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.
NJSBA Creates Commission on Racial Equity in the Law
Group will study legal system to identify methods to address root causes of inequities in the profession, law July 8, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - New Jersey State Bar Association...
NJSBA Pandemic Task Force Releases Guidance for the Resumption of Jury Trials
July 8, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey State Bar Association released a report and recommendations for the resumption of jury trials in the New Jersey courts following the systemic...
NJSBA files amicus brief with NJ Supreme Court about Google Ad Buys
July 1, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey State Bar Association filed a brief regarding Google Ad Buys urging the New Jersey Supreme Court to find that it is misleading for a lawyer or law...
NJSBA Creates Pandemic Task Force to Provide Guidance for Legal Community
June 8, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey State Bar Association has created a sweeping task force to examine issues facing the legal community as a result of the COVID-19 public health crisis....
Board of Trustees Report, June 2020
The following is a summary of actions taken at the June meeting of the New Jersey State Bar Association Board of Trustees. This meeting was held via conference call, due to the COVID-19 public health crisis. This summary does not constitute official minutes....
NJSBA President calls for fair and independent investigation into killing of George Floyd
The following is a message from NJSBA President Kimberly A. Yonta. As the president of New Jersey’s largest organization of attorneys, I join with the Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey, the Garden State Bar Association and other...
Supreme Court grants NJSBA petition for review on question over poaching clients by purchasing internet keyword advertising
May 28, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that looks at whether it is appropriate to permit lawyers to purchase a competitor lawyer’s name as a keyword in an...
Association offers comments on civil trial practice report
May 21, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - In a letter to Judge Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D., Acting Administrative Director of the Courts, re: Comments on Report of Supreme Court Committee on Civil Practice, the New...
NJSBA launches Free Legal Answers; volunteer attorneys will answer COVID-19 related legal questions through secure website
May 20, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Christina Pateman 732-937-7514 NEW BRUNSWICK - New Jersey residents facing the myriad legal questions raised by the global COVID-19 pandemic have a new place to turn for help. The New Jersey State Bar...
Installation Speech: NJSBA President Kimberly A. Yonta, 2020-2021
May 19, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - Kimberly A. Yonta was sworn in May 14 to serve as president of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) at its 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting. The NJSBA is the...
Nominations sought for New Jersey Municipal Court Practice Award 2020
May 18, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Barbara Straczynski 732-937-7524 The New Jersey State Bar Association, Municipal Court Practice Section is soliciting nominations for its annual “Municipal Court Practice Award”. Nominations may be...
Evelyn Padin is NJSBA immediate past president
May 16, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - Evelyn Padin, a Jersey City attorney, is the immediate past president of the New Jersey State Bar Association. She took the oath of office for the...
Amalfe sworn in as secretary of NJSBA
May 16, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - Christine A. Amalfe was sworn in as secretary of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), the state’s largest professional organization of judges, lawyers...
Mergner becomes NJSBA treasurer
May 16, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - William H. Mergner Jr. was sworn in as treasurer of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), the state’s largest professional organization of judges,...
McGoughran becomes NJSBA second vice president
May 16, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - A Monmouth County practitioner was sworn in last night as second vice president of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), the state's largest group of...