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 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...
NJICLE Again Voted No. 1 Continuing Education Provider in New Jersey
October 30, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE) was again voted the number one New Jersey-based continuing legal education (CLE) provider and...
Calling All New Lawyers: Share Your Challenges About the Profession in NJSBA/FDU Survey
October 29, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey State Bar Association knows that attorneys new to the profession face unique challenges and wants to know how to help you succeed. We’ve...
NJSBA Pro Bono Awards honor lawyers for helping New Jersey’s most vulnerable
October 23, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - When the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) holds its 2019 Pro Bono Awards Reception on Oct. 24 at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick, attendees will...
Tracy M. Thompson, Charles J. Hollenbeck Award winner, prosecutor dedicated to public service
October 22, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - Tracy M. Thompson, acting insurance fraud prosecutor and an assistant attorney general in the division of criminal justice in New Jersey, was named the 2019...
NJ Commission on Professionalism in the Law, county and affinity bar association awards to honor achievement, highest ideals
October 22, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - At a time when civility in social discourse seems to be declining, New Jersey’s legal community takes seriously the idea that its members have an obligation...
Board of Trustees Report, October 18, 2019
The following is a summary of the NJSBA’s Board of Trustees meeting. It does not constitute official minutes. Audit: The association received a clean slate from its auditors. WithumSmith+Brown conducted the audit for the NJSBA's financial...