At a special session of the NH Supreme Court held on May 25, 67 candidates were admitted to the New Hampshire Bar.

It was a group of survivors – only 50 percent of the candidates taking the test in February passed.

For many years, the New Hampshire Bar Exam has consisted of two days: the first day devoted to New Hampshire-specific essay questions, while the second day was devoted to the multiple-choice Multistate Bar exam. This February, for the first time, a new wrinkle was added: the first day was split between a shortened version of the NH-essay test and the Multistate Performance Test, also an essay test, that is designed to evaluate an applicant’s ability to use fundamental lawyering skills in a realistic situation.

Frederick J. Coolbroth, chair of the NH Board of Bar Examiners, which grades all but the Multistate Bar exam, said that although the MPT was probably not the most difficult part of the exam, it added to the stress for applicants. At the February sitting there are usually a number of people re-taking the bar exam, also; these two factors may have accounted for the rather low pass-rate of 50 percent.

New admittee Lucy Jankowski, who works at the U.S. Attorney’s office in Concord said, "I thought the usual Multistate part of the exam was the hardest—plus some of the NH specifics; the Performance Test wasn’t so bad." Jankowski said the several weeks of bar exam preparation courses, such as the Barbary General, is the most grueling part of the ordeal. She graduated from McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, in California, but said that when she asked a Franklin Pierce student whether NH specifics were a big part of their study, she was told no. "It seems no one really has an advantage — except perhaps if you’ve already sat for another state’s bar exam." Jankowski is also a member of the Nevada Bar.

Regarding the 67 new members:

• 35 of the new admittees are women, 32 are men;
  
• 44 are employed by law firms or other private organizations, 18 within the state and 26 in other states: Massachusetts, 24; Maine, 1; and Vermont, 1;
  
• one new member is a court clerk; two work for the NH Public Defender’s office; one is a county attorney; one works at the Attorney General’s office and one is with the U.S. Attorney’s office;
  
• six are solo practitioners and 11 are not practicing as yet;
  
• 29 were admitted by motion.

Admitted to the New Hampshire Bar Association – May 25, 2005

Jennifer J. Abbott

Barbara J. Alkalay

Aliza Anvari

David Blumberg

Seth M. Bostock

Darrin R. Brown

Sheila K. Christie

Barrett M. Christina

Adam G. Cohen

Walter F. Dawson

Jill Dinneen

Kristin M. Dull

Paul J. Durham

Karin M. Eckel

Sean M. Fitzgerald

Gina A. Fonte

Glenda H. Ganem

J. Kristen Gardiner

Maria P. Gavin

Madelyn N. Genereux

Haden P. Gerrish

Erica Gesing

Jaime I. Gillis

Robert B. Gordon

Joseph T. Gorman

Kristin A. Grant

Kathleen M. Greeley

Michael J. Griffin

Andrea L. Hirst

Elizabeth L. Hurley

Lucy H. Jankowski

Steven C. Kennedy

Scott B. Klark

Nancy T. Kolocotronis

Oliver B. Latham

Barbara Lauriat

Eunmi Lee

J. David Leslie

Roxana Marchosky

Keri M. McConnell

Ryan N. McFarland

Michael Mersiak

David P. Michel

Karen L. Moore

Gregory S. Nagurney, Jr.

Donald R. Nary, II

William L. O’Brien

Michael P. Panebianco

Lisa R. Perrine

Janet B. Pezzulich

Julie A. Picardi

Maureen L. Pomeroy

Edward A. Prisby

Anthony V. Rozzi

Jennifer R. Schick

Jeffrey A. Schreiber

Liam D. Scully

Brianna N. Sinon

Peter E. Smith

Joseph M. Spinale

Constance D. Sprauer

Cathy Ann Stacey

Jason C. Stephen

Catherine Tucker

Danielle Y. Vanderzanden

Gordon R. Williamson

Mark L. Winter

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