By Julie Smiley The New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association (NHWBA), with support from the New Hampshire Bar Foundation (NHBF), recognized the International Day of Women Judges at a reception at the One Hundred Club in Portsmouth on March 7. A resolution to establish the International Day of Women Judges was ratified by the United Nation’s … Read more
By Grace Yurish In the New Hampshire justice system, a significant challenge looms as a majority of litigants must navigate the legal process on their own. Nearly 85 percent of cases in the circuit courts feature at least one unrepresented party,1 forcing the people of New Hampshire to enter a complex process while already under … Read more
By Tom Jarvis This month marks the five-year anniversary of the Free Legal Answers (FLA) program launching in the Granite State. There are currently more than 100 attorneys in eight counties across the state who volunteer for the program. Since launching in New Hampshire in March 2019, participants have answered 2,258 of 3,255 questions asked, … Read more
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Scams permeate through all industries, including the legal profession. Recently, the attorney general has learned that scammers are targeting funds in the IOLTA accounts of New Hampshire attorneys. The identified scam targeting New Hampshire attorneys generally takes the following form: A lawyer/law firm will be contacted in writing by a potential client seeking help collecting … Read more
By Tom Jarvis Nearly 450 members attended the New Hampshire Bar Association’s Midyear Meeting on Friday, February 9, at the DoubleTree Hilton hotel in Manchester to partake in an enormous event chock-full of continuing legal educational sessions, award presentations, and networking. The meeting was entitled “Living Well in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” and focused … Read more
By Tom Jarvis and Scott Merrill People reentering the community after leaving the New Hampshire state prison system face overlapping challenges that many on the outside might fail to notice. These challenges range from basic needs – obtaining housing, employment, transportation, and identification – to coping with institutionalization and finding adequate care for behavioral and … Read more
By Grace Yurish January 4 marked the halfway point of modules for the NHBA 2023-2024 Leadership Academy program. Designed as a nine-month curriculum, the Leadership Academy aims to cultivate leadership skills and foster the professional growth of attorneys with three to ten years of practice. Lawyers from across the Granite State were carefully selected to … Read more
