retired from the practice of law in any jurisdiction are eligible for the"Inactive Retired" membership category, with $25 annual dues.

Additionally, all dues-paying members, with the exception of Pro Bono active members, are responsible for an annual fee as set by Supreme Court Order for the purpose of funding the Public Protection Fund. Fees for the current fiscal year June 1, 2007 to May 31, 2008:

Active over five years                 $35
Judicial                                           $30
Active five years and under       $30
Inactive                                           $20
Inactive retired                             $5

For questions about dues contact Laura Stirling at 603-715-3220 or lstirling@nhbar.org. For membership status changes, contact Anna O'Neill, Membership Records Coordinator, at 603-715-3208 or aoneill@nhbar.org.

 

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