Notice of Judicial Vacancies To Be Filled

Supreme Court and two Superior Court vacancies this Fall will soon be considered by the Judicial Selection Commission. One position on the Superior Court requires a land use background: The land use docket Superior Court judge shall have knowledge and experience in land use and real property law and shall be assigned to preside over … Read more

Efficiently Using Section Forums – Tips from the NHBA Staff

By: Nancy Gross (Website Producer) and Misty Griffith (Member Service Coordinator) Included in your section membership is access to the corresponding forum. Forums are online discussion sites where members can safely and securely converse with each other via posted messages. Discussions are organized by topic making them easy to browse. Forum users can readily access … Read more

Online Presence and Client Confidences

Maintaining Client Confidences and Confidential Information While Increasing Your Online Presence Ethics Corner Article Dear Ethics Committee, With an increased number of people working from home, I am communicating with colleagues and clients over my computer and telephone now more than ever.  I would like to grow my online presence and begin marketing my services … Read more

A Second Chance for Families

New Family Treatment Court to be Established in Circuit Courts within Sullivan County By: Susan Warner On October 16, the Department of Justice (DOJ) awarded the New Hampshire Judicial Branch $1.75 million to establish a new family drug court program. As one of a handful of states not to have a family drug court, New … Read more

Supreme Court Sends Laurie List case back to the Lower Courts

Solicitor General Dan Will making arguments at the NH Supreme Court.

ACLU-NH says the case will rest on the public’s interest in disclosure October 31, 2020 By Scott Merrill The state’s Exculpatory Evidence Schedule, better known as the “Laurie list,” may have moved one step closer to being made fully public with the NH Supreme Court’s opinion Friday. But its ultimate fate will now rest, once … Read more

The ABA’s Young Lawyer’s Division

By Katerina Kalabokis Attorney Katerina Kalabokis, NHBA Delegate to the ABA’s Young Lawyers Division “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” ~The Lorax If you’re a member of the bar, under the age of 35, or within your first 10 years of practice and looking … Read more

Bar News Committee Corner – New Lawyers Committee

  By Katherine Hedges Katherine Hedges isthe Chair of the NewLawyers Committee.She practices civillitigation and corporatelaw at HageHodes ProfessionalAssociation in Manchester, NH. The New Lawyers Committee (“NLC”)’s mission is to support newer members of the New Hampshire Bar as they begin practice within the state. Our target audience includes both attorneys who have passed their … Read more