News from the NJSBA

The New Jersey State Bar Association Board of Trustees took action on a host of matters recently. The board met on March 8 at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick. The board voted on positions to advocate related to several legislative items and funding...

In recent days, there has been a significant increase in cyberattacks worldwide. The New Jersey State Bar Association shares some quick reminders about how to stay safe. Read more here.

Join the NJSBF on April 18 for a free, eye-opening interactive webcast with an author, attorneys and behavioral health experts to discuss consequences of media manipulation and how our laws have become outpaced by technology. Register to attend here.

The New Jersey Lawyers Assistance Program’s latest update has meditations on happiness; explores what bipolar means and reaches out to law students. The service is free and available to anyone in the legal community. Learn more.

Members are invited to join the NJSBA Privacy Law Committee and ISC2 in a Cybersecurity Breach Exercise to be held at Lowenstein Sandler in Roseland. This special event will be a hands-on opportunity to work through real-life situations with experts in the...

Nominations for individuals or groups for the NJSBA Pro Bono Committee's 2024 annual awards are now open. The awards recognize members of the legal profession who have an outstanding commitment to providing legal services to the state’s underserved residents. Learn...

The NJSBA asked New Jersey’s federal delegation to ensure additional funding for federal public defenders who handle the vast majority of criminal cases in district courts around the nation. Cutting funding would cause a domino effect of problems for those facing...

The NJSBA is co-sponsoring a job fair hosted by Legal Services of New Jersey on April 4 from 3-6 p.m. LSNJ is looking for attorneys, paralegals, assistants, and more for positions throughout the statewide system of Legal Services organizations. Registration is...

There are programs in nearly two dozen practice area and interest tracks with over 100 programs to peruse at NJSBA 2024 Annual Meeting and Convention. Checkout the array of seminars looking at every aspect of the law facing New Jersey practitioners. View CLE seminars...

The Foundation is providing grant funding to eight New Jersey-based nonprofit organizations to fund summer law associates. This program provides an opportunity for law students to serve the public in the nonprofit community and develop advocacy and other legal skills....

This week’s Capitol Report looks at proposed changes to the state’s Open Public Records Act (OPRA). The New Jersey State Bar Association did not take a position on the bill, but proposed three amendments to suggest ways to ensure attorneys who use OPRA for the benefit...

The New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law is soliciting nominations for the Daniel J. O'Hern Award and the Charles J. Hollenbeck Award. Each award recognizes members of the legal community who have demonstrated the highest standards of professionalism....

This inaugural event on April 11 features U.S. District Court Chief Judge Renée Marie Bumb along with 17 federal judges and over a dozen esteemed practitioners. The program will focus on the essentials of federal civil and criminal practice, with a networking...

Dozens of NJSBA members took part in a free lunchtime workshop on how to decrease stress in work and family relationships from the Association’s Member Assistance Program. The session looked at characteristics of healthy relationships, including positive and...

The latest issue of Respect, the Foundation’s newsletter on diversity and inclusion matters, features articles on caste discrimination and laws across the country that ban gender-affirming care and includes an article on the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on...