New Hampshire’s Five Longest-Practicing Attorneys Share Insightful Anecdotes From the 1950s Until Today By Scott Merrill Three hundred and twenty-seven years—that’s the combined amount of time New Hampshire’s five longest practicing attorneys...
Governor Sununu has just signed into law the creation of a $100,000,000 fund to be used to compensate hundreds of victims of physical and sexual assault at the Youth Development Center in Manchester. Ten former YDC employees have been charged...
Clerkships Offer Unparalleled Perspective on the Judicial System By Tom Jarvis Sometimes we know what we want, but we don’t know how we want it. Law school students or recent law school graduates may know they want to be lawyers, but not...
Attorney Amanda Nelson Serves Artists’ Legal Needs By Kathie Ragsdale Most law firms are named after their founders or principal attorneys, but Amanda L. Nelson chose a Latin phrase for her Dover, New Hampshire practice: Artium Amore. It means...
By William P. O’Sullivan What do Thomas Edison, George Washington Carver, Paula Abdul, Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, James Cameron, Heady Lamar, Michael Jackson, Steve Jobs, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Eddie Van Halen have in common? Obviously...
Legal Scholars and Policy Makers Concerned Decision May Call Other Civil Rights Into Question By Monica Ciolfi Editors note: As the Bar News was heading to press, a leak from the US Supreme Court disclosed a draft opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson...
By Tom Jarvis On April 22, 2022, Milford High School represented New Hampshire in the We the People National Finals in Washington, DC, via Zoom, where they placed 22nd out of 47 participating schools. They became State Champions during the State...
Ralph A. Barbagallo, Jr. Finds Balance in Life as a Lawyer and a Musician By Kathie Ragsdale It’s not every New Hampshire practitioner who has rubbed elbows with the likes of former Massachusetts Attorney General (and later US Senator), Edward...
Court Navigator in Nashua Provides Legal Information and Individual Support By Scott Merrill Unlike enjoying a good courtroom drama, going to court—especially for people dealing with major life crises—can be a daunting and unpleasant experience...
The commentary and opinions in this article do not necessarily reflect the policies or viewpoints of the New Hampshire Bar Association, the Board of Governors, the NHBA Editorial Advisory Board, or the NHBA Staff. By Eric Taussig and Richard...
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has been hounded over her qualifications since being named Supreme Court nominee in February. Television personalities have demanded her LSAT score, US senators have parsed reading lists at schools where she sits on...
By Tom Jarvis With many law firms returning to in-person or hybrid work after two years of isolation and stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic—combined with the staffing shortages created by the so-called Great Resignation—employee wellness is a...
