Board of Trustees Reports

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report Oct. 24, 2025 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Event Contracts: The Board approved the contract for the 2026 Environmental Law Forum at ICONA Avalon, scheduled for June 26-30, 2026. It also endorsed the agreements for the...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report Sept. 19, 2025 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Litigation update: During the meeting, the Board learned that the state Supreme Court denied cert in Rajeh A. Saadeh vs. New Jersey State Bar Association, leaving in place...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report July 23, 2025 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Executive Committee Action: Prior to the meeting, the Executive Committee acted on emergent matters and approved asking the Appellate Division to participate as...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report June 13, 2025 Note: This does not constitute official minutes 2025-2026 Budget: The Board adopted a $10.9 million budget for 2025-2026 that allows the Association to provide meaningful membership experiences, top-notch CLE programming...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report April 11, 2025 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Outgoing Trustees: NJSBA President William H. Mergner Jr. paid tribute to outgoing Trustees Hon. James M. Newman, Ayesha K. Hamilton, Kathleen Barnett Einhorn, Carlos M....

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report March 21, 2025 Note: This does not constitute official minutes 2025 Rules Report Comments: The Board voted to send comments on reports from the Supreme Court Family Practice Committee, Committee on Diversity, Inclusion & Community...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report Feb. 28, 2025 Note: This does not constitute official minutes NJSBA statement on attacks against the rule of law: In response to a request from the LGBTQ Rights Section and concerns about action being taken against certain judges and law...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report Jan. 24, 2025 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Court Rule amendments: The Board voted to oppose a proposed Court Rule amendment that would limit a prosecutor from seeking extensions on a motion for waiver of Family Part...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report Dec. 12, 2024 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Technology CLE credits: The Board voted to support a Court Rule amendment that requires attorneys to earn one CLE credit in the area of technology every two years as one of...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report Nov. 15, 2024 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Family Part Court Rules comments: The Board agreed to submit comments on proposed amendments to the Court Rules governing Family Part mediations and juvenile referees. The...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report Oct. 18, 2024 Note: This does not constitute official minutes AI Committee: The Board adopted the charge for the new Artificial Intelligence Committee. Under the charge, the committee will examine AI in legal practice – including the...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report Sept. 20, 2024 Note: This does not constitute official minutes New Trustee: NJSBA President William H. Mergner Jr. swore in Robin C. Bogan as the new Morris County trustee on the Board. Bogan is an experienced family law attorney and...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report July 17, 2024 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Comments on FM Case Management Order: The Board agreed to submit comments on the Judiciary’s proposal to remove the FM Case Management Order as an appendix to the Court Rules....

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report June 14, 2024 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Fiscal year budget: The Board adopted a $10.7 million fiscal year budget for 2024-2025 that allows the Association to provide meaningful membership experiences, top-notch CLE...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report May 15, 2024 Note: This does not constitute official minutes AI Task Force Report: The trustees approved a report from the NJSBA Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and the Law outlining AI’s impact on the legal profession. The 36-page...

New Jersey State Bar Association Board of Trustees  Report of March 2024  NOTE: This does not constitute official minutes.   Government affairs: The trustees voted on several pending bills.   The trustees supported S2437 (Pou), which would direct the state Office of...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report December 15, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Honoring Jeremy Farrell: The Board agreed to posthumously recognize Jeremy Farrell, 44, with a Distinguished Legislative Service Award for his contributions as a former...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report November 17, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Ethics budget: The Board voted to send the Judiciary a letter on a proposed rate hike of $27 in the annual attorney assessment to fund the Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE)....

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report October 13, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Amicus cases: On a recommendation from the NJSBA’s Right to Counsel Implementation Committee, the Board voted to seek participation as an amicus party in two cases pending...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report September 14, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes  AI Task Force: The Board approved the creation of the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Industry. The task force’s primary focus is to review the...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report July 20, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes  Future of Legal Profession Task Force Report: The Board adopted the final report of the Future of Legal Profession Task Force that reaffirmed the Association’s steadfast...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report June 15, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes     NJSBA Budget: The Board approved the fiscal year budget for 2023-2024 that allows the Association to continue providing meaningful membership experiences to better serve...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report May 18, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes     New Trustees: The Board recognized a slate a of new trustees – Jose A. Calves, Camden County Trustee; Brandon DeJesus, Ocean County Trustee; Philip W. Lamparello, Union...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report April 21, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes     Mental health diversion committee: On a recommendation from NJSBA President-Elect Timothy F. McGoughran, the Board established an ad hoc committee to create uniformity in...

NJSBA Board of Trustees Report  February 10, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes New trustee: The Board appointed Brett Yore to fill  the Cape May Trustee vacancy on the Association’s governing body. Yore, an assistant prosecutor in...