By Tom Jarvis In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has been swiftly permeating the legal world. Legal research tools like Westlaw and LexisNexis have used a type of AI called Natural Language Processing (NLP) for more than
By Tom Jarvis Jack the facility dog sitting on Judge Erin McIntyre’s bench at Hillsborough Circuit Court. Photo by Tom Jarvis De-escalating heightened emotions and providing comfort in the courtroom rests on the capable and furry shoulders
By Misty Griffith The evolution of language-based, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is as rapid as the generation of text on the screen by ChatGPT, possibly the most well-known AI of this kind. My Bar News colleagues, Tom
By Tom Jarvis More than 400 lawyers and judges attended the New Hampshire Bar Association’s Midyear Meeting (MYM) on Friday, February 17, at the DoubleTree Hilton hotel in Manchester to partake in an enormous event chock-full of
By Kathie Ragsdale David Wolowitz’s determination to give voice to those who cannot speak for themselves has taken him from the wards of Concord Hospital to the slums of Liberia, Africa. A practitioner for more than 45
By Roni Karnis New Hampshire workers now have access to a new, unique employment benefit known as Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) insurance. PFML insurance provides wage replacement benefits for family and medical leave. The Granite
By Tom Jarvis As part of our 150th anniversary year commemoration, the NHBA has been combing through old issues of Bar News – and its predecessor publication Bar Weekly – to find important landmarks in our history.
By Tom Jarvis In July of this year, the New Hampshire Bar Association turns 150. In observance of our sesquicentennial celebration, and with respect to our rich history as an association, we thought it would be fun
By Mysty Shappy In partnership with the New Hampshire Bar Foundation, the Judicial Branch kicked off its first National Judicial Outreach Week on March 1 with a presentation by Circuit Court Judge Ellen Christo and Attorney Lyndsay
By Tom Jarvis NHBA Staff As part of a broader initiative to identify and remove barriers to pro bono service that the New Hampshire Supreme Court has embarked upon, voluntary reporting of pro bono hours for NH