The following is a summary of actions taken at the
meeting of the New Jersey State Bar Association Board of Trustees at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City. This summary does not constitute official
minutes.
Government affairs: The trustees took positions in
support of three pending bills concerning domestic violence:
A317/S115, which establishes certain requirements for
domestic violence training for some judges and judicial personnel;
A860/S117, which establishes mandatory domestic violence
training for municipal prosecutors; and
A868, which establishes a minimum level of training on
domestic violence for judges and judicial personnel.
Practice of Law Task Force: A draft report of the task
force was submitted to the trustees. It will be discussed at the June meeting.
The task force studied court rules, programs and issues facing the profession
to offer proactive solutions.
New trustees: The trustees welcomed its newest members
and bid farewell to 2016-2017 NJSBA President Thomas H. Prol.
Prol called the NJSBA his professional home. “We’ve got a
great, awesome organization,” Prol said. “Our fingerprints are all over the law
books as you look through the history of New Jersey… to compel us toward that
more perfect union the constitution commands of us.”
The new trustees are:
David Edelberg, who is the Bergen County trustee;
Justin R. White, who is the Cumberland County trustee;
William C. Popjoy III, who is the Gloucester County
trustee;
James M. Newman, who is the Monmouth County trutee;
Richard F. Klineburger III, who is the Salem County
trustee;
Roger Lai, who is an at-large trustee;
Dana Van Leuven, who is a Young Lawyers Division trustee;
and
Former NJSBA President Susan A. Feeney, who is the New
Jersey State Bar Foundation’s trustee.
