Only a few days remain until June 30, the last day of the current reporting year for Supreme Court Rule 53 (NH Minimum Continuing Legal Education NHMCLE rule).

There's still time to take courses to fulfill the 12-credit annual NHMCLE requirement, but it is important that you report credits for this year before July 1.

If you take a course starting in July, you will report the credits yourself on a new website and app developed by the NH Bar Association that will be available very soon. (Course providers will not be submitting attendance after June 30, 2014.) Credits earned through NHBA programming will automatically be posted in the new system.
 
For the most up-to-date information on your NHMCLE status, please log in to the NH Bar website and visit the NHMCLE page.

Those who received a yellow report can obtain more information here.

The Battered Women's Justice Project has a new online resource, Representing Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Connected with the Military - A Handbook for Civil Attorneys.

Victims of intimate partner violence who are military service members, veterans, or partners of service members or veterans, often have specific legal issues related to the military. While resources on legal representation of service members and/or veterans exist, this handbook specifically addresses additional considerations for attorneys when representing military-related victims/survivors. 

Click here to view the handbook.

 

Do you know a smart young attorney who has demonstrated civility, professionalism and a good sense of humor?

The Robert E. Kirby Award is given each year by the NH Bar Foundation to an attorney age 35 or younger who embodies these qualities, for which the late Bob Kirby was known by his friends, family and colleagues. The Robert E. Kirby award is one of the most prestigious awards given to attorneys in New Hampshire. Nominate someone for this award by July 1.

The Frank Rowe Kenison Award is presented annually to an individual (or individuals) who makes substantial contributions to the betterment of New Hampshire citizens through the administration of justice, the legal profession, or the advancement of legal thought. Recipients need not be members of the NH Bar Association. Nominate someone for this award by July 1.

Please email nomination forms to info@nhbarfoundation.org.

A criminal law brown bag lunch discussion has been scheduled for noon on Friday, Aug. 1, in the library at the 6th Circuit Court - District Division in Concord. Judges Boyle, Coughlin and Spath will be in attendance. For more information, contact Terry McCafferty, new clerk at 6th Circuit Court at TMcCafferty@courts.state.nh.us.

NEW CLERK: Terry McCafferty began her career with the NH Judicial Branch in the Manchester District Court in 2003. She then served as deputy clerk of the Derry Family Division prior to becoming clerk of the Salem District Court in 2009. She then served as clerk in the 10th Circuit, Salem district and family divisions, and Plaistow District Division. She replaces Diane Lane, who retired from the Concord court.

SOLACE is a mutual assistance network for the NH legal community.

SOLACE stands for Support Of Lawyers/Legal Personnel All Concern Encouraged. If you have experienced, or know of a lawyer, judge, courthouse or law firm employee or family member who has suffered a loss, illness or injury and has an unmet need, use the SOLACE contact form to let others know how they can help.

Once approved by the SOLACE coordinator, a lawyer-volunteer, the request will be distributed through an email to all participating lawyers in the NHBA. It can be a need for clothes due to a fire, a need for blood due to an injury or illness, a need for transportation or lodging during a hospital stay in a city away from home, or any of a myriad of other unique or unusual needs.

This is not a listserv for public service announcements or a prayer list. It will also not be a cash fundraiser nor an employment recruiting tool. It serves immediate needs that have arisen as a result of a crisis event in a colleague's life.

Do you grow crops? Raise livestock? Bar News is interested in featuring attorneys who own farms in New Hampshire. Please send us the story of your farm (or your colleague's farm) at news@nhbar.org.

Bar News has a few books available for review by members. Check out our list of books on the bar association website or, if you are reading something you think your colleagues might be interested in, please email Lisha Brosseau with an inquiry.

Negative Equity for Many NH Mortgages
"Underwater" mortgages (where the balance owed is greater than the current property value) are at 17.4 percent in the Manchester-Nashua area, higher than the national average, reports NH Business Review. Read more.

What If There's a Deadlock in Mazzaglia Trial?
Foster's Editor Rod Doherty talks to legal experts about what the judge's options are if the jury initially is unable to deliver a verdict in the murder trial of Seth Mazzaglia. Read more.

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