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By Tom Jarvis and Scott Merrill A crime that only takes a few seconds or minutes – a murder committed in the heat of the moment, an armed robbery – can lead to years in the New

By Grace Yurish Following the recent United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) rejection of President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel some or all federal student loan debt, many young lawyers and law students are left worried about the

By Tom Jarvis On August 11, 2023, more than 50 people, including judges, lawyers, media representatives, and three generations of family members from across the country attended the portrait unveiling ceremony of Judge Ivorey Cobb, the Granite

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

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

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

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

By Tom Jarvis New Hampshire is full of history and firsts in the nation. Some of these firsts are well-known: It was the first state to declare its independence from England in 1775, Samuel Shelburne of Portsmouth