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Board of Trustees Report August 19, 2020
New Jersey State Bar Association Board of Trustees Report August 19, 2020 The following is a summary of action taken at the August 19, 2020, meeting of the New Jersey State Bar Association Board of Trustees. This meeting was held via conference call, due to the...
NJSBA Nominating Committee seeks candidates to fill Middlesex County trustee and Nominating Committee vacancies
The New Jersey State Bar Association’s Nominating Committee invites members to apply for two available positions, with deadlines for applications on August 25. • The position of the Middlesex County trustee on the...
NJSBA Statement on the Resumption of Jury Trials
Plan says Judiciary's Resumption of Jury Trial Plan is laudable, but expresses concerns that important details have not been addressed July 27, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - The New...
Board of Trustees Report, July 24, 2020
The following is a summary of action taken at the July 24, 2020, 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....
Statement from NJSBA President Kimberly A. Yonta on tragic attack at home of Judge Salas
July 21, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - On behalf of the 18,000 members of the New Jersey State Bar Association, I extend my deepest condolences to Judge Salas and her husband on the loss of Daniel...
NJSBA asks Court to require CLE on diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias
July 16, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - In a letter to the New Jersey Supreme Court, New Jersey State Bar Association asked the Court to amend mandatory continuing legal education requirements for...
NJSBA Releases Law Firm Re-Opening Guidance to Aid Process of Returning Safely to Workplaces
Reports offer recommendations and best practices in nine key areas all must consider July 13, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey State Bar Association Pandemic Task Force...
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...