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![handle is hein.barjournals/nhbn0011 and id is 1 raw text is: NEW HAMPSHIRE
Bar News
An Official Publicatlun of the New HAImpshire Bar Associatio
VOL 11', NO. 1 * JUNE 9, 2000
Focusing on Future of Legal Profession and the Bar
Streamlining the Bar to Face the Future
By Gregory D. Robbins
AS THE LEGAL PROFESSION in New Hampshire has
experienced dramatic growth, Its professional association
hasalsogrown. Striving to meet thecontinuallychanging
and ever-more-diverse needs of its members, the New
Hampshire Bar Association's ability to control growth in
the activities it undertakes has diminished. It has become
Increasingly difficult to coordinate theongoing efforts and
new initiatives that result from the committed involve-
ment of hundreds ofcomnmittee volunteers and thousands
ofsection members. The Bar's resources are srained trying
to keep up with these demands.
Meanwhile, the challenges posed to the profession in
the future are growing, too, and it has become clear that
the lar must carefully establish priorities, and coordinate
and monitor activities to ensure that we meet our Identi-
fied goals. While we are increasing our efforts to address
the challenges of the future, we musto ok at existing
activities of the Bar so that we can avoid the prospect of the
Bar Assoclation becominga mile wide and an inch deep.
Over the past year, committee and section chairs
have been asked to participate with Board and staff aem-
bcr on Work Groups charged with becoming more
fanaliar with the range of the Bar's activities In the areas
of Member Services, Public Services, Administration of
Justice and NHBA Admlnistration, and to recommend
steps that could be taken to better manage the activity of
the Bar's volunteers and staff, through streamlining its
structure and making more efficient use of its resources.
The Association faces tie ongoingchallengeofcarry-
Ing out core activities that advance the multi-faceted
operating mission and init,ting efforts to help members
identify, shape, anticipate and prepare for the challenges
and opportunities of the future.
The Board of Governors has taken three steps toward
focusing limited resources for these purposes:
1) We have processed the Input of the Work Groups
regarding ongoing Association activities, and have
made some prioritizatlon decisions based on that feed-
back;
2),Wehave committed toevaluatingcurrentand proposed
endeavors based on how they will advance our adopted
operating mission (see accompanying box)
And
3) We have instituted a protocol or vetting process for
STREAMLINING continued on page 4
Future Task Force Formed
By Dan Wise
THE BAR'S BOARD of Governors on May 18, 2000
formed two task forces to confront issues of rapid change
facing the profession, and authorized an outreach pro-
gram to Initiate a dialogue with members of the Bar
throughout the state.
Specifically, the Board approved three initiatives:
*Task Force on the Future of the Profession;
o Technology 2000 Task Force;
* County/Local Bar Outreach Program, commencing
this fall.
NHBA President-Elect Gregory D. Robbins, who
proposed the task force on the future, said forces inside
and outside the legal profession are going to significantly
change the practice of law in the next 10 years. Comple-
tition from other professions, including CPAs, online
legal and paralegal services, and other market forces will
make it increasingly difficult to earn a living practicing
law In traditional ways, Robbins said.
It is essential that the Bar Association take a con-
certed, organized look at these forces and make recoin-
mendations about how we can compete in the economic
TASK FORCE continued oi page 5
'1Bait and switch' claim rebutted
Senate Rejects Amendment on Court's Rules
By George R. Moore
Editor's Note: Oil May 18, 2000, the NH Senate followed
the recommendation of the Senate JudiciaTy Committee and
voted CACR 2 as inexpedient to legislate. The resolution,
which had xssed the House on April 13, thesamedayit voted
to authorize an impeachment inquiry of the Supreme Court,
would have set a public vote on a consititutional amendtent
tthat would have drastically altered the balance of powers in
Neti H-anpshire goveniment. CACR 2would hawe subjected
all ofthe courts' rule-making authority to change by the
legislature. Although the vote killed this legislation for this
session, some lawmnakers, including members of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, have vowed to resurrect the ideaofor
consideration next year. NHBA President George R. Moore
spoke in opposition to the bill on behalf of the Association.
Excerpts of his tesimony follow:
BY WAY OF HISTORY, CACR 2, or sl mil ar verslons of it,
have been considered by the House on at least two
occasions and have been overwhelmingly rejected. In
1995, for example, the House Constitutiomal and Statu-
tory Revision Committee studied Part II, Article 73-a,
particularly in light of charges that it was a balt and
switch, and found that the actual history of its adoption
proved otherwise.
Again In 1998 a House study connittee examined
the adoption of Part II, Article 73.a (as well as Part 11,
Articles 41 and 72-a) and concluded that no change in
the constitutional process for adopting court rules was
necessary.
CACR continued on page 10
I THE DOCKET
3 Pimer Female Attorney Dies.
Marguerita Bnderick Hurley, who
practiced in Manchester in the 1930s, died last
month. In addition to being one of the only
female members of the Bar, she helped
establish the Head Start Program In NH.
S Supreme Court Meets in June. At
5 presstime, the Court announced that
substitute justices will assist in hearing oral
arguments on June 20 and 21, and in screening
casts and motions for the NH Supreme Court.
Jue Loughlin Honored. Retired
Judge Martin Loughlln was presented
with a portrait that will hang in a courtroom in
the Superior Court building in Manchester.
The presentation occurred at the Bar
Foundation's Legal History event featuring a
video collage of interviews.
21 Ethics Panel Divided. The NHBA
Ethics Committee offers guidance on
the propriety of lawyers accepting referral fees
from investment advisors.
Law Week in the Schools
Uoncord attrne susan ttatem tsca sus to neip tJW Int-
graders understand the Woe jan iinmigrakni lawyer. See article
and list of participants in A Lawyer in Every Scuxl Day last
imonth on pages 9-10.
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