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NHBA e-Bulletin March 17, 2010 |
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Keep Open the Courthouse Doors James J. Tenn, Jr., in an article to be published in this week's Bar News, provides context and commentary on the upcoming budget-related closures (due to unpaid furloughs for all court staff) of the judicial branch. Read the article.
The state's financial situation is worsening. On Tuesday, the House Finance Committee approved $47 million in budget cuts, including $4.8 million in cuts to the Judicial Branch budget -- an amount in addition to the reductions discussed in Tenn's column. Read the Union Leader article. These cuts have not been considered by the full House. More information will be provided as it becomes available.
To aid in advocacy for court funding, the Bar Association is interested in your examples of how budget cuts are affecting your clients -- NH citizens-- in their access to justice and how it may impact their daily lives. See the Why We Care pages at the Bar's website for links to news coverage, court memos and commentary.
| Don't Forget to Vote! NHBA-BOG Elections Manchester lawyer Lawrence Vogelman is running unopposed for NHBA Vice President. See the full slate of candidates.
All active members of the New Hampshire Bar Association should by now have received either an e-mail or a letter instructing them on how to vote in the 2010 NHBA Board of Governors Online Election. Read a Bar News article about the election.
E-mails were sent to the address on file in each member's record. If no address was available, hard copy letters were sent. If you have received neither of these correspondences, please contact NHBA Assistant Executive Director Denice DeStefano, 603-715-3211.
Members can also access the online ballot via the Bar's homepage (Username and Password are required).
| Franklin Pierce, UNH Agree to Affiliation The state's only law school is affiliating and moving toward eventual merger with the University of New Hampshire. Read the press release from the Pierce Law Center or check out the Concord Monitor article.
Share Your Thoughts on Pierce Law Merger
Whether or not you are a Pierce Law graduate, do you have thoughts on this transition for the state's only law school? Will this merger help the law school graduate better lawyers? What's your best memory of Pierce Law school as a student or teacher there? Contact Managing Editor Beverly Rorick, 603-715-3250.
| Nominations Sought for Daniel Webster Award Nominations are sought for Daniel Webster International Lawyer of the Year Award, which is presented by the International Law Section to an attorney "whose contribution to international law demonstrates the spirit of Daniel Webster and whose good works help elevate the standing of the legal profession and serve as an inspiration to others."
The contribution of the nominee is not confined to the year preceding the award, but should be current enough to have topical significance. Past recipients include the Hon. John Coughlin, Maurice Geiger, Phillip Walker, and Michael Th. Johnson.
Nominations for the 2010 award may be made by any member of the NH Bar, with or without notice to the nominee. The submission should include a description of the contributions made by the nominee and should be forwarded no later than March 31, 2010 to the chair of the nominating committee, attorney Beth Deragon.
| Larsen Gallery Show at Sulloway & Hollis - 3/18 The Robert M. Larsen art gallery at Sulloway & Hollis in Concord will feature a new exhibit, 10 for 2010: Ten Emerging Painters to Watch, which features an array of works from artists who studied at the NH Institute of Art in Manchester. A grand opening will take place at the gallery on March 18, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Read the full press release.
For more information, contact Jay Surdukowski at 603-224-2341.
| Keeping Up in a Downturn - Member Discounts! NHBA·CLE is pleased to offer Legal Technology and Management for Lawyers. We have scheduled two days of programming.You can take one day or two.Wednesday, March 31 and Thursday, April 1, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. each day. Earn up to 9 NHMCLE Credits over the two day program.
Register for day one.
Register for day two.
NOTE: If you select one day you will be asked if you want to register for the second day and receive a bigger discount.
| Judge Muirhead Retirement Reception - 5/27 Save the date! A retirement reception for US Magistrate Judge James R. Muirhead will take place on Thursday, May 27, at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord. Enjoy heavy hors d' oeuvres and a cash bar. Stay tuned for more information.
| Suggested Reading Defendants Fresh From War Find Service Counts in Court
NY Times
Special courts for veterans are beginning to pop up across the country. Read more.
Bankruptcy Lawyers are Debt-Relief Agencies, Says Supreme Ct.
The National Law Journal
The US Supreme Court case, Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz v. U.S., addressed three large issues for bankruptcy attys. Read more.
| Judge McGuire Retirement Party - 4/23 A retirement party for retiring Superior Court Justice Kathleen McGuire will be held at the Grappone Conference Center on Friday, April 23, 2010, at 6:00 p.m.
The event is open to all and will celebrate the long and distinguished career of Judge McGuire.
Tickets are $40 ($32 for Judicial Branch staff).
RSVP to Barbara Sweet by sending a check to: Barbara Sweet, Superior Court Center, 17 Chenell Drive, Suite 1, Concord, NH 03301.
If you have a special story or picture that you would like to have included in a memory book that will be presented to Judge McGuire, please send it to Barbara Sweet at the address above.
| Thurgood Marshall's Coming! - 3/24 One of the giant figures in the history of American jurisprudence, Thurgood Marshall was a passionate and embattled civil rights lawyer who acted as the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education. He was the first African American to serve as Solicitor General of the United States and became the first African American to serve as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
This facilitated movie is followed by a panel discussion and a moderated online chat room discussion of the legal issues and ethical concerns raised in the movie. Attendees are asked to focus on the issues demonstrated in the play relating to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
This program qualifies for 3.0 NHMCLE Ethics Credits.
Register Today!
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The NHBA-CLE is listed as the sponsor for reporting purposes. However, you will be registering through Periaktos Productions. Periaktos will report the attendance to the NHBA-CLE and we will report that to the NHMCLE Board.
| NHBA Gender Equality Committee Mtg. - 3/26 The NH Bar Association Gender Equality Committee would like to invite members to a public meeting on Friday, March 26, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., at the Bar Center in Concord. To be discussed at the meeting will be the results of the recently completed 10-year survey on the status of women in the profession.
If you are interested in attending this meeting, please contact GEC Chair Beth Deragon.
| Judicial Evaluations Sought - 4/30 Chief Justice John T. Broderick, Jr., is in the process of conducting a judicial evaluation of the Administrative Judge of the NH Probate Courts, David D. King. Judge King is also the presiding judge in the Coos County Probate Court. He is being evaluated in both capacities.
An evaluation may be completed online at the Judicial Branch website. While responses are shared with the judge being evaluated, they are treated as confidential and the identity of the person completing the form will remain anonymous.
If you do not have access to the Internet or would prefer a hard-copy evaluation, please contact Patty Cole, 603-271-7525, for a blank questionnaire.
All evaluations must be completed and received no later than April 30, 2010. Send hard-copy evaluations to: New Hampshire Supreme Court, Attn: Peggy Haskett, 1 Charles Doe Drive, Concord, NH 03301.
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