Last Day for Special MYM 2012 Pricing! If you haven't taken advantage of the special early bird pricing for this year's NH Bar Association Midyear Meeting you need to act now! After today, prices for the MYM - which are as low as $50 for the full day* - will increase substantially.
Don't wait. Register today!
Learn more about this year's program.
* The discounted CLE tuition for Professionalism Day programming at the Midyear Meeting is made possible by a subsidy from the NH Minimum Continuing Legal Education Board.
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Bar Classifieds - Find the Talent You Need Looking for the right attorney to fill out your firm? Do you want to join up with someone else? Do you have some work you want to contract out? Be sure to check out the positions sought ads on the Bar's website.
For a limited time, the Bar Association will post free "positions sought" ads for Bar members seeking employment or legal work. These ads will remain online for two months unless you contact us to remove it.
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Supreme Court Adopts Rules Amendments The Supreme Court recently issued an order adopting amendments to court rules in the following areas:
I. Rule 1.10 of the Rules of Professional Conduct (regarding imputation of conflicts of interest); II. Supreme Court Rule 38, Canon 3, Rule 3.1 (regarding extrajudicial activities); III. Supreme Court Rule 24 (regarding mandates); IV. Adopting on a permanent basis temporary rules that are currently in effect; V. Photographing, Recording and Broadcasting of Court Proceedings (adopted on a temporary basis).
The effective date for rules regarding the photographing, recording and broadcasting of court proceedings is March 1, 2012. The remaining rule amendments are effective immediately.
Read the full Order.
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Law School Dinner Signups So far, three law school alumni dinners have been scheduled in conjunction with Midyear Meeting. Stay tuned as more law school alumni events are organized. (It's not too late to volunteer to coordinate one! Contact kstlouis@nhbar.org for information.)
University of NH School of Law/Franklin Pierce Law School
Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Place: Radisson Hotel
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Contact: Mary Sheffer, 603-513-5175
Mary.sheffer@law.unh.edu
Suffolk Law School
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Place: Bedford Village Inn
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Contact: Jennifer Parent, 603-625-6464
jennifer.parent@mclane.com
University of Virginia Law School
Date: Thurs., March 22
Place: 36 deLux Restaurant
Time: Cocktails - 6:00 p.m., Dinner - 6:30 p.m.
Contact: Bret Gifford, 603-271-2646
bgifford@courts.state.nh.us
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GSALA Upcoming Meetings - Mark Your Calendars
The Granite State Association of Legal Administrators has several meetings scheduled for 2012. All meetings begin at noon.
- Feb. 8 - Louise Lynch from Sadler insurance will be speaking. The topics will be Life & Disability Insurance and ALA-endorsed plans. Location: Bar Center, Concord
- Mar. 14 - Program TBD
- Apr. 11 - Human Resources Roundtable. Location: Orr & Reno, Concord
- May 9 - Program TBD
If you're interested in learning more about the Granite State Association of Legal Administrators, visit www.gsala.com.
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BOG Nomination Petition Available Online Nomination petitions for open positions on the NHBA Board of Governors are now being accepted. The deadline for nomination petitions is March 1.
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St. Anselm to Host Mock Trial Tournament Just three years after the St. Anselm Mock Trial Team was created, the school has been tagged to host the Northeast Regional Mock Trial Tournament from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19.
The tournament will feature 24 10-member teams from various schools in the Northeast, including Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale, Northeastern, Boston College, and Boston University.
If you're interested in judging at the competition, visit www.anselm.edu/mocktrial.
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Did You Write This Will? Joanne (Zmuda) Evans, formerly of 62 Hitching Post Lane in Bedford, NH, is currently looking for the attorney that drafted a will in 1987 for her and her husband, Bobby L. Evans.
If you have any information about this document, or can help her track it down, please contact her at 203-262-6676.
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Suggested Reading
Effort Renewed to Consolidate Nashua Court in Manchester
NH Union Leader
The NH Legislature will revisit this month a proposal to consolidate the Hillsborough North and South Superior Courts into the new facility in Manchester. Read more.
Law Firms Keep Squeezing Associates
WSJ Law Blog
Law firms are finally starting to recover from the recession, but they aren't taking their young lawyers along for the ride. Read more.
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