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.
Board of Trustees Report, January 17, 2020
The following is a summary of the NJSBA’s Board of Trustees meeting. It does not constitute official minutes. Diverse Voices The board approved two speakers for the Diverse Voices speaker series. The speakers are: Kevin Richardson, who was exonerated after he...
NJSBA Nominations 2020
January 15, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - Dozens of candidates have filed for leadership positions in the New Jersey State Bar Association. The Nominating Committee will interview...
New Jersey Supreme Court Opinion Agrees With NJSBA Amicus Position
January 14, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey Supreme Court released its opinion in Meisels v. Fox Rothschild last week, and agreed with the conclusion advocated by the New Jersey State Bar...
NJSBA Seeks Amicus Status in RPC Case
January 13, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey State Bar Association is seeking amicus status in a case pending before the New Jersey Supreme Court. It asks: Under the circumstances presented,...
Bar associations condemn anti-Semitic violence and hate speech
January 6, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - On behalf of the tens of thousands of members of some of the state's leading legal organizations, we condemn the recent scourge of anti-Semitic violence that...
Board of Trustees Report, December 6, 2019
The following is a summary of the NJSBA’s Board of Trustees meeting. It does not constitute official minutes. CLE Diversity and inclusion policy: Key among the Board of Trustee’s actions was adopting a policy that reinforces the...
NJSBA Drug and Alcohol Abuse Committee changes name, expands mission
December 5, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - What’s in a name? Turns out, a lot. The New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse is now known as the Special...
NJSBA to Monitor Case Focused on Reliability of DRE Evidence
November 26, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEWBRUNSWICK - The Supreme Court has appointed a special master in State v. Olenowski to hold hearings and make a recommendation about the reliability of drug recognition...
Presidential Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Doris Kearns Goodwin to Give Keynote at 2020 NJSBA Annual Meeting and Convention
November 26, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - Doris Kearns Goodwin is a world-renowned presidential historian, public speaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times #1 best-selling author. She will give a...
NJSBA celebrates diversity, inclusion in Judiciary; bestows Justice Thurgood Marshall Award
November 25, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - Judges and lawyers from across the state gathered at the New Jersey Law Center on Nov. 20 to honor Judge Joseph A. Turula, presiding judge of the Civil Division...
NJSBA to argue amicus position at Supreme Court this week
November 18, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) Treasurer Jeralyn Lawrence will argue the organization’s position before the state’s highest court...
Filmmaker, panel revisit a historic hate crime, and reflect on its relevance today
November 16, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 Four days before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, she attended a packed meeting about a 14-year-old Chicago boy named Emmett Till who was kidnapped and...
NJSBA Nominating Committee Seeks Candidates for Leadership Positions
The New Jersey State Bar Association’s Nominating Committee invites members to apply for the following positions, which will be open in May 2020. Various positions have specific criteria, as indicated below. NJSBA Officers: One-year terms for positions of...
NJSBA Donates to Puerto Rican Charities at Mid-Year Meeting
November 14, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey State Bar Association Mid-Year Meeting - held in San Juan - raised over $30,000 that will be donated to several charities in Puerto Rico. ...
Lawyers Give Back at NJSBA Law Day in Passaic
October 31, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - Two dozen New Jersey State Bar Association members gave back at a program in Passaic on Oct. 26.The event in Passaic County was part of the Immigration and...