News from the NJSBA
Get all the latest news from the NJSBA about the Association, it’s advocacy, people and happenings, as well as statements and press releases about current events.
New Jersey Lawyer returns for second edition on access to justice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 3, 2023 Contact: Thomas Nobile Director of Communications Tel: 732-937-7527 ENDPRBLOCK NEW BRUNSWICK - The April 2023 edition of New Jersey Lawyer revisits the topic of helping people and communities access justice. ...
Legal lessons from the Armenian genocide are focus of upcoming program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 3, 2023 Contact: Thomas Nobile Director of Communications Tel: 732-937-7527 ENDPRBLOCK NEW BRUNSWICK - An upcoming seminar hosted by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education will delve into the history and legal...
NJSBA Criminal Law Section seeks nominations for Criminal Law Practitioner of the Year Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 29, 2023 Contact: Thomas Nobile Director of Communications Tel: 732-937-7527 ENDPRBLOCK NEW BRUNSWICK - The NJSBA Criminal Law Section is seeking nominations for its annual award to recognize a practitioner who has made...
Nominations Sought for Seats on Young Lawyers Division Executive Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2023 Contact: Thomas Nobile Director of Communications Tel: 732-937-7527 ENDPRBLOCK NEW BRUNSWICK - The Nominating Committee of the Young Lawyers Division ("YLD") of the New Jersey State Bar Association is...
Princeton Day School is the New Jersey Mock Trial winner for 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2023 Contact: Thomas Nobile Director of Communications Tel: 732-937-7527 ENDPRBLOCK NEW BRUNSWICK - Princeton Day School of Mercer County won the annual Vincent J. Apruzzese High School Mock Trial Competition on March 20,...
NJSBA Family Law Retreat held in Scottsdale
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2023 Contact: Thomas Nobile Director of Communications Tel: 732-937-7527 ENDPRBLOCK NEW BRUNSWICK - Hundreds of attorneys, judges and legal professionals gathered in Arizona last week for the annual Family Law Retreat. The...
Informing the public: NJSBF educates and enlightens
NEW BRUNSWICK - Part of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s mission is to educate New Jersey residents on the law and legal system. To achieve this mission, the NJSBF works with other organizations to sponsor law-related conferences and publications to help...
NJSBA Board of Trustees takes action at March meeting
NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey State Bar Association’s Board of Trustees acted on several measures at its March 10 meeting. The Board accepted and discussed several measures in a report by the NJSBA’s Putting Lawyers First Task Force. The...
Leadership Academy gathers to discuss future of profession, critical issues facing attorneys
NEW BRUNSWICK - The members of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Leadership Academy gathered at the New Jersey Law Center last week to discuss issues facing the profession from the rise of technology and artificial intelligence, to judicial vacancies,...

Board of Trustees
Dara A. QuattroneAtlantic County (2023)Westmoreland Vesper Quattrone & BeersSte 5008025 Black Horse PikePleasantville, NJ 08232-2967609-645-1111 David EdelbergBergen County (2024)Scarinci Hollenbeck1100 Valley Brook AvenuePO Box 790Lyndhurst, NJ...
Nominations Sought for Diversity Seats Young Lawyer's Division Executive Committee
NEW BRUNSWICK - The Nominating Committee of the Young Lawyer's Division ("YLD") of the New Jersey State Bar Association is soliciting nominations for three (3) Diversity Seats on the YLD Executive Committee for the May 2023 to May 2024 term. The...
Nominations Sought for Municipal Court Practice Award
NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey State Bar Association, Municipal Court Practice Section is soliciting nominations for its annual “Municipal Court Practice Award”. Nominations may be of a New Jersey lawyer, prosecutor, judge, or retired judge, in good...
Court denies application for relief of Madden assignment; NJSBA ponders next steps
NEW BRUNSWICK - In an eight-page decision, Assignment Judge Deborah Silverman Katz denied an attorney’s application to be excused from his assignment to represent a defendant in a contempt of domestic violence order matter. The New Jersey State Bar Association...
Musical performances, Supreme Court Justice highlight Black History Month celebration
NEW BRUNSWICK - The Minorities in the Profession Section of the NJSBA capped off Black History Month with a night celebrating the rich history and culture of Black Americans and their presence in the law. The event featured performances from the Newark Boys Chorus...
COMMITTEE SPOTLIGHT: Think expansively, International Law and Organizations Committee Chair urges
NEW BRUNSWICK - For more than two decades, Catherine van Kampen has been committed to pro bono service in underserved communities and championing social justice, particularly for immigrant and refugee women and their children, which has helped her personally and...