The NJSBA is saddened by the loss of former Supreme Court Justice James H. Coleman Jr., a seminal figure in New Jersey jurisprudence who broke down racial barriers as the Court’s first Black justice. Justice Coleman’s remarkable journey as the son of a sharecropper in segregated Lawrenceville, Virginia to the state’s highest court will continue to inspire generations of lawyers, NJSBA President William H. Mergner Jr. said in a statement. Read the full statement here.
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NJSBA Mourns the Passing of Former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice James H. Coleman Jr.
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