For the season finale of Granite Justice, Shane Cooper talks with Ariel Clemmer, the new executive director of 603 Legal Aid.   This  podcast is  being done in partnership with NH Legal Aid (visit 603LegalAid.org), Granite State News Collaborative and produced by GSNC partner The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University. Please remember as you listen, this podcast and article is for informational purposes only.

On this episode of Granite Justice, Shane Cooper talks with Stephanie Bray, an attorney at New Hampshire Legal Assistance who works out of the Claremont office and leads the firm's work in foreclosure prevention. Stephanie has been with Legal Assistance working on foreclosure prevention since 2007.  This  podcast is  being done in partnership with NH Legal Aid (visit 603LegalAid.org), Granite State News Collaborative and produced by GSNC partner The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University. Please remember as you listen, this podcast and article is for informational purposes only.

New Hampshire's population is aging faster than the national average, putting a strain on services and care programs for older adults. On Granite Justice, Shane Cooper talks with Cheryl Steinberg, director of the Justice in Aging Project for New Hampshire Legal Assistance. They discuss the project and the free legal services available to Granite Staters who are 60 years of age or older.   This  podcast is  being done in partnership with NH Legal Aid (visit 603LegalAid.org), Granite State News Collaborative and produced by GSNC partner The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University. Please remember as you listen, this podcast and article is for informational purposes only.

Taylor Flagg, program coordinator of 603 Legal Aid Dove Project, has been working since May towards the goal of improving services for domestic violence and stalking victims in New Hampshire. Shane Cooper talks with her about the lack of resources in New Hampshire and what she has been doing and will continue to do to improve that.   This  podcast is  being done in partnership with NH Legal Aid (visit 603LegalAid.org), Granite State News Collaborative and produced by GSNC partner The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University. Please remember as you listen, this podcast and article is for informational purposes only.

On this episode of Granite Justice, Shane Cooper interviews Barbara Heggie, Supervising Attorney and Coordinator for the Low Income Taxpayer Project Coordinator. They talk about the Low Income Taxpayer Project and what the choices are for those having trouble with the IRS.    This  podcast is  being done in partnership with NH Legal Aid (visit 603LegalAid.org), Granite State News Collaborative and produced by GSNC partner The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University. Please remember as you listen, this podcast and article is for informational purposes only.

On Granite Justice, Shane Cooper talks with Chris Schott, director of the Fair Housing Project at New Hampshire Legal Assistance to talk about the Fair Housing Act. They go through what the various categories of discrimination are, how to begin the process of utilizing the Fair Funding Act, and how the Fair Housing Project can assist you.   This  podcast is  being done in partnership with NH Legal Aid (visit 603LegalAid.org), Granite State News Collaborative and produced by GSNC partner The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University. Please remember as you listen, this podcast and article is for informational purposes only.

Our guest today is Emma Sisti, Deputy Director at 603 Legal Aid, where she also manages the pro bono program that connects volunteer attorneys in New Hampshire with people who have civil legal needs and cannot afford to hire an attorney. Before working at 603 Legal Aid, Emma spent 15 years as a public defender. Today she's here to talk about the civil legal procedure called criminal records annulment. And it's great to have you on the show today. This  podcast is  being done in partnership with NH Legal Aid (visit 603LegalAid.org), Granite State News Collaborative and produced by GSNC partner The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University. Please remember as you listen, this podcast and article is for informational purposes only.

Today's guest on Granite Justice is Erin Jasina. Erin has been a paralegal in the Portsmouth Office of New Hampshire Legal Assistance for 15 years, and is director of New Hampshire Legal Assistance’s Domestic Violence Advocacy Project. Erin's work on the domestic violence Advocacy Project is primarily focused on assisting domestic violence victims and survivors with their protective orders, and high with LED family law cases. Host, Shane Cooper and Erin Jasina talk about civil protective orders in cases of domestic violence. This  podcast is  being done in partnership with NH Legal Aid (visit 603LegalAid.org), Granite State News Collaborative and produced by GSNC partner The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University. Please remember as you listen, this podcast and article is for informational purposes only.

Renting can be difficult and having an landlord who is unjust towards you can significantly affect you. In this inaugural episode of the Granite Justice podcast, Shane Cooper, an Associate Dean at UNH Franklin Pierce talks with Steve McGilvary, a paralegal at 603 Legal Aid to talk about the 540-A petition which is used to provide protection for tenants against unjust actions from landlords. They go over how to begin the petition, what are some major aspects to keep an eye out for, and what repercussions can come from this petition. This  podcast is  being done in partnership with NH Legal Aid (visit 603LegalAid.org), Granite State News Collaborative and produced by GSNC partner The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University. Please remember as you listen, this podcast and article is for informational purposes only.

Far too often, people don’t know that when they are facing a problem – like a landlord who won’t give back a security deposit, or a denial of a program like food stamps – that they have legal rights, and there are ways to advocate for those rights in the civil legal system. The new podcast from NH Legal Aid, Granite Justice: conversations about the civil legal system with Shane Cooper, an Associate Dean at UNH Franklin Pierce, aims to provide a road map of sorts. By the end of an episode, we hope more people will recognize and understand that if they are facing a civil legal problem, you can ask yourself  ”Do I have any rights here?” and “What do I do now?”  This podcast will help you navigate some of those questions. In a lot of situations, the answer to, “what do I do now” will be, visit 603LegalAid.org. That’s where someone with a civil legal problem can learn more through self-help guides for addressing the circumstance on your own. 603LegalAid.org is also where you can apply for civil legal aid in New Hampshire if you need it, for a wide array of issues, from disputes with a landlord to divorce and child custody disputes, to navigating the unemployment or food stamp or Medicaid systems, and much more. Please remember as you listen, this podcast is for informational purposes only. Nothing said here by either party constitutes legal advice of any kind or creates an attorney-client relationship between a listener and NH Legal Assistance or 603 Legal Aid or the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law. It is possible that the law has changed after we recorded this podcast episode or the information shared does not exactly fit with your specific situation. For the most up to date information or to get legal help, please visit 603legalaid.org This podcast is being done in partnership with The Granite State News Collaborative and produced by GSNC partner The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University.