Daniel Webster Honor Scholars Program Swearing In – May 16, 2008
New Hampshire’s trailblazing legal education program, the Daniel Webster Honor Scholars, graduated its first class of 13 law students, who were sworn in as members of the New Hampshire Bar on May 16, 2008, in a special session of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
These new attorneys, selected in the beginning of their second year of law school, have undergone rigorous training and evaluation to ensure, in the words of Program Director John Garvey, that they will be “client-ready” lawyers upon completion of the program.
The Webster Scholars Program is a collaboration involving Franklin Pierce Law Center, the New Hampshire Supreme Court, the NH Board of Bar Examiners, and the NH Bar Association. The participants chosen for the program took a variant of the traditional bar exam; their written and video portfolios were examined by bar examiners 4 times during a two year period, and they were personally interviewed by bar examiners in their final semester. Participants were certified through completion of the program as having met the requirements for admission to the bar under Supreme Court Rule 42(13).
The Scholars are:
Conrad Cascadden
Rebecca Cotterell
Lauren Crisera
Anthony Galdieri
Jennifer Gibson
| Ashley Hulse
Crystal Maldonado
Justin Maleson
Sabin Maxwell
Cynthia Mosseau
| Milin Patel
Melinda Siranian
Joshua Wyatt
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The Webster Scholars program represents a collaboration between the Pierce Law Center and the state’s legal community. At left, speaking, is Pierce Legal Clinic Director Charles Temple and seated is Pierce Law Dean John Hutson. At center is Frederick Coolbroth, chair of the NH Board of Bar Examiners.
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New admittees behind the bar listened attentively to the remarks of Associate Justice Linda Dalianis, who, along with Associate Justice James Duggan, was instrumental in the law school-court collaboration that enabled the Scholars to be admitted through this non-traditional process.
|  Eileen Fox, Clerk of the NH Supreme Court, administers the oath to the Webster Scholars, while Fred Coolbroth, and incoming NHBA President Ellen Arnold look on.
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Webster Scholar admittees, as do all admittees to the NH Bar, respond to the invitation to applaud their family and friends for their support. | 
Proud group of trail-blazing Webster Scholars gather for a photo. At far left is John Garvey, Program Director, and at far right is John Hutson, Dean of Pierce Law. | | 
The Justices’ conference room is crowded with the happy sounds of a group of new admittees speaking with family, friends, and their fellow Bar members, including members of the Court. |
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