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2025 Annual Report: A Community Invested In Justice
Access to legal assistance can make a meaningful difference for individuals and families facing critical challenges involving housing, safety, financial stability, and other essential needs. The New Hampshire Campaign for Legal Services is pleased to share its 2025...
603LA News: 603 Legal Aid Launches New Website to Expand Access to Free Legal Help in New Hampshire
603 Legal Aid announced the launch of its new website, 603legalaid.org, a redesigned online resource created to make it easier for New Hampshire residents to find free legal information, understand their options, and apply for civil legal aid services.
NHLA News: Proposed Settlement Reached in Major Class Action Lawsuit to Help Thousands of Older New Hampshire Residents and Those with Disabilities Stay in Their Homes
The parties in Fitzmorris v. New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services have asked a federal court to preliminarily approve a proposed class action settlement. The agreement would require New Hampshire to make substantial changes to its in-home care program, which helps nearly 4,000 older adults and people with disabilities live safely in their communities.
NHLA News: ACLU and New Hampshire Legal Assistance Sue Housing Authority Over Electronic Surveillance of Residents
Residents of housing developments owned and maintained by the Concord Housing and Redevelopment Authority (CHRA) in New Hampshire sued to block CHRA from harvesting sweeping data about tenants’ activity patterns in their homes through surveillance devices purchased from a private company, Mînut Inc.
NHLA News: Foster Children in New Hampshire Will Finally Keep Their Own Benefits
New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte signed HB 661 into law, ending the state’s practice of using children’s Social Security and veterans benefits to pay for its own use.
603 Legal Aid Hires New DOVE Project Coordinator
603 Legal Aid is pleased to announce Taylor Flagg as its new DOVE Project Coordinator. DOVE is a special project of 603 Legal Aid's Pro Bono Program and connects victims and survivors to volunteers who can provide legal representation at final domestic violence and...
Legal Aid Paralegals Prepare for Extended Practice Opportunities Under Innovative Pilot Program
On December 5, New Hampshire Legal Assistance presented a training on evidence skills for staff paralegals at NHLA, 603 Legal Aid, and Disability Rights Center-NH. The training session comes after passage of a new state pilot program – one of the first of its kind in...
Elliott Berry Retires – Celebrating a Tireless Legal Aid Advocate
In December, friends, colleagues, and family gathered to celebrate Elliott Berry upon his retirement after 47 years at New Hampshire Legal Assistance. His time at NHLA has been spent shaping civil legal policy and practice, and he has served as a mentor to generations...
Supporting Domestic Violence Survivors Through New Manchester Clinic and Upper Valley Partnership
NHLA’s Domestic Violence Advocacy Project (DVAP) has begun holding clinics at Manchester Family Division every Thursday to help victims and survivors of domestic violence on the day of their protective order hearings. As many as six attendees each week - men, women...
603 Legal Aid Low-Income Taxpayer Project Staff Changes
When the 603 Legal Aid staff returned to work after the Thanksgiving holiday, they did so without Low-Income Taxpayer Project (LITP) staff attorney, Barbara Heggie. Barbara is opening a new chapter in life, literally and figuratively: travelling the country in an RV...
Celebrating Recent Pro Bono Achievements
The last week of October is recognized nationally as Celebrate Pro Bono Week. It is an annual opportunity to shine a spotlight on the amazing pro bono work by lawyers, paralegals, and law students across the country. The national theme for this year’s celebration is...
603 Legal Aid Low-Income Taxpayer Project Welcomes Brien Miceli as Summer Intern
The 603 Legal Aid Low-Income Taxpayer Project (LITP) welcomed its first ever summer intern last month. Brien Miceli will work closely with Barbara Heggie and the rest of the 603 Legal Aid team for 10 weeks referring tax cases, helping with pro bono services, and...
603 Legal Aid Says Farewell to Breckie Hayes-Snow
It is with heavy hearts that the 603 Legal Aid team said goodbye to longtime colleague Breckie Hayes-Snow on May 31. Breckie’s career in legal aid stretches back more than 25 years starting with a supervising attorney position at the Legal Advice and Referral Center...
Speaking for Survivors and Victims on Domestic Violence Task Force
NHLA staff attorney Mary Krueger is serving as a member of the Task Force on Domestic Violence Cases in the New Hampshire Judicial System. NHLA’s Erin Jasina and 603 Legal Aid’s Pam Dodge are also working on this effort as part of the Task Force Working Group. Mary...
New Faces at 603 Legal Aid
603 Legal Aid continues to expand with the recent hiring of Jimmy Perez, Donna Dudley, and Dennis Thivierge. Perez joins 603 Legal Aid’s team of client intake specialists and will be able to assist clients who speak Spanish as their native language. Dudley will...
603 Legal Aid Thanks Jeff Goodrich and Steve McGilvary for Their Work and Wishes Them a Happy Retirement
The legal aid community lost two of its strongest advocates last month as Jeff Goodrich and Steve McGilvary concluded their careers at 603 Legal Aid. Each has more than 20 years of experience and expertise in the delivery of legal assistance at the Legal Advice and...
Katherine Morneau to Receive 2021 Bruce Friedman Pro Bono Award
The Warren B. Rudman Center at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, and 603 Legal Aid’s Pro Bono Program, are pleased to present the ninth annual Bruce E. Friedman Pro Bono Award to Katherine J. Morneau (JD ’05) on Wednesday, January 19, at 5:30 pm. This virtual event...
UNH Law Students Help Tenants Access Resources at Eviction Clinics
The economic effects of COVID-19 continue to put low-income individuals across the state at risk of losing their homes. Legal aid advocates from New Hampshire Legal Assistance and 603 Legal Aid have established clinics in the state's busiest courthouses – Manchester...
603 Legal Aid Welcomes Vanessa Valdès as New Community Educator and LITC Assistant
603 Legal Aid continues to expand access to civil legal assistance with the recent hiring of Vanessa Valdès as the organization’s new Community Educator and LITC Assistant. “603 Legal Aid is excited to have Vanessa Valdès join the team!” said Barbara Heggie,...
Emma Sisti Hired as New 603 Legal Aid Pro Bono Manager
603 Legal Aid has hired Emma Sisti as the new Pro Bono Manager. Sisti currently works as an attorney in the Concord office of the New Hampshire Public Defender, a position she has held for 15 years. The Pro Bono Manager position is an all-new role that will contribute...
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