The Supreme Court is requesting comments on the attached proposed amendments to Rule 1:21-2 (“Appearances Pro Hac Vice”) as developed by the New Jersey Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection (LFCP) in collaboration with its Board of Trustees.
The proposed amendments are intended to reinforce the existing rule to clarify that attorneys who are administratively ineligible to practice in the State for failure to pay their annual Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection assessment, shall not be permitted to appear pro hac vice. This shall include any attorney whose license was revoked pursuant to R. 1:28-2(c).
The LFCP was prompted to propose this amendment after two attorneys whose licenses were revoked pursuant to R. 1:28-2(c) obtained Orders granting pro hac vice admission.
Please send any comments in writing by Friday, March 13, 2026, to:
Hon. Michael J. Blee, Acting Administrative Director
Comments on Proposed Rule 1:21-2 Amendments
Hughes Justice Complex; P.O. Box 037
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0037
Comments may also be submitted by email to Comments.Mailbox@njcourts.gov.
The Supreme Court will not consider comments submitted anonymously. Thus, those submitting comments by mail should include their name and address and those submitting comments by email should include their name and email address. Comments submitted in response to this notice are subject to public disclosure.
Document Date: Feb. 9, 2026
Publish Date: Feb. 9, 2026