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By Tom Jarvis and Scott Merrill People reentering the community after leaving the New Hampshire state prison system face overlapping challenges that many on the outside might fail to notice. These challenges range from basic needs – obtaining housing, employment, transportation, and identification – to coping with institutionalization and finding adequate care for behavioral and … Read more

By Grace Yurish January 4 marked the halfway point of modules for the NHBA 2023-2024 Leadership Academy program. Designed as a nine-month curriculum, the Leadership Academy aims to cultivate leadership skills and foster the professional growth of attorneys with three to ten years of practice. Lawyers from across the Granite State were carefully selected to … Read more

By Tom Jarvis and Grace Yurish             In the spring of 2022, New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice (NHSC) Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi began to organize what is now the New Hampshire Coalition for Resettlement of Afghan Women Judges (the Coalition) – a volunteer group of highly motivated and philanthropic judges, lawyers, and teachers recognized by … Read more

By Scott Merrill A person in New Hampshire who violates the conditions of their parole is very often referred to by the New Hampshire Department of Corrections (DOC) as a “Community Failure.” For those seeking prison reform, terms like this can say more about a system that sets people up for failure by not addressing … Read more

By Tom Jarvis Note: When George announced that he would be stepping down, my immediate thought was to write an article to honor him and to illustrate what a notable leader he has been – not only at the Bar Association, but in the entire legal community. When I pitched it to him, he was … Read more

By Tom Jarvis The NHBA Member Center, located within the Bar Center at 2 Pillsbury Street in Concord, will open in January as a free service to all members, active or inactive. The space is meant to provide members with an “office away from the office” while in Concord. It is approximately 2,100 square feet … Read more

By George R. Moore I recently informed the officers and the Board of Governors of the New Hampshire Bar Association that I will be stepping down in a couple months as the executive director. It seems like a good time to take a moment, step back, and reflect on what we have accomplished over the … Read more

By Scott Merrill The New Hampshire Department of Correction’s (DOC) mission statement says its purpose is to rehabilitate and supervise prisoners and to ensure public safety. Yet, according to a DOC study examining cohorts of prisoners who entered in 2017 and 2018, nearly half (47.85 percent) of those serving time in DOC facilities return within … Read more