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By Grace Yurish       In the 133 years since Marilla Ricker won women the right to be admitted to the New Hampshire Bar, many women have followed a career in law, including trailblazers like Agnes Winifred “Winnie” McLaughlin, who became the first female admitted to practice law in the state in 1917. These … Read more

By Tom Jarvis       New Hampshire Superior Court Chief Justice Tina Nadeau, a pioneer on the bench for nearly 30 years and a champion for the drug court system in the state, has announced she will retire on September 29, 2023. Daughter of former New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice Joseph Nadeau, she received a bachelor’s … Read more

By Tom Jarvis In 2018, the United States had the highest incarceration rate in the world.[i] According to the Prison Policy Initiative, a non-profit organization for the mitigation of mass incarceration, “New Hampshire has an incarceration rate of 328 per 100,000 people (including prisons, jails, immigration detention, and juvenile justice facilities), meaning that it locks … Read more

By Tom Jarvis The New Hampshire Bar Association’s Annual Meeting, held on June 23-24, took place at a new venue this year: the AC Hotel by Marriott in Portsmouth. The event, entitled “Changemakers: 150 Years of Navigating Uncharted Waters,” consisted of a two-and-a-half-hour CLE program, activities celebrating history and diversity, a reception on the rooftop … Read more