Diversity Committee Mission Statement

The Diversity Committee is a Standing Committee of the NJSBA. The Standing Committees of the NJSBA focus on the organization and operation of the Association as well as topics of concern that affect all lawyers globally.

The NJSBA Diversity Committee works with the entire NJSBA community to support the mission and vision of the NJSBA, and to ensure that diversity, in its many forms, is understood, respected and valued. The NJSBA Diversity Committee will guide efforts to conceptualize, assess, and cultivate diversity as an institutional and educational resource. The NJSBA works to promote equality in the profession and justice system and identifies ways in which the NJSBA can promote diversity in the practice of law. The NJSBA Diversity Committee seeks to collaborate with all sections and committees to ensure the full and equal access to and participation by individuals in the NJSBA, the legal profession and in the justice system regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

Diversity Committee members can access the group’s CommunityNet website here.

Co-Chair Leonard V. Jones
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
550 Broad Street
Suite 810
Newark, NJ 07102
908-577-1933