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.
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...
NJSBA Offers Comments on Municipal Court Recommendations
October 1, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - With few exceptions, the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) submitted comments last week in support of the Supreme Court’s recommendations from the...
NJSBA Asks For Uniformity in Safety at Workers' Compensation Courts
September 30, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey State Bar Association urged the commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, Robert Asaro-Angelo, to address security issues within the...
Meet New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s Mary Jean Barnes, Director of Administration and Grant Programs
September 25, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - Mary Jean Barnes is the New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s (NJSBF) new director of administration and grant programs where she manages the...
NJSBA Weighs in on Poaching Clients by Purchasing Internet Keyword Advertising
September 20, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey State Bar Association filed an amicus brief to the New Jersey State Supreme Court where it argued permitting lawyers to purchase a competitor...
Board of Trustees Report, September 20, 2019
The following is a summary of the NJSBA’s Board of Trustees meeting. It does not constitute official minutes. Legislation: The Board of Trustees approved taking positions on several measures pending before the New Jersey Legislature. The board voted to support:...
NJSBA Seeks Amicus Status in Tort Claims Act Case
September 19, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - The NJSBA submitted an amicus brief in Nieves v. Office of the Public Defender, which is pending before the state Supreme Court. The case asks whether legal...
Calling All New Jersey Lawyers to Fight Hunger
President's Perspective, "Calling All New Jersey Lawyers to Fight Hunger," New Jersey Lawyer No. 319/August, 2019 Message from NJSBA President Evelyn Padin Every year at Thanksgiving, before my family sits down to eat dinner, we spend the...
Association Offers Comments on Proposed Changes to Guardianship Laws
August 7, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey State Bar Association submitted comments on the proposed New Jersey guardianship statutes and portions of Title 3B. The proposal is an...
Board of Trustees Report, July 18, 2019
The following is a summary of the action the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Board of Trustees took at its July meeting. This does not constitute official minutes. Government affairs: The trustees supported two pieces of pending legislation. The trustees...
Appellate Court issues opinion in case where NJSBA appeared as amicus party
June 18, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - A state Appellate Division panel issued its opinion in Department of Children and Families v. L.O. The case focuses on whether fundamental fairness and due process...