By Tom Jarvis The New Hampshire Bar Association welcomed bar leaders from across the region to Portsmouth this fall as host of the 2025 New England Bar Association (NEBA) Annual Meeting. The gathering took place November 7–8 at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel. NEBA is made up solely of the six New England state bar … Read more
By Tom Jarvis Marcia “Marty” Sink, founder, president, and CEO of Court Appointed Special Advocates of New Hampshire (CASA), has announced that she will retire as of July 1, 2026, after nearly four decades leading the organization she started in 1989. Sink, 70, says the timing reflects both the organization’s strength and her confidence … Read more
By Tom Jarvis More than 150 attorneys, judges, and community leaders gathered at the Manchester Country Club on October 9 for the New Hampshire Bar Foundation’s (NHBF) 2025 Annual Dinner. The evening highlighted the Foundation’s ongoing commitment to civic education, access to justice, and public service, while honoring distinguished members of the New Hampshire Bar … Read more
By Tom Jarvis Bryan K. Gould, a longtime Concord litigator and shareholder at Cleveland, Waters & Bass, PA, was sworn in on September 18 as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, becoming the 112th justice to serve on the state’s highest bench. Justice Gould was nominated by Governor Kelly Ayotte and confirmed … Read more
By Megan Koerber After more than a decade of dedicated service, Jack Crisp is stepping down as chair of the New Hampshire Bar Association’s Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Committee. A past president of the NHBA (1994–1995), Crisp’s time on the committee is marked by steady leadership, thoughtfulness, and a deep understanding of the need for … Read more
By Tom Jarvis At the 2025 Annual Meeting, the New Hampshire Bar Association announced the formation of a Special Committee on Public Sector and Public Interest Attorneys – an ad hoc group charged with assessing needs, exploring solutions, and recommending concrete steps to better support attorneys whose work bolsters access to justice across the state. … Read more
By Tom Jarvis In 2025, the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law’s (UNH Law) Daniel Webster Scholars (DWS) Honors Program marks 20 years since its approval by the New Hampshire Supreme Court (NHSC). The first cohort began in January 2006 and graduated in May 2008. Since then, more than 350 lawyers have … Read more
By Tom Jarvis New Hampshire Supreme Court (NHSC) Senior Associate Justice James P. Bassett retired from the bench on August 31 after 13 years of service. He participated fully through his retirement date, though he last sat for oral arguments in March. He also served as liaison to the New Hampshire Bar Association Board of … Read more
By Tom Jarvis The Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) have released a sweeping report, authored by their Committee on Legal Education and Admissions Reform (CLEAR), urging state supreme courts to take the lead in modernizing legal education and bar admissions to better serve the public. Chaired by … Read more