The Bar Report update

As of July 1, “The Bar Report” will be digital only and will no longer be published in the print edition of the New Jersey Law Journal. It will appear digitally every Monday on the New Jersey Law Journal’s website at law.com/ njlawjournal. Readers can still access the...

Scholarship fund created honoring Judge Lisa P. Thornton

The New Jersey State Bar Foundation is seeking donations for a scholarship in memory of Monmouth County Assignment Judge Lisa P. Thornton, the state’s first Black female assignment judge, who passed away unexpectedly on May 27. The law school scholarship honors...

MIPS hosts Juneteenth celebration

Dozens came to the New Jersey Law Center on June 8 to commemorate the end of chattel slavery in the United States. The program, hosted by the NJSBA’s Minorities in the Profession Section, featured a panel discussion with notable Black leaders in the law on...

Pride Month celebrated with flag-raising ceremony

      The New Jersey State Bar Association kicked off Pride Month with a flag-raising ceremony on June 1. NJSBA President Timothy F. McGoughran joined members of the Association’s LGBTQ Rights Section to hoist the rainbow-colored PRIDE Flag over...

Celebrate Juneteenth with the NJSBA

Join New Jersey State Bar Association’s Minorities in the Profession Section for its Juneteenth commemoration at the New Jersey Law Center on June 8.      The program will feature a panel discussion with notable Black leaders in the law on...