Jonathan also is a past president of the Manchester Bar Association. If the office of bar admissions general counsel or board member determines that the applicant is ineligible for admission, the applicant may seek reconsideration from the board or a subcommittee thereof, in accordance with procedures established by the board. Bobs practice focus includes patent and trade secret litigation; environmental litigation; stockholder and partnership disputes; and investor disputes. 3), pp 33-36.. By Sherry M. Hieber and Gordon J. MacDonald In 2013, New Hampshire became the first jurisdiction in the Northeast and only the second east of the Mississippi River to adopt the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE). Prior to joining Stein Law, she was a public defender for almost 12 years. from Boston University in 1981. (e) Reinstatement of a license suspended under this paragraph shall be only by order, upon petition to the court following completion of the practical skills course, and upon such conditions as the court deems appropriate. I have served as the vice chair on the Bars Insurance committee and have been involved in specific projects such as the Pro Bono call marathons. He earned his law degree from Suffolk University Law School in 2008 where he graduated with high honors. This guide will help all community members, including the board, resolve conflict, and avoid escalation. Attorney Schuster is admitted to practice in New Hampshire and Vermont and is a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association, Vermont Bar Association and the Grafton County Bar Association. The address of the jurisdiction for which you are applying for admission. Registration and seating So it was the combination of those guys being in my ear and also moving into private practice and thinking about the bigger world.. 1 Granite Place, Suite N400 Concord, NH 03301. If the applicant elects not to withdraw the application, and the second report and recommendation of the committee to the court is against approval of the application, the court, upon receipt of the report with the adverse recommendation by the committee, may grant the application or shall require the applicant to show cause why the application should not be denied. In 2007, Richard was selected as a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. During her years of practice, Leslie has always striven for a collegial, collaborative relationship with the attorneys she has had the pleasure to work with. Vanessa was in private practice in Sullivan County for 28 years, and then worked for the Cheshire County Attorneys Office for 3.5 years. Contact the Webmaster to submit comments. Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, an applicant who has graduated from a law school in a foreign country and who is a member in good standing of the bar of that country or a member of the bar of one of the States of the United States who was admitted after examination and is in good standing, may qualify to sit for the New Hampshire Bar Examination or may apply for admission upon motion by providing to the board satisfactory proof of his or her educational sufficiency. Click here to view a chart which outlines the processing of a grievance as it moves through the Attorney Discipline System. (1) If the board or subcommittee determines that an applicant is ineligible for admission, the applicant may seek review by the supreme court of the board or subcommittees final decision by filing a petition with the supreme court for review within twenty days of the date of the notice of final decision. Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers About Us. Cathy is a frequent lecturer on family law topics at continuing legal education programs and is the author of several Bar Journal and legal articles relating to family law issues. The office of bar admissions is a division within the administrative office of the courts. I have been the managing partner in my law firm, Bouchard, Kleinman & Wright for the past 20 years. 2 Pillsbury Street, Suite 300. Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers About Us. All Content Contributors. General Requirements for Admission to Bar. The Attorney Discipline Office is located at 4 Chenell Drive, Suite 102, Concord, N.H. 03301. To locate an attorney by name or city, go to Mass. Laptop registration takes place during the month prior to the examination. The MPRE is developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). Spouses of active military personnel assigned to New Hampshire may seek waiver of strict compliance with the duration of practice requirements of the rules governing admission by motion without examination and admission by transferred UBE score. Please review the information on these sites carefully. Such a new admittee shall be required to attend a practical skills course given within three years of the date of departure, and further provided that, if he or she shall have completed the assignment and returned to New Hampshire within the three-year period, the course taken shall be the first available course given after his or her return. As State Delegate, Parent chairs New Hampshires delegation in the House of Delegates. Fax: (605) 773-8479. She practices in a wide range of intellectual property matters, including trade secrets, trademarks, and copyrights, as well as business disputes related to corporate governance, non-compete conflicts, contract actions and other professional disagreements in both state and federal courts, arbitration proceedings, and appeals. The petitioner, and not the board, is responsible for paying the cost of preparing the transcript. The board may waive the filing deadline requirement for good cause shown. She received her undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University in 2007 and graduated from the University of New Hampshire School Of Law in 2010. For purposes of this rule, attempts to earn the minimum score are counted regardless of whether the applicant tested in New Hampshire or in another jurisdiction administering the UBE. Bob is the firms liaison with Lex Mundi, the worlds leading association of independent law firms. New Hampshire's path to adoption of the UBE very much reflected local . The New Hampshire Board of Bar Examiners has established a scaled score of 79 as the passing level of performance for the MPRE. (b) Any person who seeks admission to the bar shall at all times have the burden of proving his or her good moral character to the committee and the court. An active cyclist, he and his wife have logged miles biking over hill and dale throughout N.H. and Vt., over mountain passes in Colorado and cols of the French Alps. The applicant shall: (1) prior to admission, and within one year of the date upon which the application for admission is filed, have successfully completed, to the satisfaction of the board, the Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program, after successfully completing taking and passing a variant of the New Hampshire bar examination to consist of rigorous, repeated and comprehensive evaluation of legal skills and abilities, the criteria for which will be established by this court, and which will amount to more than the twelve hours of testing required for the conventional bar examination. Jennifer L. Parent is a director and chair of the litigation department in the McLane Middleton law firm in Manchester, with particular focus on business and employment litigation. THE BOARD OF BAR Overseers has found that three assistant attorneys general engaged in numerous acts of misconduct related to the Attorney General's prosecution of drug lab chemist Sonja Farak. Josh is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of law and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Additional information regarding the MPT, the MEE and the MBE is available on the NCBEs web site at www.ncbex.org. There were 1248 first time takers, of whom 80.9% passed the exam. Parent received her law degree from Suffolk University Law School, summa cum laude, and was admitted to the NH Bar in 1995. The State Bar of South Dakota can be contacted at the following: Address: 222 East Capitol Avenue #3 A 2014 graduate of the University of New Hampshire School of Law, Scott was a member of the Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program and served as the 2013-2014 Chief Justice for the UNH Moot Court Advisory Board. At the ABA he is a member of the Criminal Justice Section, the Administrative Law Section and the Environment, Energy and Resources Law Section. New Hampshire Supreme Court Office of Bar Admissions Register Laptop Registration is Open. Finally, the Board of Bar Examiners recognizes that the eligibility requirements for Admission on Motion may be difficult to satisfy for attorney spouses of active duty military personnel, who frequently are transferred to new duty stations in states where they are not admitted to practice. Application for Service on Boards and Committees Contact Information Board of Bar Examiners Office of Attorney Licensing Costello Courthouse 32 Cherry St., Suite 213 Burlington, VT 05401 Phone: (802) 859-3000 Fax: (802) 859-3003 Andrew Strauss, Licensing Counsel JUD.AttyLicensing@vermont.gov Jim also maintains a small side practice mostly consisting of family law cases. Cathy practices law in the domestic relations area including divorce, child support, parenting and guardianship matters. Lindsey B. Courtney is currently the Executive Director of the New Hampshire Office of Professional Licensure and Certification, the state agency responsible for administering occupational licensing boards in New Hampshire. Applicant examination papers are retained by the Office of Bar Admissions for one year after the Examination. Concord, NH 03301, Phone: (603) 224-5828 Christopher T. Regan is a graduate of Cornell University (A.B) and received his J.D. If the petition to this court is filed more than one year after the date of the order suspending the person from the practice of law in this State, then the petition shall be accompanied by evidence of continuing competence and learning in the law, and evidence of continuing moral character and fitness. New Hampshire. Kate received her J.D., cum laude, from Suffolk University and her B.A., cum laude, from Saint Anselm College. Maine is also considered a reciprocal jurisdiction under the provisions of Supreme Court Rule 42(XI)(a), which does not include a CLE requirement. In 2009 he was a recipient of the NH Bar Foundations Frank Rowe Kenison Award for Community Service. Military veterans may be eligible to be reimbursed for fees related to the New Hampshire Bar examination. Copyright 2022 New Hampshire Attorney Discipline System, General Rules for Attorney Discipline System, Procedural Rules for Attorney Discipline System, Policies of the Attorney Discipline System, Click here to view a chart which outlines the processing of a grievance. She then entered private practice and has been practicing both civil and criminal law ever since. For a list of areas of law covered on past bar examinations see MEE Subject Matter. The Board of Bar Examiners will recommend for admission any applicant who receives a passing score on the New Hampshire bar examination. A Supreme Court committee on character and fitness (committee) is established to examine the character and fitness of applicants desiring to be admitted to the bar of New Hampshire. Have questions or . He currently focuses his practice on statewide criminal defense, family law and personal injury. If you are applying in New York, please specify the judicial department. (e) The office of bar admissions general counsel shall have the authority to retain the assistance of experts and other professionals when deemed necessary for the efficient discharge of its duties or the duties of the board of bar examiners or the committee on character and fitness from funds appropriated for this purpose. Jesse said hes looking forward to learning more about the Board of Governors and finding ways to apply his skills to help others during his time there. Search for attorneys by name or city from the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers. Her practice is focused on third party family building through adoption and assisted reproductive technology, as well as estate planning. Any person who seeks admission to practice law in the State of New Hampshire who is a graduate of a law school in a foreign country shall have the burden of proving that the requirements of this section have been met. According to the Order, Mr. Miller did not respond or otherwise participate in the disciplinary proceeding. Every applicant for admission to the New Hampshire bar shall be required: (1) to comply with all provisions of this rule; (2) to file all application forms prescribed by the board, respond to all requests of the board, the committee, their designees, and the staff of the Office of Bar Admissions, for information deemed relevant to the application for admission, and to pay all prescribed fees related to the application for admission; (3) to meet one of the following requirements: (B) to satisfy the requirements for admission by transferred UBE score set forth in paragraph X; or, (C) to satisfy the requirements for admission without examination set forth in Rule 42(XI); or. July 2022 Statistics: A total of 1426 examinees sat for the July 2022 bar examination, of whom 73.4% passed. The court shall review the petition for review in the normal course and, after consideration of the petition for review and the record, the court shall make such order as justice may require. A combination of study in full-time and part-time law schools will be accepted only if such law schools meet the above requirements, and the applicant has graduated from one of the law schools. Susanne volunteered with Immigration Justice Campaign twice and found the work so compelling that she switched to working with asylum seekers full time. The purpose of this website is to inform attorneys and the general public about these efforts. Attorney Keenan is also a member of the New Hampshire bar, where he was admitted in 1986. The duty to update information exists during the entire pendency of the application or motion for admission. 250 Benefit Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903 (401) 222-3272 telephone (401) 222-3599 facsimile ribarexam@courts.ri.gov The Rhode Island Bar Examination is administered the last Tuesday and Wednesday of February and July each year. (4) If the applicant has met the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2), but the applicant's program and course of law study do not meet the requirements of paragraph (3), the board may nevertheless determine that the applicant has proved educational sufficiency based upon the board's consideration of the following factors: (A) The course of study that was completed as compared to that offered in a law school approved by the American Bar Association; (B) The attorney's pre-legal education as compared to that offered in a U.S. high school and college or university; (C) The length and nature of prior legal practice or teaching, if any; (D) The applicant's familiarity with the American constitutional, common-law and statutory legal systems; (E) The applicant's successful completion of additional legal studies. The failure of an applicant to answer any question on the petition and questionnaire for admission, or any question propounded by any member of the committee, a designee of the committee, or by the staff of the Office of Bar Admissions, or to supply any documentary material requested by any of them, shall justify a finding that the applicant has not met the burden of proving good moral character. She served as President of NHBA from 2011-2012. If there is any conflict between any language on this website and the Rules of the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners (Rules), the Rules prevail. (a) An applicant who meets the Eligibility Requirements set forth in paragraphs 42 (IV)(a), (V), and (VI), and the following additional requirements may, upon motion to the board, be admitted by transferred UBE score. 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