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Lyn Schollett, executive director of the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, urged support, noting 12 states have judges identified in evaluations and other states do it through state bar associations.
She repeated Lynn’s assessment that the caliber of judicial work in New Hampshire is high. The evaluations don’t look at case outcomes but rather a judge’s impartiality, temperament and the clarity of his or her decisions, Schollett said. “I have seen traumatizing harm that ineffective judges can have,” Schollett added. Union Leader April 7, 2026 The bill’s backers, who include Rep. Bob Lynn of Windham, a former chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, and Lyn Schollett, executive director of the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, said the new requirements could improve judicial performance.
“I have seen the traumatizing harm that ineffective judges can have,” Schollett said, noting that a dozen states make judicial evaluations public by law, while others disclose them though state bar associations. NHPR April 7, 2026 |
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(603) 224-8893
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