If you received a pink form from NHMCLE and would like to avoid the $50 late filing fee, Oct. 1 is the deadline to respond.

Click here to review the necessary steps.

A memorial service for Judge Harold Perkins is scheduled for 10 a.m. next Tuesday, Oct. 1, at Belknap Superior Court in Laconia.

Judge Perkins was recently named the 2013 recipient of the Justice William A. Grimes Judicial Professionalism Award and was honored as a 50-year member of the NH Bar Association. He passed away Aug. 23. Read a recent Bar News profile of Judge Perkins.

The current term of Chief Deputy Clerk/United States Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Lynch of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire expires Jan. 14. The Court is required by law to establish a panel to consider the reappointment of the magistrate judge to a new four-year term.

Members of the bar and the public are invited to comment on whether Lynch should be recommended for reappointment to the court as a combined chief deputy clerk/magistrate judge. All comments will be confidential and only reviewed by the Merit Selection Panel and the judges of the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire.

Comments should be directed to James R. Starr, Clerk of Court, 55 Pleasant St., Room 110, Concord, NH 03301 and marked MERIT PANEL SELECTION - CONFIDENTIAL. Comments must be received by Sept. 27.

The Judicial Conference Advisory Committees on Bankruptcy and Civil Rules have proposed amendments to rules and forms. The proposed amendments, rules committee reports, and other information are available on the Judiciary's website. All comments on these proposed amendments will be carefully considered by the rules committees.

Please provide any comments on the proposed amendments, whether favorable, adverse, or otherwise, as soon as possible and by Feb. 15, 2014. All comments are made part of the official record and are available to the public. Comments concerning the proposed amendments may be submitted and reviewed electronically by following these instructions.

The NH Bar Association's contract with Casemaker is up for renewal, and we want to make sure we are providing the best possible legal research service for our members. Come to one of a series of events where representatives from Casemaker and a similar service, Fastcase, will demonstrate the features of their respective research sites. The association will be collecting member feedback.

The Solo & Small Firm Networking Group holds a Casemaker demo today, Sept. 25, from 3-5 p.m. Events also are planned in Nashua, Portsmouth, Laconia and Newport. Details in a special e-Bulletin on Thursday.

Interested in learning more? Contact Lisha Brosseau for details on how to obtain a temporary Fastcase log-in. For more about Casemaker, look to the top banner on the Casemaker home page for "Videos" "Help" and "Webinar" for training resources.

Now available online, the latest issue of the NH Bar Journal addresses international law and includes an excerpt from a new edition of Patriots, Pirates, Politicians and Profit Seekers, a popular book and teaching aide about New Hampshire cases argued at the US Supreme Court.

Articles in the international law issue include:

• The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction: A Guide for NH Practitioners by Mary Beth Sweeney,
• The Status of Artificial Intelligence and Drones Under International Law by John Weaver, and
• Rule of Law Efforts Are Making Headway Across the World by retired NH Supreme Court Justice Joseph Nadeau.
• For summaries and analysis of recent NH Supreme Court decisions, please read David Ruoff's Lex Loci column.

This and back issues can be ordered in print copy through the NHBA online store.

The Title Standards Committee, a committee of the NH Bar Real Property Law Section, has completed its annual review of the 2012 Title Examination Standards. Proposed revisions were circulated to section members earlier this month.

If you did not receive a copy, please contact NHBA Sections Coordinator Patty Frechette by email or at (603) 715-3257. Comments will be accepted until Oct. 4, 2013. Comments can be submitted via the section's listserve or to the Title Standards Committee chair, Carol Brooks.

A quirky case you ended up winning? A long, arduous struggle that eventually turned out well? An interesting client who taught you something important about the practice of law? Please take a few minutes to send a paragraph or two about a memorable pro bono case to news@nhbar.org.

October is Pro Bono Month. Help us honor the work of volunteer attorneys by contributing to this collection of pro bono memories, which we hope to publish in the October issue of Bar News. If you have questions, please contact Kristen Senz.

Behind Bars: The state of NH's rising prison population
This story from Sunday's Concord Monitor reports on the doubling of the state's prison population over the last 20 years. Read more.

In Supreme Court opinions, web links that go nowhere
The New York Times' Adam Liptak writes about a serious case of link rot in US Supreme Court opinions. Read more.

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