By Tom Jarvis In 2018, the United States had the highest incarceration rate in the world.[i] According to the Prison Policy Initiative, a non-profit organization for the mitigation of mass incarceration, “New Hampshire has an incarceration rate
By Tom Jarvis On July 2, 1873, New Hampshire became the first state to establish a “modern state bar association” with incorporation – by a special act of the New Hampshire legislature – as the Bar Association
By Tom Jarvis The New Hampshire Bar Association’s Annual Meeting, held on June 23-24, took place at a new venue this year: the AC Hotel by Marriott in Portsmouth. The event, entitled “Changemakers: 150 Years of Navigating
By Tom Jarvis Looking back through the history of the New Hampshire Bar Association in celebration of its 150th year inevitably brings to mind the most publicized trial in Granite State history: the Pamela Smart trial. Spanning
By Tom Jarvis New Hampshire is full of history and firsts in the nation. Some of these firsts are well-known: It was the first state to declare its independence from England in 1775, Samuel Shelburne of Portsmouth
By Melissa Russell Several years ago, when attorney Stephanie Hausman and her husband became foster parents, they experienced firsthand the intricacies of the New Hampshire juvenile system. The nine-year-old whom they later adopted had a team of
By Tom Jarvis More than 100 lawyers, judges, and their family members attended the New Hampshire Bar Association’s first annual 50-Year Member Luncheon on Thursday, June 1, at the Bedford Village Inn in Bedford. Of the 73
By Tom Jarvis For Exeter attorney Terrie Harman, appearing before the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) for the first time on April 24, 2023, was exhilarating. It’s a great privilege and a rare opportunity to appear before SCOTUS,
By Scott Merrill When the Bar Association of New Hampshire – as it was then called – was established in 1873 as a philanthropic club of “like minded attorneys,” it consisted of all men. It wasn’t until
By Tom Jarvis Pamela Dodge, a name that has been synonymous with the DOVE Project for more than two decades, has announced her upcoming retirement on June 30, 2023. Dodge has been the DOVE (Domestic Violence Emergency)