By Melanie Plenda A joint study commission has recommended that a committee charged with investigating the child and family services system also come up with a plan to implement a family drug court in New Hampshire by 2020. The bipartisan...
" If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, and become more, you are a leader." --John Quincy Adams The NH Bar Association's Leadership Academy is based on this theory. The weekend of October 26 and 27, the 13 members of the...
On September 7, 2018, the Advisory Committee on Rules voted 12-3 to recommend that the NH Supreme Court amend Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4 by adopting the following provision, according to the secretary of the committee, Carolyn Koegler...
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE PRESS RELEASE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE NAMES THE HONORABLE LANDYA B. MCCAFFERTY NEXT CHIEF JUDGE For immediate release CONCORD (November 1, 2018)–On Thursday, November...
This award is given each year by the NH Bar and the UNH School of Law to recognize a UNH Law graduate and Bar member who has made significant and exemplary contributions to the delivery of volunteer legal services to the vulnerable and those who...
To the Editor of NH Bar News: We want to correct some of the misunderstandings raised in a letter published in the October 17, 2018 Bar News about the proposed ethics rule on harassment and discrimination currently before the New Hampshire...
By John Burwell Garvey Editor’s Note: This article has been modified, in part, from the book, Alternative Dispute Resolution: Negotiation, Mediation, Collaborative Law, and Arbitration, (LexisNexis 2013) by John Burwell Garvey and Charles Craver...
By Anna Berry The Judicial Branch initiative to increase digital access to the court system celebrated several milestones recently. As of September 4, the Trial Court Information center had answered 3 million calls since it was established in...
The "NH Supreme Court At-a-Glance" in New Hampshire Bar News summarizes recent NH Supreme Court decisions. In Re Teresa E. Craig Living Trust Probate Law: 6th Circuit Court – Concord Probate Division, No. 2017-0532, September 7, 2018 Remanded...
September 13, 2018 By: Anna Berry Attorney Susanne Gilliam, right, spent a week in July volunteering in Texas and is pictured here with her translator, Rosa Marie. (Courtesy photo For attorney Susanne Gilliam, a spur-of-the-moment trip to Texas...
The NHBA Ethics Committee produces two types of work product. Opinions of the Committee (below) analyze and apply the Rules to specific situational inquiries submitted to the Committee. Ethics Corner / Practical Ethics articles analyze and apply...
August 15, 2018 New Member Benefit: Law Office Back-up Program What would happen to your clients if you suffered an accident or became ill and were unable to work? The purpose of the law-office back-up project is to provide information and a...
