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Board of Trustees Report, April 21, 2023
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...
NJ Commission on Professionalism presents annual awards to three exemplary attorneys, dozens more recognized as Professional Lawyer of the Year
The New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law honored three distinguished attorneys and dozens more at its annual awards that recognize excellence in the law. The commission’s most prestigious awards, presented July 12 at Forsgate Country Club in Monroe...
NJSBA Board of Trustees acts at June meeting
The New Jersey State Bar Association’s Board of Trustees acted on several items at its June meeting. On the Association’s Madden advocacy, the Board agreed to submit comments to the Supreme Court’s Working Group on Attorney Pro Bono Assignments that call for the...
NJSBA Nominating Committee Seeks Candidates for Sussex County Trustee
The New Jersey State Bar Association’s Nominating Committee invites members to apply for a vacant position as the Sussex County Trustee on the NJSBA Board of Trustees. This position is for an unexpired term, and the selected candidate will serve from the time of...
Lawrence S. Lustberg, prominent criminal defense advocate, to receive NJSBF 2023 Medal of Honor
Editor’s note: This is the second of two articles on the NJSBF 2023 Medal of Honor recipients. An interview with the other recipient, retired New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Barry T. Albin, appeared in a prior edition of The Bar Report. The New Jersey State Bar...
Statement of NJSBA President Timothy F. McGoughran on the report by the Supreme Court’s Special Committee on the Duration of Disbarment for Knowing Misappropriation
The New Jersey State Bar Association is encouraged by the recent recommendations that carve out a pathway back from disbarment in certain cases where attorneys knowingly misappropriated client funds. This long-overdue remedy offers attorneys a chance at redemption and...
Statement of NJSBA President Timothy F. McGoughran on the suspension of civil and matrimonial trials in Passaic Count
The New Jersey State Bar Association is disappointed that the state’s ongoing judicial vacancy crisis will force civil and matrimonial trials to halt in another New Jersey county. The upcoming moratorium in Passaic County will directly impact families in custody,...
NJSBA magazine revamps online edition with added features
New Jersey Lawyer has switched to a new digital publishing platform that offers a more engaging and scrollable reading experience on desktop and mobile devices. The updated platform, powered by BlueToad, is available for the magazine’s June edition on workplace and...
Justice Barry T. Albin, renowned New Jersey jurist, to receive NJSBF 2023 Medal of Honor
Editor’s note: This is the first of two articles on the NJSBF 2023 Medal of Honor recipients. An interview with the other recipient, Lawrence S. Lustberg, will be featured in an upcoming edition of The Bar Report. The New Jersey State Bar Foundation is proud to bestow...
Statement of NJSBA President Timothy F. McGoughran on confirmation of New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Michael Noriega
Michael Noriega has been a model of professionalism throughout his career as a lifelong student of the law and mentor, who advanced legal practice in New Jersey for the better. His approval by the Senate fulfills the promise of an independent and principled Judiciary...
The Bar Report update
As of July 1, “The Bar Report” will be digital only and will no longer be published in the print edition of the New Jersey Law Journal. It will appear digitally every Monday on the New Jersey Law Journal’s website at law.com/ njlawjournal. Readers can still access the...
NJ Commission on Professionalism in the Law to honor 3 distinguished attorneys, dozens more
Top honors from the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law will go to a prominent civil attorney, an advocate for the economically disadvantaged and a retired state Superior Court assignment judge. The commission’s most prestigious awards honor...
New NJSBF president shares vision for the future in the organization’s 65th year
Charlie Stoia knows the influence of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation through his 25 years of service to the organization. As the newly sworn-in president of the Foundation, Stoia is honored to take the reins in the organization’s 65th year of serving as...
Scholarship fund created honoring Judge Lisa P. Thornton
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation is seeking donations for a scholarship in memory of Monmouth County Assignment Judge Lisa P. Thornton, the state’s first Black female assignment judge, who passed away unexpectedly on May 27. The law school scholarship honors...
MIPS hosts Juneteenth celebration
Dozens came to the New Jersey Law Center on June 8 to commemorate the end of chattel slavery in the United States. The program, hosted by the NJSBA’s Minorities in the Profession Section, featured a panel discussion with notable Black leaders in the law on...