Energy Utility Justice Program helps low-income people pay their bills By Scott Merrill As winter approaches and heating fuel prices soar in the Granite State, New Hampshire Legal Assistance is helping those who can’t afford the high costs to...
Reducing extremely high case loads, increasing funding a priority By Scott Merrill The so-called “Great Resignation” that continues to affect businesses and organizations across the country has hit New Hampshire Public Defender—essentially the...
By Scott Merrill Former U.S. Solicitors General, Gregory Garre and Neal Katyal, were at Dartmouth College on the evening of October 22 where they discussed the role of the courts in a democratic society as well as the so-called culture war...
Changing times are forcing debates about difficult topics By Scott Merrill Conventional wisdom in the United States has held that people should never talk about money, politics – and especially religion. So much for conventional...
By Dennis Ducharme Full-time mediators hear a lot of clichéd statements one side or the other uses to describe what they see as the opposing party’s foolish, ill-informed, insulting or moronic positions. Mediating 150 or so cases a year...
Sept 17, 2021 By Thomas B. Getz By creating the Department of Energy as part of House Bill 2, the so-called budget trailer bill, the New Hampshire Legislature and Governor Sununu fundamentally changed the way in which New...
The New Hampshire Bar Association’s (NHBA) motto proudly proclaims, “Equal Justice Under Law.” This phrase serves as a guiding principle and fundamental tenet of our organization’s commitment to law, equality, and justice. In furtherance of this...
July, 21, 2021 By Kathie Ragsdale Colleagues praise Hon. Robert J. Lynn for his layered understanding and appreciation of legal intricacies, skills that may well have been shaped by the complexities of his own life experience. The son of a...
July 21, 2021 By Jordyn Haime, Granite State News Collaborative Being in the right state at the right time likely saved Ronald MacKinnon prison time when he made the decision to not seek immediate medical care for his wife. Debbie...
Annual Fundraising Event to be held Wednesday, May 26 By Scott Merrill The past year has proved to be a turning point for New Hampshire’s legal services community and the New Hampshire Bar Foundation is helping to lead the charge. On May...
May 17, 2021 By Scott Merrill On June 1, the NH Pro Bono Referral Program and the Legal Advice and Referral Center (LARC) will merge to become 603 Legal Aid. The merger was formally announced to the public on Thursday, May 6, at the NH Campaign...
This is the 19th N.H. Bar News article co-written by employment lawyers Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate) and Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate). Here they discuss the 2020 Supreme Court decision Bostock v. Clayton County, 590...
