- How to File, If your motion involves child support, check ( N.J. Court Rule 5:6A) . to see the guidelines that are used to determine child support amounts. 12 Steps for Filing a Motion: Fill out the Notice of Motion (Form A) This form tells the court and other party what you wish to change. It also lists the date the motion will be heard. Get a court date for your motion – Court Calendar Use the link to go to the court calendar. Under “Miscellaneous,” select “Motion Day Schedule.” Pick a Friday that allows enough time to meet all requirements. Fill in that date on your Notice of Motion Form. Fill out the Confident Litigant Information Sheet This form must be completed any time you file a pleading for alimony, child support, etc. Do not leave any blank spaces. Enter “N/A” in any field that does not apply. Fill out the Certification in Support of Motion (Form B) Type or print the reasons the court should agree to your request. Reasons must be based on facts. Include a copy of all pervious orders. Include any supporting documents, such as pay stubs or tax returns. Sign and date the form. Fill out the Proposed Order (Form C) Include everything you are asking the court. The original and two copies of your Proposed Order must be included. Do not use this form to establish a new child support claim. Do no use this form to increase or decrease your child support obligation. Fill out the Certification of Filing and Service (Form D) Tells the court the day you mailed or delivered your motion. Lists the method of delivery. Fill out the Notice to Litigants (From E) Use this form to inform the other party of your request., Failing to include the Notice to Litigants could get your case dismissed., Fill out the Statement for the Probation Division (Form F), Only use this form if child support is through the Probation Division., Fill out the Case Information Statement ( CIS) Use this form if you previously filed a CIS in the case. You must include a copy of the most recent CIS if you’re seeking monetary relief. Fill out the Letter to the Clerk (Form G) Complete the Letter to the Clerk of the Superior Court. This letter must be the first page of the documents you send to court. You must include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Check your completed forms and make copies Check your forms. Make sure they are complete. Remove all instruction sheets. Make sure you signed where required. Make 3 copies of the entire packet. Make 2 extra copies of the proposed order. Keep one packet of copies for your records. Submit your forms Forms can be submitted electronically, by mail, or by delivery. You can upload your forms here. To mail your forms or deliver them in person, find your county courthouse. You can properly serve the packet the other party or their attorney by: Certified or regular mail through the USPS Process server or Courier Service An adult neutral third party Delivery by you You must be able to prove in court you delivered the packet to the other party. The “ Family Multi-Purpose Post Judgment Motion Packet ” has more detailed instructions for filling out the required forms.
- Arbitration Frequently Asked Questions, Arbitration is a process in which a dispute is submitted to experienced and knowledgeable neutral attorneys or retired Superior Court Judges who hear arguments, review evidence and render a non-binding decision. It is less formal, less complex and often can be concluded more quickly than court proceedings., Frequently Asked Questions, How does arbitration work? All attorneys and all parties are notified of their date for an arbitration hearing. Before the scheduled hearing, each party shall exchange a statement of the factual and legal issues. Although attendance by each party or their attorney is required, all attorneys and parties are strongly encouraged to appear at the hearing. The arbitrator conducts the hearing during which each party presents its case. Parties are permitted to introduce exhibits and other relevant documentary evidence. The arbitrator generally exercises the powers of the court in the management and conduct of the hearing. After the hearing, the arbitrator renders a non-binding decision and a written award. The decision is usually rendered on the day of the arbitration hearing in the presence of the participants. What if I am not satisfied with the arbitrator’s award? A party who is not satisfied with the arbitrator’s award can reject the award and get a trial by filing a notice called a “demand for a trial de novo ” with the court and serving it upon all parties within 30 days of the filing of the arbitrator's award. The court is very strict concerning enforcing the 30-day time limit. The effect of not filing the demand for trial de novo is that the award, whether a monetary award or a dismissal, can be converted into a judgment. A party requesting a trial de novo must pay a trial de novo fee to the Treasurer, State of New Jersey. Under certain circumstances if the requesting party does not significantly improve their position at trial, they may also be liable to pay other reasonable costs, including attorney fees of the other party up to $750, and witness costs up to $500 after the trial is concluded. What are the advantages of arbitration? Some of the advantages of arbitration include: arbitrators are knowledgeable and experienced attorneys or retired Superior Court Judges; prompt scheduling, expeditious procedures, and established time frames for each step serve to limit the time required to resolve the case; many of the costs associated with the formal court process can be eliminated by arbitration; each party tells his or her side of the case to an arbitrator in an atmosphere that is less formal than a court proceeding; an arbitrator's decision and award may resolve a case or serve as the basis for further negotiations to a settlement; and arbitration awards, if accepted by all parties and confirmed by the court, are legally binding and enforceable What types of cases are arbitrated? Arbitration is mandatory statewide for civil cases involving automobile negligence, personal injury, contracts and commercial matters, products liability and personal injury protection suits against one’s own insurance carrier for unpaid insurance benefits. What cases are amenable to resolution by arbitration? Arbitration has been found to be particularly effective in resolving cases having the following characteristics: the parties require an independent decision to resolve the dispute; the parties have full information, but seek the opinion of a third party respecting the extent of damages, or the credibility of witness; the parties are committed to “litigating” and are not open to negotiation; the parties have no relationship beyond a single incident and the disputed issues involve only the amount of money damages; or the amount at stake is relatively small and a quick third-party decision is of primary importance, e.g. , simple book account cases. Who are the arbitrators? Arbitrators are attorneys who have at least ten years of consistent and extensive experience in New Jersey in the pertinent substantive area of law. Arbitrators are selected by the Assignment Judge or his/her designee on recommendation of the local bar association and are paid a per diem fee by the court for their services. Retired Superior Court Judges may also serve as arbitrators.
- Volunteer Services, Be a bridge between the community and the courts, "Volunteers strengthen the court-community partnership by serving as active participants in their communities. They also help to promote public trust and confidence in the court system, which is so very important. Volunteers are vital to our court system."- Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, Explore our rewarding volunteer opportunities, Volunteers have been working in the courts for decades. Thousands of volunteers participate in the delivery of court services statewide, helping to resolve disputes justly for the people of New Jersey. Court volunteers represent a broad cross-section of the community, from high school students helping other youth avoid delinquency to adults and seniors who greet and assist court users, mediate neighborhood disputes, and advocate for children in foster care. Watch the Video Court Volunteers: Making a Difference Court Volunteers: Making a Difference video featuring interviews with court volunteers who discuss the joys and benefits of their volunteer work., Regional Opportunities for ISP Screening Boards, Volunteers can be selected to help screen inmates for the intensive Supervision Program. The program allows certain offenders the opportunity to work their way back into the community under close supervision by specially trained probation officers. Intensive Supervision Program - Screening board Learn more about this volunteer opportunity., Attorney Volunteers for Supreme Court Committees, Attorneys are encouraged to serve on Supreme Court committees Supreme Court committees that review the Rules of Court and propose changes and additions for the court's consideration. Attorney volunteers are also sought for district ethics and fee arbitration committees as part of the Attorney Ethics and Conduct attorney discipline and regulatory process . , Frequently Asked Questions About Volunteer Services, What will I gain from my experience through volunteering? Through court volunteer work, community members are able to make a difference in the lives of fellow community members. They contribute to the important mission of the Judiciary: justice. Volunteers gain knowledge, a unique experience, and an understanding of the inner workings of the court system while enhancing their personal development. Can I apply for an internship? For the Judiciary, an intern position is different from a volunteer position. The Internship Program is administered separately from the Volunteer Services Program. You can find out about available Find Jobs paid and unpaid internship opportunities, which are handled by the Human Resources Division of the Superior Court in each county. If I am involved in a court case, can I still be a volunteer? To keep the trust of the people it serves, the Judiciary must maintain the highest degree of integrity. Court volunteers are required to accept and comply with all applicable Judiciary policies including the Code of Conduct and Litigation Reporting Policy for Judiciary Volunteers. Specifically, volunteers must report certain litigation involvement for themselves as well as for their immediate family members. The information reported is handled in a confidential manner and reviewed by designated judicial officers to determine whether the Judiciary needs to take any steps to avoid an actual or apparent conflict of interest. Do I have to volunteer in the County where I live? Certain programs have local residency requirements. For further information, contact the volunteer services liaison in the county where you want to volunteer. You will find his or her contact information by clicking on the county in the above. If I belong to a political organization, can I serve as a court volunteer? Judiciary volunteers may hold elected or appointed political offices so long as doing so neither is nor appears to be in conflict with the nature of their volunteer duties. Volunteers, however, may not use their position with the Judiciary to further personal political ambitions to hold or retain public office or use the affiliation with the Judiciary in campaigning for themselves or any candidate. Please refer to the Code of Conduct and Litigation Reporting Policy for Judiciary Volunteers Code of Conduct and Litigation Reporting Policy for Judiciary Volunteers What training is required for me to participate? Newly appointed volunteers must complete a new volunteer orientation session which is a foundational training session designed to clarify the role of a court volunteer including general expectations. New volunteers also receive initial program-specific training on their detailed responsibilities. What volunteer programs are available? To learn more about volunteer programs at our NJ Courts, download our Volunteer Programs - brochure Volunteer Programs brochure . What kind of commitment is expected of me when volunteering? Court volunteers are initially appointed to a one-year or three-year term, depending on the specific program, and may be reappointed for three-year terms thereafter. Some programs offer flexible scheduling both during and outside of normal court business hours. For more information about a specific program, contact the volunteer services liaison in the county where you want to volunteer. You will find his or her contact information by clicking on the county in the list to the left. What should I consider before applying to become a court volunteer? Prospective volunteers should Important Information for Prospective Court Volunteers read about the guidelines for becoming a court volunteer. Issues such as citizenship, age, and background checks are addressed.
- Judicial Education and Performance, Judges do important work. The Judicial Education and Performance Office helps them learn and grow in this role. Judges attend training to learn about procedures, court technologies, and how to resolve cases fairly and efficiently. They also learn about new legislation, case law, and social issues that impact the cases before them. The office also gives judges feedback through evaluations to help them improve their work. These evaluations are also used during the reappointment process. , Judicial Education, Comprehensive Judicial Orientation Program (CJOP) and New Judge Orientation., CJOP and Orientation programming helps new judges move from attorney to judge. It also helps experienced Judges with new assignments. The program gives in-depth training in the State’s judicial practices and procedures. Judges also gain access to a library of training materials. Each judge is also matched with a more senior judge who acts as a mentor. , The Judicial College and Seminars, . These events offer judges a wide range of training programs. They allow judges to stay up to date on developments in the law. Special attention is paid substance use disorders training, domestic violence training, and racial, gender, LGBTQ+ equity in the law training. , Judicial Performance Program, Attorneys provide valuable feedback to the Judicial Performance and Education Program through the Judicial Performance Program. Their input helps the courts ensure that all judges are given the chance to improve and help maintain the quality of justice provided by the New Jersey Courts. Attorneys complete anonymous questionnaires. They evaluate judges on more than 30 performance standards. Results are shared with the judge, the assignment judge, the Supreme Court, the Governor, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Judicial Evaluation Commission.
- Judiciary Account Charge System (JACS), Attorneys can use JACS to charge filing fees and other fees instead of paying by cash, check, or money order. Attorneys must have an active JACS account to file in eCourts, upload documents into the Judiciary Electronic Document Submission system, and use the electronic access program to access case information. Create JACS Account Log into My JACS Account Use bar ID to register for JACS. You will need your law firm ID to use JACS for eCourts filing. If you do not have or know your firm ID, call 609-421-6100, With JACS, you can:, Open a new JACS account Make a deposit to your JACS account View and print your account activity whenever you need it Request an electronic copy of your monthly statement Update your account details at any time Close a JACS account that you no longer need, JACS Instructions and FAQs, User ID/Password Requests, Use the buttons at the bottom of the login screen if you forget your user ID or password., Contact Us, Use the "Contact Us" button on any JACS page or email jacssupport.mbx@njcourts.gov You can also call the, Judiciary call center, at 609-815-2900 x52511 or 52512 during business hours., Account Balance, Only processed deposits and charges will show. Most transactions take about one business day to process., Transferring Funds Between JACS Accounts, You cannot transfer funds between JACS accounts online. To make a transfer between accounts, use the "Contact Us" button on any JACS page or jacssupport.mbx@njcourts.gov You can also contact the JACS Support a t 609-421-6100 during business hours., Managing Multiple Users in Your JACS Account, Each JACS account can have up to six users, including the JACS account administrator for your firm. Each user must create a JACS User ID before being added to your account. JACS new user Instructions for creating a new JACS user ID You also must have the "manage users" privilege in JACS in order to add or remove another user. If you are not sure if you have this privilege, log in to JACS and go to Account Information. Look for the "Manage Users" tab. If you do not see this tab and you think that you should have this privilege, contact your firm’s JACS administrator to have the privilege added., Changing the Administrator of Your JACS Account, You cannot change your account administrator online. You must complete a Request to Change Administrator form Request to Change Administrator form and send it to the JACS unit at jacssupport.mbx@njcourts.gov for processing., Closing a JACS Account, Only the firm’s JACS administrator can close a JACS account. If you are the JACS administrator, you can follow the steps outlined under the “Close Account” tab. Other account users will not have access to this tab. , NOTE: A closed account cannot be reopened., Funds Remaining in a Closed Account, When you close a JACS account, it is placed in a status of Close Pending for 10 days. You will not be able to incur any new charges for an account in this status, but charges incurred prior to closing will be applied. Once this 10-day period is over, the account is placed in a status of Closed and a refund check will be issued for any remaining balance in your account. This check will be issued to the name and address associated with the account when it was closed., Questions About Transactions, All questions about transactions that are posted to your account should be directed to the Transaction Enquiries JACS appropriate county office ., Depositing Funds Electronically, In order to transfer funds electronically (ACH transfer) from their bank account into their JACS account, users must have privileges to add funds through the “Fund Account” tab. If you do not see this tab and you think that you should have this privilege, contact your firm’s JACS administrator to have the privilege added., Updating Banking Information, Privileged users can also use the “Fund Account” tab to add, update and delete bank account information to be used for depositing funds through the Fund Account. If you do not see this tab and you think that you should have this privilege, contact your JACS administrator to have the privilege added., You Cannot Reverse an Electronic Deposit, An ACH transfer of funds into your JACS account cannot be reversed. We urge you to review your transfer information carefully on the confirmation screen before you submit any request. As outlined in the Judiciary Account Charge System Participation Agreement, participants agree not to cancel an ACH transaction or initiate an ACH reversal once a transaction is completed in the JACS application. Use the "Contact Us" function in JACS or email jacssupport.mbx@njcourts.gov to resolve any disputes. You can also contact the JACS Support at 609-815-2900 x52511 or 52512 during regular business hours., Depositing Funds with a Check or Money Order, You can deposit funds in your JACS account by sending a check or money order payable to "Treasurer, State of New Jersey" to one of the addresses below. Include your JACS account number on all checks, money orders, and correspondence. Regular Mail, JACS Support Unit, Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex P.O. Box 980 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0980 Overnight Mail and Lawyers Service, JACS Support Unit, Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex 25 Market Street Floor 8- North Wing Trenton, New Jersey 08625, Link Your Firm ID to Your JACS Account, A Firm ID is a unique 9-digit ID, starting with an “F”, “H” or “L”, assigned during the annual attorney registration. It is applicable only to private law firms, solo law practitioners, in-house counsels, legal service entities, non-profit organizations, and Administrative Office of the Courts legal units., Your firm ID must be linked to your JACS account in order to use eCourts. The eCourts system will not recognize your collateral account if it has not been linked with your firm ID., If you need help locating your firm ID, you can search for it in JACS by last name or firm name, or by contacting the Judiciary call enter at 609-421-6100 ., Linking Your Firm ID to an Existing JACS Account, Log in to JACS and go to My Accounts at the top of the screen, to the right of the "Home" link. Then open the "Update Account" tab. Choose the "Search/Modify" button on the upper left part of the page. Under "Firm Association," enter the firm ID. If you do not know the firm ID, type the name of the firm and click on the "Search Firm" button. Find your firm name and check the confirmation box. Then click on the Associate Firm button in the bottom right corner. Check the "Certify" box on the next screen, then click on the "Update" button in the bottom right corner., View and Print Transaction Activity, Use the “View/Print Activity” tab to view or print transactions less than a year. If you do not see this tab and you think you should have this privilege, contact your Administrator to have the privilege added. To find a transaction or receive a printed statement that is more than a year old, use the "Contact Us" function in JACS or email jacssupport.mbx@njcourts.gov . You can also call JACS Support at 609-815-2900 x52511 or 52512 during regular business hours., Update Account Details, Update your JACS account name, address and phone number using the "Update Account" screen. If you do not see the Update Account tab and you think you should have this privilege, contact your JACS account administrator to have the privilege added.
- Article XI. Miscellaneous Rules, N.J.R.E. 1101. Applicability of Rules [Not Adopted], N.J.R.E. 1102. Amendment of Rules, [Not Adopted], N.J.R.E. 1103. Title, The title of these rules is the New Jersey Rules of Evidence and they may be cited as N.J.R.E., NOTE, : Adopted September 15, 1992 to be effective July 1, 1993.
- Courts, NJ Courts Courts Info Panels New Jersey has a unified statewide court system. Find information on our courts, practices, divisions, and probation offices., How do I ..., Represent myself in court? Find contact information? Find my county Superior Court? Watch court events online? Watch the video New Jersey Courts: The Transformation to a Modern Judiciary Supreme Court The NJ Supreme Court is the highest court in the state. Appellate Division of Superior Court Find court opinions, calendars, and guidance for filing appeals. Tax Court Statewide forum for NJ taxpayers to appeal county boards of taxation and state agency decisions. Superior Court Clerk's Office Access to Superior Court records and case information, foreclosure, and judgment liens. Vicinages Find county Superior Court location, services, and contact information. AOC Criminal Practice Policies, procedures, and programs for the practice of criminal law in the New Jersey Courts. AOC Civil Practice Policies, procedures, and programs for the practice of civil law in the New Jersey Courts. AOC Family Practice Policies, procedures, and programs for practice of family law in the New Jersey Courts. Municipal Court Policies, procedures, and programs to support local municipal courts. Directories Find offices, judges, and staff. Adult Probation Supervision Guidelines and resources for adults under probation supervision. Juvenile Probation Services Guidance and resources for juveniles under probation supervision. Child Support Enforcement Probation Services includes enforcement of child support orders.
- Attorneys, NJ Courts Attorneys Info Panels Find resources for your legal career and practice., How do I ..., File in eCourts? Find legal forms? Find resources on attorney wellness? Watch court events online? Volunteer for a Supreme Court committee? Search the Statewide Attorney Index eCourts and eFiling Log into eCourts, manage your JACS account, submit filings, and more. Regulation and Compliance All of the information you need to stay in compliance with your annual registration, CLE, and pro bono requirements. Bar Admissions Bar exams, pro hac vice, in-house counsel, and more. Continuing Legal Education Review CLE requirements, find courses, or apply for course accreditation. Become a Certified Attorney Learn how becoming certified can help your law practice and your clients. Attorney Ethics and Discipline Find information about the attorney ethics process, random audits, and more. Calendars and Contacts Stay organized, stay in touch, and stay tuned for events, court closings, and cancellations. Court Opinions Convenient online access to all decisions from the Supreme, Appellate, and Tax courts. Notices to the Bar Stay on top of changes in the courts and in the legal profession. Rules of Court Court policies, procedures, and guidelines for practicing law in New Jersey. Administrative Directives Search directives by date or by topic. Judicial Ethics Find judicial ethics cases or file a grievance. Remote Court Instructions Guidance for attorneys and litigants to participate in remote court events. Pro Bono Information on mandatory pro bono requirements. Legal Reference Desk Rules, manuals and guidelines on legal citations, jury charges, and other helpful references.
- Attorney Regulation and Compliance, person writing in notebook All attorneys must complete annual registration online., How do I ..., Find a practicing attorney? Contact judges’ chambers? Change my system password? Annual Attorney Registration Complete your annual registration and reporting. Continuing Legal Education Review CLE requirements, find courses, or apply for course accreditation. Pro Bono Information and resources for meeting mandatory pro bono requirements. Bar Admissions Bar exams, pro hac vice, in-house counsel, and more. Become a Certified Attorney Learn how certification can help your law practice and your clients. Attorney Ethics and Discipline File a grievance, find a district committee, or search for a disciplinary case. Rules of Professional Conduct Professional standards for attorneys. Fee Arbitration District fee arbitration committees can help resolve fee disputes between attorneys and clients. Random Audit Program The Office of Attorney Ethics conducts random audits to ensure compliance with good accounting practices. Supreme Court Committee Opportunities Volunteer to serve on an advisory or rule-making committee. Attorney Ethics Hotline The hotline is for attorneys only. Disciplinary Review Board The DRB reviews ethics cases and issues sanctions which, except for admonishments, must then be confirmed by Supreme Court order. IOLTA Registration Attorneys must register their trust accounts with IOLTA.
- eCourts and eFiling, person writing in notebook Attorneys must be current on their registration and have a JACS account to use eCourts., How do I ..., Change my password in the attorney system? Decide whether to use JEDS or eCourts? Prepare for a remote hearing? eCourts Civil Attorneys can file documents and view civil cases. Self-represented litigants can register to view their civil case jacket after their case has been filed. eCourts Criminal Attorneys can file documents and view criminal case information. Submit Court Documents Online (JEDS) Available for self-represented litigants, except for Appellate and Supreme Court cases. Attorneys should use eCourts to submit filings wherever possible. JACS Attorney Charge System Attorneys can use funds deposited in their JACS account to pay filing fees for cases filed electronically. NJMCDirect Municipal eCourts Our statewide municipal court system allows self-represented litigants and their attorneys to pay fines, plead not guilty, request a new court date, and more. eCDR/Probable Cause The eCDR system allows for the entry of court charges in certain case types. eCourts Expungements Use the expungement system to request the removal of court records related to your arrest, court proceeding, and outcome for your municipal or criminal court case. eCourts Appellate eCourts Appellate is available for attorneys only. eCourts Tax Court eCourts Tax is available for both attorneys and self-represented litigants. County boards of taxation, municipal clerks, and tax assessors can use eCourts Tax as well. Evidence Submission Attorneys and self-represented litigants can submit evidence once their case has been created in eCourts. Statewide Attorney Index Search for attorneys, find office locations, and confirm eligibility status. Update Password Attorneys must update their Judiciary password every 90 days.
- Upcoming Events, Search upcoming events by keyword or county. Vicinage - Any - Administrative Office of the Courts Atlantic/Cape May Bergen Burlington Camden Cumberland/Gloucester/Salem Essex Hudson Mercer Middlesex Monmouth Morris/Sussex Ocean Passaic Somerset/Hunterdon/Warren Union Event Type - Any - Seminars and Outreach Job Fair Celebrations Continuing Legal Education Name Apply Reset Filters Judiciary Opportunities for Building Success (JOBS) Program Career and Resource Fair Begins: Oct. 29, 2025, 10 a.m. Ends: Oct. 29, 2025, 1 p.m. Vicinage: Monmouth | Location: Monmouth County Probation Division Building, 2407 Route 66, Ocean, NJ 07712 Expungements Informational Webinar Begins: Oct. 29, 2025, noon Ends: Oct. 29, 2025, 1:30 p.m. Vicinage: Morris/Sussex | Location: Virtual Zoom Webinar Domestic Violence Informational Webinar Begins: Oct. 30, 2025, 10 a.m. Ends: Oct. 30, 2025, 11 a.m. Vicinage: Hudson | Location: Virtual Zoom Webinar Principles of Municipal Court Administration (POMCA) Levels I and II Virtual Training Begins: Nov. 3, 2025, 5 p.m. Ends: Nov. 3, 2025, 8 p.m. Vicinage: Administrative Office of the Courts | Location: Live Virtual Microsoft Teams Webinar Courts in the Community Begins: Nov. 5, 2025, 9:30 a.m. Ends: Nov. 5, 2025, 11:30 a.m. Vicinage: Bergen | Location: Johnson Public Library, 274 Main St., Hackensack, NJ 07601 Expungements Informational Webinar Begins: Nov. 5, 2025, 10 a.m. Ends: Nov. 5, 2025, noon Vicinage: Ocean , Monmouth | Location: Virtual Zoom Webinar Know Your Rights: Expungement Seminar and Federal Bonding Program Begins: Nov. 5, 2025, 2 p.m. Ends: Nov. 5, 2025, 4 p.m. Vicinage: Passaic | Location: Passaic County Probation, 55 Dale Ave., Paterson, NJ 07505 Translations Available Translation exists logo. Judiciary Opportunities for Building Success (JOBS) Program Career and Resource Fair Begins: Nov. 6, 2025, 10 a.m. Ends: Nov. 6, 2025, 1 p.m. Vicinage: Middlesex | Location: Middlesex County Family Courthouse, Basement, 120 New St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Principles of Municipal Court Administration (POMCA) Levels I and II Virtual Training Begins: Nov. 10, 2025, 5 p.m. Ends: Nov. 10, 2025, 8 p.m. Vicinage: Administrative Office of the Courts | Location: Live Virtual Microsoft Teams Webinar Expungement Informational Webinar Begins: Nov. 11, 2025, 10 a.m. Ends: Nov. 11, 2025, noon Vicinage: Passaic , Bergen | Location: Virtual Zoom Webinar Translations Available Translation exists logo. Judiciary Opportunities for Building Success (JOBS) Program Career and Resource Fair Begins: Nov. 13, 2025, 10 a.m. Ends: Nov. 13, 2025, 1 p.m. Vicinage: Passaic | Location: Passaic County Probation, 55 Dale Ave., Paterson, NJ 07505 Expungements Informational Clinic Begins: Nov. 13, 2025, noon Ends: Nov. 13, 2025, 3 p.m. Vicinage: Morris/Sussex , Somerset/Hunterdon/Warren | Location: Nourish NJ, Victory Gardens/ Dover Location, 347 S Salem St., Dover, NJ 07801 Divorce Process Informational Webinar Begins: Nov. 13, 2025, 3 p.m. Ends: Nov. 13, 2025, 4:30 p.m. Vicinage: Passaic | Location: Virtual Zoom Webinar Principles of Municipal Court Administration (POMCA) Levels I and II Virtual Training Begins: Nov. 17, 2025, 5 p.m. Ends: Nov. 17, 2025, 8 p.m. Vicinage: Administrative Office of the Courts | Location: Live Virtual Microsoft Teams Webinar Landlord Tenant Informational Webinar Begins: Nov. 19, 2025, 10 a.m. Ends: Nov. 19, 2025, 11 a.m. Vicinage: Passaic | Location: Virtual Zoom Webinar Principles of Municipal Court Administration (POMCA) Levels I and II Virtual Training Begins: Nov. 24, 2025, 5 p.m. Ends: Nov. 24, 2025, 8 p.m. Vicinage: Administrative Office of the Courts | Location: Live Virtual Microsoft Teams Webinar Expungements Informational Webinar Begins: Nov. 25, 2025, 10 a.m. Ends: Nov. 25, 2025, noon Vicinage: Passaic , Hudson | Location: Virtual Zoom Webinar Post-Divorce Motions Informational Webinar Begins: Nov. 26, 2025, 3 p.m. Ends: Nov. 26, 2025, 4:30 p.m. Vicinage: Passaic , Hudson | Location: Virtual Zoom Webinar Expungements Informational Webinar Begins: Dec. 2, 2025, 10 a.m. Ends: Dec. 2, 2025, noon Vicinage: Ocean , Monmouth | Location: Virtual Zoom Webinar Courts in the Community Begins: Dec. 3, 2025, 9:30 a.m. Ends: Dec. 3, 2025, 11:30 a.m. Vicinage: Bergen | Location: Johnson Public Library, 274 Main St., Hackensack, NJ 07601 Pagination 1 Go to page 2 2 Go to next page > Next page Showing 1 to 20 of 26 items
- Site Updates, Oct. 29 Morris/Sussex Vicinage to Celebrate National Adoption Day Oct. 29 Unpublished Appellate Opinions are now available. Oct. 29 Order - Certification of Municipal Court Administrators Oct. 29 Notice - Closure of Sussex County Judicial Center Facilities on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 for Planned Security Drill Oct. 28 Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection Announces Third-Quarter Deadlines for Claims Oct. 28 Unpublished Appellate Opinions are now available. Oct. 28 Notice - Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection - Deadlines for Filing Claims Oct. 27 Notice – Cumberland/Gloucester/Salem Counties – Filing Requirements for Election-Related Petitions Oct. 27 Notice – Monmouth County – Filing Requirements for Election-Related Petitions Oct. 27 Notice – Camden County – Filing Requirements for Election-Related Petitions Oct. 27 Notice – Hudson County – Filing Requirements for Election-Related Petitions Oct. 27 ACJC Formal Hearing – In the Matter of Antonio Inacio, Judge of the Municipal Court Oct. 27 Supreme Opinions are now available. Oct. 27 Unpublished Tax Opinions are now available. Oct. 27 Unpublished Appellate Opinions are now available. Oct. 27 Notice - Proposed Budgets of the Attorney Disciplinary and Regulatory System Entities - Comments Requested by November 24 Oct. 27 Notice - Closure of Somerset County Courthouse Facilities on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 for Planned Security Drill Oct. 27 Notice – Morris and Sussex Counties – Filing Requirements for Election-Related Petitions Oct. 24 Unpublished Appellate Opinions are now available. Oct. 23 Ocean Vicinage to Host Attorney Admission Ceremony Oct. 23 Unpublished Appellate Opinions are now available. Oct. 22 Unpublished Appellate Opinions are now available. Oct. 22 Order – Superior Court Judge Mary K. White Continued on Judicial Recall Service; Assigned to the Vicinage 15 Family Division Oct. 21 Unpublished Appellate Opinions are now available. Oct. 21 Today's Oral Argument has started. Pagination 1 Go to page 2 2 Go to page 3 3 Go to last page 4 Last page Go to next page > Next page Showing 1 to 25 of 79 items
- Judicial Conference on Jury Selection, On This Page, Body, Conference Information, July 14, 2022 Notice re Juror Demographic Data Notice - Collection of Voluntary Juror Demographic Information - Initial Implementation in Bergen, Camden, and Middlesex Counties Notice – Collection of Voluntary Juror Demographic Information – Initial Implementation in Bergen, Camden, and Middlesex Counties July 12, 2022 Supreme Court Actions Notice – Jury Reforms – Supreme Court Action: (1) Administrative Determinations on the Report and Recommendations of the Committee of the Judicial Conference on Jury Selection; (2) Amendments to the Rules of Court; and (3) Authorization of a Pilot Notice – Jury Reforms – Supreme Court Action Supreme Court’s Administrative Determinations on the Recommendations Supreme Court’s Administrative Determinations on the Recommendations Order Adopting Rule Amendments and New Rule Order Adopting Rule Amendments and New Rule Order Authorizing the Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire (ACDV) Pilot Program Order Authorizing the Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire (ACDV) Pilot Program April 28, 2022 Recommendations Notice – Jury Reform – Recommendations of the Committee of the Judicial Conference on Jury Selection – Publication for Comment – Comments Requested by June 10, 2022 Notice listing the Recommendations and requesting Comments, with the three Subcommittee reports attached. April 28, 2022 letter from Senator Steven V. Oroho, Senate Republican Leader April 28, 2022 letter from Senator Steven V. Oroho, Senate Republican Leader April 25, 2022 letter to Senator Oroho from Administrative Director Glenn A. Grant April 25, 2022 letter to Senator Oroho from Administrative Director Glenn A. Grant Nov. 10 and Nov. 12, 2021 Conference, Judicial Conference Sessions (Video Recordings), Day 1, Chief Justice Rabner's Opening Remarks Chief Justice Rabner's Opening Remarks First Panel: Voir Dire in New Jersey First Panel: Voir Dire in New Jersey Second Panel: Jury Representativeness Second Panel: Jury Representativeness Third Panel: Peremptory Challenges & the Right of Civic Engagement Third Panel: Peremptory Challenges & the Right of Civic Engagement Fourth Panel: Supporting Juror Impartiality Fourth Panel: Supporting Juror Impartiality Chief Justice Rabner's Day 1 Closing Remarks Chief Justice Rabner's Day 1 Closing Remarks, Day 2, Acting Administrative Director Grant’s Day 2 Opening Remarks Acting Administrative Director Grant’s Day 2 Opening Remarks Fifth Panel: Juror Records & Demographic Data Fifth Panel: Juror Records & Demographic Data Sixth Panel: Toward Representative Juries Sixth Panel: Toward Representative Juries, Public Testimony (listed alphabetically by speaker), Hon. Barry T. Albin, Associate Justice The Reverend Dr. Charles Franklin Boyer, Founding Director, Salvation and Social Justice Hon. Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General Domenick Carmagnola, President, New Jersey State Bar Association Ryan P. Haygood, President & CEO, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Hon. Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender Aidan P. O’Connor, President, Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey Henal Patel, Board Director, New Jersey League of Women Voters Kathleen M. Reilly, President, New Jersey Association for Justice Ryan Richman, President, New Jersey Defense Association Akil Roper, Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Legal Services of New Jersey Michele N. Siekerka, President & CEO, New Jersey Business & Industry Association Pastor Ronald L. Slaughter, St. James AME Church Hon. Esther Suarez, Hudson County Prosecutor & President, County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey Matthew J. Tharney, President, Trial Attorneys of New Jersey Karen Thompson, Senior Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Gregg L. Zeff, Legal Redress Chair, NAACP of New Jersey Chief Justice Rabner's Closing Remarks Chief Justice Rabner's Closing Remarks See conference agenda conference agenda, Guide to the Judicial Conference on Jury Selection, A Guide to the NJ Judicial Conference on Jury Selection - Print Version, Print Version (no hyperlinks), Online Version, A Guide to the NJ Judicial Conference on Jury Selection, Guide, Attachments, Attachment A Attachment A Attachment B Attachment B Attachment C Attachment C Attachment D Attachment D Attachment E Attachment E Attachment F Attachment F Attachment G Attachment G Attachment H Attachment H Attachment I Attachment I Attachment J Attachment J Attachment K Attachment K Attachment L Attachment L Judicial Conference on Jury Selection Gathering for Second Day Press Release - Judicial Conference on Jury Selection Gathering for Second Day (Nov. 11, 2021) Judicial Conference Assembles Supreme Court Justices, Experts, and Key Stakeholders to Improve Jury Selection Process Press Release - Judicial Conference Assembles Supreme Court Justices, Experts, and Key Stakeholders to Improve Jury Selection Process (Nov. 4, 2021) Notice - Judicial Conference on Jury Selection - Guide and Request for Comments Notice to the Bar and Public — Judicial Conference on Jury Selection - Guidance Document and Request for Public Comment (Oct. 19, 2021) Notice - Judicial Conference on Jury Selection – Preliminary Information and Invitation to Participate Notice to the Bar and Public — Judicial Conference on Jury Selection - Preliminary Information and Invitation to Participate (Sept. 28, 2021), Materials Presented at the Conference, First Panel: Voir Dire in New Jersey Voir Dire in New Jersey. Part 1. (Assignment Judge Lisa Thornton) Voir Dire in New Jersey. Part 1. (Assignment Judge Lisa Thornton) Voir Dire in New Jersey - Part 2. Attorney Conducted Voir Dire. (Public Defender Joseph E. Krakora) Voir Dire in New Jersey - Part 2. Attorney Conducted Voir Dire. (Public Defender Joseph E. Krakora) Second Panel: Jury Representativeness Jury Representativeness. Part 1. (Professor Nina Chernoff) Jury Representativeness. Part 1. (Professor Nina Chernoff) Jury Representativeness. Part 2. (Mary Rose, Ph.D.) Jury Representativeness. Part 2. (Mary Rose, Ph.D.) Third Panel: Peremptory Challenges & the Right of Civic Engagement Peremptory Challenges and the Right of Civic Engagement. Part 1. (Howard Berchtold. Will Snowden.) Peremptory Challenges and the Right of Civic Engagement. Part 1. (Howard Berchtold. Will Snowden.) Peremptory Challenges and the Right of Civic Engagement. Part 2. (Gregg Zeff.) Peremptory Challenges and the Right of Civic Engagement. Part 2. (Gregg Zeff.) Fourth Panel: Supporting Juror Impartiality (Judge Hany Mawla, Judge Edward McBride, Jr., Prosecutor Camelia Valdes) Fourth Panel. Supporting Juror Impartiality Fourth Panel. Supporting Juror Impartiality Fifth Panel – Juror Records and Demographic Data Juror Records & Demographic Data Juror Records & Demographic Data Sixth Panel – Toward Representative Juries No Materials, Speakers, Opening Keynote Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is an intellectual who speaks to the complex dynamics of the American experience. His most well-known books, Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul , and In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America , take a wide look at black communities, the difficulties of race in the United States, and the challenges our democracy face. He is an American critic in the tradition of James Baldwin and Ralph Waldo Emerson. In his writings, the country’s complexities, vulnerabilities, and the opportunities for hope come into full view. Hope that is, in one of his favorite quotes from W.E.B Du Bois, “not hopeless, but a bit unhopeful.” He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and chair of the Department of African American Studies, a program he first became involved with shaping as a doctoral candidate in Religion at Princeton. He is the former president of the American Academy of Religion. His books on religion and philosophy include An Uncommon Faith: A Pragmatic Approach to the Study of African American Religion , African American Religion: A Very Short Introduction and Exodus! Religion , Race and Nation in Early 19th Century Black America , which was awarded the Modern Language Association’s William Sanders Scarborough Book Prize. Glaude is also the author of two edited volumes, and many influential articles about religion for academic journals. He has also written for the likes of The New York Times and Time Magazine . Known to be a convener of conversations and debates, Glaude takes care to engage fellow citizens of all ages and backgrounds – from young activists, to fellow academics, journalists and commentators, and followers on Twitter in dialogue about the direction of the nation. His scholarship and his sense of himself as a public intellectual are driven by a commitment to think carefully with others in public. Glaude’s most recent book, Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own , was released on June 30, 2020. Of Baldwin, Glaude writes, “Baldwin’s writing does not bear witness to the glory of America. It reveals the country’s sins, and the illusion of innocence that blinds us to the reality of others. Baldwin’s vision requires a confrontation with our history (with slavery, Jim Crow segregation, with whiteness) to overcome its hold on us. Not to posit the greatness of America, but to establish the ground upon which to imagine the country anew.” Some like to describe Glaude as the quintessential Morehouse man, having left his home in Moss Point, Mississippi at age 16 to begin studies at the HBCU. He holds a master’s degree in African American Studies from Temple University, and a Ph.D. in Religion from Princeton University. He began his teaching career at Bowdoin College. In 2011 he delivered Harvard’s Du Bois lectures. In 2015 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Colgate University, delivering commencement remarks titled, “Turning Our Backs” that was recognized by The New York Times as one of the best commencement speeches of the year. He is a columnist for Time Magazine and a MSNBC contributor on programs like Morning Joe , and Deadline Whitehouse with Nicolle Wallace . He also regularly appears on Meet the Press on Sundays. First Panel, Hon. Joseph F. Lisa, P.J.A.D. (Ret.), After twenty-two years in private practice, Judge Lisa was appointed to the Superior Court in May 1991. He served in the Civil and Criminal Divisions in the Gloucester/Cumberland/Salem Vicinage. He was the Presiding Criminal Judge in the Vicinage from 1994 to 2000, and he served as the Statewide Chair of the Conference of Criminal Presiding Judges from 1996 to 2000. In January 2001, Judge Lisa was assigned to the Appellate Division. He retired from active service in September 2011. During his last three court terms, he was a Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division. Judge Lisa is presently serving in the Appellate Division on recall status, conducting CASP conferences, sitting on occasional plenary calendars, and presiding over Special Master proceedings assigned to him by the Supreme Court. During his judicial tenure, Judge Lisa chaired the Ad Hoc Committee on Bail Forfeiture, the Special Supreme Court Committee on Peremptory Challenges and Jury Voir Dire, the Supreme Court Committee on Jury Selection in Civil and Criminal Trials, and the Megan's Law Three-Judge Disposition Committee. He also served as a member of the Commission on Professionalism in the Law, the Criminal Practice Committee, and the Trial Judges' Committee on Capital Causes. Judge Lisa received his bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966, and his law degree from Georgetown University Law School in 1969., Hon. Lisa P. Thornton, A.J.S.C., Judge Lisa P. Thornton was appointed to the Superior Court bench in January of 2008. She has served as the Supervising Special Civil Part Judge, Presiding Judge of the Family Part and in 2014 was appointed to serve as the Assignment Judge for the Monmouth Vicinage. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Thornton served as Chief of Staff for the Department of Law and Public Safety where she assisted the Attorney General with the overall management and oversight of the Department and its approximately 9,000 employees. Unrivaled in depth, and complexity, the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety is responsible for protecting citizens’ civil and consumer rights, promoting highway traffic safety, maintaining public confidence in the alcoholic beverage, gaming and racing industries and providing legal services and counsel to other state agencies. As Chief of Staff, Judge Thornton spearheaded a statewide criminal justice initiative that addressed prevention, enforcement and re-entry. Prior to serving as Chief of Staff for the Department of Law and Public Safety, Judge Thornton served as Senior Counsel to Governor Jon Corzine in 2006. Assigned to the Authorities Unit, responsible for monitoring public boards and commissions, she advised the Governor on a variety of issues including healthcare, education, public finance and transportation. From 2002 through 2006 Judge Thornton served as Special Deputy Commissioner for the Department of Banking and Insurance where she helped develop reforms that resulted in the vibrant auto insurance market that New Jersey consumers currently enjoy. From 1999 to 2001, Judge Thornton served as a Municipal Court Judge in Neptune, NJ. She was a Senior Trial Attorney with Prudential Financial from 1992 to 2002. Judge Thornton received her undergraduate degree from Rutgers University, Douglass College, and her J.D. degree from Rutgers School of Law – Newark. , Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, Joseph E. Krakora was originally sworn in as Public Defender in 2011 and is currently serving his second five year term. Under his leadership, the New Jersey State Office of the Public Defender has built a reputation as one of the best offices in the country. Mr. Krakora has recruited talented attorneys from diverse backgrounds, expanded the office’s training programs, and upgraded the agency’s technology and facilities. He has become an influential stakeholder in New Jersey’s justice system on many issues, having spearheaded the pretrial release reform that eliminated monetary bail, advocated for sentencing reform on New Jersey’s Sentencing Commission, and directed the filing of three successful Orders to Show Cause in the Supreme Court for release of jail and prison inmates during the pandemic. Mr. Krakora joined the NJOPD in 1986 and has held numerous positions in the agency since that time. He spent a number of years as both a staff attorney and a manager in the Essex Region where he developed a reputation as one of the top criminal defense attorneys in New Jersey gaining recognition for numerous acquittals in high profile cases. He served as the agency’s Assistant Public Defender and Director of Capital and Special Litigation from 2002 until 2010. In that capacity he served on the Death Penalty Study Commission as a strong advocate for its abolition and handled numerous death penalty cases until the abolition of the death penalty in December 2007. Mr. Krakora is a graduate of Princeton University and Cornell University School of Law. Professional Highlights Started with the OPD Essex Trial Region in 1986 Served as the First Assistant Deputy in Essex overseeing defense of all homicide cases Represented approximately 30 clients facing death penalty and tried 11 capital cases to verdict Served as Director of Capital Litigation for the Office of the Public Defender Represented the OPD on Death Penalty Study Commission that recommended abolition Featured in 4 front page NJ Law Journal articles after acquittals on high profile cases Handled State v. Henderson litigation at the remand hearing and before the NJ Supreme Court Member of Criminal Disposition and Sentencing Commission (CDSC) Spearheaded CDSC’s recommendations for reforms including elimination of mandatory minimums for drug offenses and juvenile resentencing Filed 3 successful Orders to Show Cause directly in the Supreme Court during the pandemic: Leading to the Consent Order that resulted in the release of approximately 700 county jail inmates serving sentences Establishing right to due process for State prison inmates eligible for release under Executive Order 124 Requiring trial courts to consider the impact of the pandemic as a changed circumstance during hearings on motions to reconsider pretrial detention orders, Hon. Carmen Messano, P.J.A.D. (Moderator), Carmen Messano was appointed to the bench in 1997, after serving from 1991 to 1997 as the Hudson County Prosecutor. He has served on the Appellate Division since 2006 and currently serves as the Presiding Judge for Administration. Prior to that, Judge Messano served in all three divisions of the trial court and was Presiding Judge of the Civil Division in Hudson County. Judge Messano has served on the Civil Practice Committee, and has chaired the Supreme Court's Committee on the Rules of Evidence for the last twelve years. He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Lafayette College, where he majored in Government and Law and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. The judge is a 1977 graduate of Boston College Law School. Second Panel, Professor Nina W. Chernoff, CUNY School of Law, Nina Chernoff is a Professor at the CUNY School of Law. Professor Chernoff’s research focuses on the jury, primarily the right to a jury selected from a fair cross-section of the community. Her scholarship includes No Records, No Right: Discovery and the Fair Cross-Section Guarantee (2016); Wrong About the Right: How Courts Undermine the Fair Cross-Section Guarantee by Confusing it With Equal Protection (2012); Black to the Future: The State Action Doctrine & The White Jury (2019); and Preempting Jury Challenges: Strategies for Courts and Jury System Administrators, with Dr. Joseph B. Kadane (2012). Professor Chernoff also works with courts committed to assembling diverse jury pools. For example, she gave the keynote presentation at the Washington State Supreme Court’s symposium on Jury Diversity in Washington: A Hollow Promise or Hopeful Future?, and is currently a consultant to the New Jersey Judiciary. Professor Chernoff also works with attorneys and communities seeking to diversify their jury pools through advocacy or litigation. For example, she recently helped write a letter recommending improvements to the jury plan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Prior to joining CUNY’s faculty, Professor Chernoff was an Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering at New York University Law School. Before entering academia, she was a staff attorney in the Special Litigation Division of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS). Prior to PDS, she was a staff attorney and Zubrow Fellow at Juvenile Law Center and served as a law clerk for the Honorable Thomas L. Ambro, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Professor Chernoff graduated from Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude, in 2003; she received her M.S. with distinction in Justice, Law & Society from the School of Public Affairs at American University in 2000, and her B.A. in Sociology from Bryn Mawr College in 1997., Professor Mary R. Rose, University of Texas at Austin, Mary Rose received an A.B. in Psychology from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in social psychology from Duke University. Formerly a research fellow at the American Bar Foundation, she is currently Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, where she teaches courses on social science and law as well as social psychology and research methods. Her research examines lay participation in the legal system and perceptions of justice, and she has written on a variety of topics including the effects of jury selection practices on jury representativeness and citizens’ views of justice, jury trial innovations, civil damage awards, and public views of court practices. She is also an investigator on the landmark study of decision making among 50 deliberating juries from Pima County, Arizona. She has served on the editorial boards of Law & Social Inquiry, Law & Society Review, Criminology, Social Psychology Quarterly, and Law & Human Behavior and is a former trustee of the Law & Society Association. Her research has been cited in numerous court cases, including three U.S. Supreme Court cases: Miller-el v. Dretke (Breyer, J., concurring); Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker and Ramos v. Louisiana., Hon. David H. Ironson, J.S.C. (Moderator), Judge David H. Ironson serves in the Criminal Division in the Morris/Sussex Vicinage. He was appointed to the bench in 2008 and has been assigned to the Civil and Criminal divisions. Judge Ironson graduated from Seton Hall Law and the University of Maryland. He currently serves as Chair of the Supreme Court Committee on Jury Selection in Civil and Criminal Trials and also served as co-chair of the Judiciary Working Group on Juror Impartiality. Third Panel, William C. Snowden, The Juror Project, Will Snowden is the proud son of Billy Ray and Kay Snowden who were not only Milwaukee public school teachers, but also taught Will why speaking up and speaking out is important. Will plays the cello, really enjoys dancing but isn’t that good at it, and before his current work as the director of the Vera Institute of Justice in New Orleans, he was a New Orleans public defender for five years where he developed a passion and focus for all things related to jury service. Will started The The Juror Project Juror Project to increase diversity of jury panels and improve people’s perspective of jury duty. Will graduated from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2013., Gregg L. Zeff, NAACP of New Jersey, Gregg L. Zeff began practicing civil rights law back in 1988 protecting the rights of prisoners and victims of police misconduct. Since then, his practice has turned toward protecting the rights of all people. Representative clients include, public service, such as police, firefighters, correctional officers, and other civil servants, all aspects of education, including provosts, deans, professors, principals, teachers, students, and custodians. Laborers, including, factory workers, food service workers, railroad workers, office workers. truck drivers, casino workers Professionals, including, executives, doctors, nurses, hospital workers, pharmacists, lab technicians, lawyers, engineers, computer programmers, scientists, social workers and many others. When people fall victim to wrongful employment practices such as racial discrimination, sexual discrimination, retaliation and whistleblowing activities, Zeff Law Firm is there to help. Zeff has picked juries and jury trials in 3 states. He works extensively in the New Jersey State and Federal Courts as well as the Pennsylvania State and Federal Courts mostly on behalf of plaintiffs in civil rights and employment litigation. Gregg L. Zeff is the sole shareholder of the Zeff Law Firm, LLC. As a graduate of Delaware Law School of Widener University, he has earned a reputation in New Jersey as an experienced, aggressive representative who is there for his clients when they need support. When you face unlawful treatment you can trust Zeff Law Firm to help you fully understand the legal options you have available for your case. As an affiliate of numerous community groups and committees including NAACPNJ, Legal Redress Chair, State of New Jersey NAACP, Legal Redress Chair, Pennsylvania State Conference, President, Social Justice Law Project, New Jersey Criminal Sentencing, and Disposition Commission Member, Gregg L. Zeff understands how to help enforce lawful behavior and protect human rights., Howard H. Berchtold, Jr., Trial Court Administrator (Moderator), Howard Berchtold is the Trial Court Administrator for the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic and Cape May Counties, a judicial district of both limited and general jurisdiction, with 44 judges and 525 plus staff members, serving in this capacity since 2006. As the highest-ranking staff executive, Mr. Berchtold overseas all court operations, including financial management, human resources, information systems, case management, probation services, jury utilization, facilities, equipment, records management, community outreach and statistical analysis. Beginning his judiciary career in 1981, Mr. Berchtold held numerous positions in the same district, including Jury Manager, Municipal Division Manager, and Assistant Trial Court Administrator. Mr. Berchtold has served on various statewide committees and boards over the years. Among them are the Strategic Planning Committee for State Unification, the Task Force for Municipal Court Improvement, the Municipal Court Administrator Certification Board, the Advisory Group on Self-Representation, Access and Fairness Committee and the Joint Committee on Criminal Justice Reform. Currently, he sits on the Judicial Council’s Budget & Planning Committee, the Judiciary’s Administrative Council, the Council’s Education and Training Committee, the Hiring Review Board, and the Drug Court Advisory Committee. Mr. Berchtold is a former faculty member of Widener University Law Center, served on the Board of Advisors for the University’s Court Administration Certification Program, and currently sits on the Advisory Board for Criminal Justice Graduate Studies at The Richard Stockton University of New Jersey. He is a 1986 Fellow of the Institute for Court Management and is the 2012 recipient of the ICM Fellows Star Award. Serving on the Institute’s faculty for over 25 years, he is certified faculty for caseflow management and also is a Facilitator/Faculty member for the Fellows Masters class. He is currently a member of the ICM Advisory Council. Starting in 2019, he has served as faculty for the District of Columbia Courts Management Training Program. An active member of the Mid-Atlantic Association for Court Management since its inception, Mr. Berchtold served as President in 2008. He is also an active member of the National Association for Court Management, often honored to present at their annual conferences. Most recently, Mr. Berchtold has become active with the National Association of Presiding Judges and Court Executive Officers. In 2019, Mr. Berchtold was honored to be inducted into the Warren E. Burger Society. Fourth Panel, Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General, Andrew J. Bruck was appointed by Governor Philip D. Murphy as Acting Attorney General in July 2021. He joined the Office of the Attorney General in January 2018 and served as Executive Assistant AG and then First Assistant AG. Previously, Bruck spent five years at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Newark, New Jersey and held several roles in the office of U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, including Senior Counsel and Acting Chief of Staff. Before that, Bruck worked as a litigation associate in the New York office of Davis Polk& Wardwell and clerked for Chief Justice Stuart Rabner of the New Jersey Supreme Court. A graduate of Princeton University and Stanford Law School, Bruck is a New Jersey native who currently resides in Trenton with his husband Adam and daughter Libby. Bruck is the first member of the LGBTQ+ community to serve as New Jersey’s chief law enforcement officer. Since assuming office, Acting Attorney General Bruck has prioritized three initiatives: Racial Justice Gun Violence Policing Policy, Hon. Glenn A. Grant, Administrative Director of the Courts, The Honorable Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D., was appointed by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner as Director of the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts on September 1, 2008. Under the leadership and direction of the Chief Justice, he provides the day-today management of the court system. He collaborates with the Chief Justice to oversee a court staff of 9,000+ employees, including 460 Superior Court Judges. He is also responsible for overseeing the state municipal courts, comprised of approximately 350 municipal judges and 2,500 administrative staff. The Administrative Director is a constitutional position and Judge Grant is the eighth person to hold the position and the first minority appointed to lead the New Jersey court system. He joined the bench in 1998, serving as a Family Judge in the Essex vicinage. Prior to the appointment to his current position, Judge Grant served as Presiding Judge of the Family Part. He was temporarily assigned by former Chief Justice Poritz to serve as Acting Chief Judge of the Newark Municipal Court in order to address management and other operational issues. As Administrative Director, Judge Grant serves as a member of the Judicial Council, the policy-making body of the New Jersey Courts. He also chairs or is a member of several New Jersey Supreme Court committees, including the Advisory Committee on Access and Fairness and the Joint Committee on Criminal Justice Reform. Judge Grant has recently chaired the Working Group on Municipal Courts and the Judiciary Special Committee on Landlord Tenant. He currently serves as Chair of the Judiciary Opportunities for Building Success (“JOBS”) program. Prior to his judicial career, Judge Grant served as corporation counsel and business administrator for the City of Newark. He received his bachelor’s degree in political science from Lehigh University and his law degree from Catholic University. He studied Executive Management at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of government., Alexander Shalom, ACLU of New Jersey, Alexander Shalom is Senior Supervising Attorney and Director of Supreme Court Advocacy at the ACLU-NJ. Alex primarily litigates cases on issues that disproportionately impact people of color. He appears in state and federal trial and appellate courts on cases addressing a wide range of issues. He has appeared more than seventy times before the New Jersey Supreme Court on cases focusing on issues including pretrial justice, the right to counsel, sentencing, search and seizure, and public access to police records. As Director of Supreme Court Advocacy, he oversees the ACLU-NJ’s work before the State Supreme Court, where they appear more often than any other non-governmental organization. Before joining the ACLU-NJ, Alex worked as an Assistant Deputy Public Defender in Essex County. Prior to that, he served as capital cases clerk for Hon. Deborah J. Poritz, Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. , Lee A. Solomon, Associate Justice (Moderator), Lee A. Solomon, Esquire is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey. He was nominated by Governor Christopher J. Christie and confirmed by the Senate on June 19, 2014. Prior to being appointed, Lee served as the Assignment Judge of the Camden County, New Jersey, Superior Court, in which he was also nominated by Governor Christie and confirmed by the Senate to return to the bench on December 15, 2011, and initially was assigned to hear cases in the Civil Division. He was Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division before becoming the Assignment Judge. Lee spent two years, between February 2010, and December 2011, as President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) and a member of Governor Christie’s Cabinet. The BPU has jurisdiction over utility rates and facilities, and works to ensure consumer access to safe, reliable, and efficient services at reasonable costs. Before serving as BPU President, Lee had been a Camden County Superior Court Judge. He was appointed by Acting Governor, Senate President, Richard J. Cody, confirmed by the Senate, and sworn in as a member of the Court on January 13, 2006. He began in the Family Division before being assigned to the Criminal Division. Previously, Lee served as the Deputy United States Attorney for the Southern Vicinages, District of New Jersey. On June 4, 2002, he was sworn in by Christopher J. Christie, U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey. Lee led the U.S. Attorney’s Offices in Camden and Trenton. He managed a staff of forty-seven Assistant U.S. Attorneys and support personnel. The office handled approximately 950 cases per year. Prior to his appointment to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Lee served five years as the Camden County Prosecutor and one year as Acting Prosecutor. In this position, he directed an office with a staff of more than 260 and the State’s third largest caseload. During that time, Lee served on the Board of the National District Attorneys Association and as Chairperson of the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Advisory Council. In November of 1998, the New Jersey Attorney General appointed Lee as the Monitor of the Camden City Police Department. He then reorganized the 390 member force and continued its supervision until leaving the post of Camden County Prosecutor. Before his prosecutorial appointment, Lee served five years in the New Jersey General Assembly. He served as Vice-Chairman of the Environmental Quality Committee and as a member of the Assembly Policy & Rules Committee. In addition, Lee served as Vice-Chairman of the Assembly Judiciary Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Law and Public Safety Committee, and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. Earlier, Lee served two years as a member of the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders. As Chairman of the Finance Committee for the Freeholder Board, Lee Solomon wrote the first budget that reduced the tax rate for county taxpayers. Lee also was the Chairman of the Public Safety Committee, which was responsible for the Camden County Park Police and the Fire Marshal’s Office. From 1986 to 1994, Lee served as a member of the Haddon Heights Borough Council. Fifth Panel, Hon. Edward J. McBride, Jr., P.J.Cr., Edward J. McBride, Jr., was appointed to the Superior Court of New Jersey and began his service on the bench in Camden County on February 1, 2010. He served in the Criminal Division until September 1, 2011, when he began serving in the Family Division. On November 20, 2013, he was assigned again to the Criminal Division and designated as Presiding Judge. Judge McBride currently chairs the Conference of Criminal Presiding Judges. He chaired the Supreme Court Committee on Criminal Practice during its 2018-2019 and 2020-2021 terms and served as the co-chair of the Working Group on Juror Impartiality. , Camelia M. Valdes, Passaic County Prosecutor, Camelia M. Valdes is the Passaic County Prosecutor. When Ms. Valdes was nominated on May 16, 2009 by Governor Jon S. Corzine and confirmed by the New Jersey State Legislature, she became the first Latina county prosecutor in the State of New Jersey, the first woman prosecutor in Passaic County, and the first lead prosecutor of Dominican ancestry in the United States. As the chief law enforcement official in Passaic County, Ms. Valdes is responsible for the management of approximately 185 assistant prosecutors, detectives, victim advocates and support staff, a $20 million office budget and the oversight of 16 municipal police departments, the police departments of William Paterson and Montclair State Universities and the Passaic County Sheriff’s Department. Ms. Valdes is a career prosecutor. She served as a Municipal Prosecutor in the City of Newark, a Deputy Attorney General in the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office, an Assistant Governor’s Counsel to Governor Christine Todd Whitman and Acting Governor Donald T. DiFrancesco, and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark. Her experience has ranged from investigating and prosecuting municipal offenses to complex federal crimes that included human trafficking, health care fraud, financial offenses, and violent crimes. Born to Dominican parents in the Bronx and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Ms. Valdes is a product of the Newark Public Schools. She received her undergraduate degree in sociology from Seton Hall University in 1993, her law degree from Rutgers Law School-Newark in 1996 and her LL.M. in Trial Advocacy from Temple University in May 2001. As the proud mother of two teenagers with autism, Isabela and Elsa, ages 17 and 15, Ms. Valdes endeavors to raise awareness about autism., Hon. Hany A. Mawla, J.A.D. (Moderator), Hany A. Mawla is a Judge of the Appellate Division. He was formerly the Presiding Judge of the Family Division for Vicinage XIII Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren Counties and the Civil and Supervising Judge for the Special Civil Part for Vicinage XIII. Prior to joining the bench, Judge Mawla was a partner in the litigation department of the law firm of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP. He is the Chair of the New Jersey Supreme Court Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement Committee, Vice-Chair of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Access and Fairness, a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Family Practice Committee and Chair of its dissolution subcommittee. He has lectured for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, the New Jersey Association for Justice, and the New Jersey Judicial College. Judge Mawla received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University, law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law, and an Honorary Degree from Raritan Valley Community College where he was a lecturer. He received the Justice Thurgood Marshall Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the New Jersey State Bar Association. Judge Mawla is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Sixth Panel, Hon. Robert M. Brutinel, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Arizona, Chief Justice Brutinel became Chief Justice on July 1, 2019. He was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court in November of 2010 and was elected as Vice Chief Justice in January 2018. Prior to his appointment, Justice Brutinel served as the Presiding Judge of the Yavapai County Superior Court, where he presided over cases involving civil, criminal, juvenile, mental health, drug court, probate and domestic relations matters. Justice Brutinel currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Conference of Chief Justices and has served on the Arizona Supreme Court Committee on Juvenile Courts, the Arizona Supreme Court Commission on Technology, the Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct, the Supreme Court Arizona Judicial Council, the Arizona Character Education Commission, and the Governor’s Children’s Cabinet. Justice Brutinel is a past president of the Arizona Judges Association and the Yavapai County Bar Association and has served as an Advisory Board Member for the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections. In 2010 Justice Brutinel was chosen as the National Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Judge of the Year. Justice Brutinel graduated from Arizona State University with a B.S. in Economics in 1979. He received his law degree from the University of Arizona in 1982 and an LL.M. in Judicial Studies from Duke University in 2018. Justice Brutinel was admitted to practice law in Arizona in 1982. Prior to serving as a judge he practiced law in Prescott, Arizona, primarily in the areas of business and real estate, and Indian Law., Hon. Steven C. González, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Washington, Chief Justice Steven C. González was sworn in as the Supreme Court’s 58th Chief Justice on January 11, 2021. He was appointed to the court effective January 1, 2012, and subsequently won two contested races for six-year terms starting in 2013 and 2019. Before joining the Supreme Court, Chief Justice González served for ten years as a trial judge on the King County Superior Court hearing criminal, civil, juvenile, and family law cases. Passionate about access to justice, he has served on several boards and commissions coordinating access to justice efforts across Washington state. He served as Chair of the Supreme Court’s Interpreter Commission for eight years, supporting efforts to enhance language access across the state, including amendments to general rules that address remote interpreting as courts respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and set protocols for team interpreting. Chief Justice González’s work has earned him numerous awards and honors including, the “2022 Spirit of Excellence Award” from the American Bar Association’s Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession; the "2012 Difference Makers Award" from the American Bar Association’s Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division, the Justice CZ Smith Trailblazer Award and the Exceptional Member Award from the Latina/o Bar Association of Washington, and "Judge of the Year" awards from the Washington State Bar Association, the Washington Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and the Asian Bar Association of Washington in 2011. Chief Justice González earned a J.D. from U.C. Berkeley School of Law and Honorary Doctor of Laws Degrees from Gonzaga University School of Law in 2011 and the University of Puget Sound in 2015., Hon. Richard A. Robinson, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Connecticut, The Honorable Richard A. Robinson was born December 10, 1957 in Stamford, Connecticut. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Connecticut in 1979 and a Juris Doctor degree from West Virginia University School of Law in 1984. He was admitted to the West Virginia Bar and the Connecticut Bar, and is a member of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia and the U.S. District Court, Connecticut. From 1985 - 1988, Justice Robinson was Staff Counsel for the City of Stamford Law Department. In 1988, he became Assistant Corporation Counsel in Stamford where he remained until his appointment as a Judge of the Superior Court in 2000. He remained a Superior Court Judge for the next seven years during which time he served as Presiding Judge (Civil) for the New Britain Judicial District (May 2003 - September 2006); Presiding Judge (Civil) and Assistant Administrative Judge for the Ansonia/Milford Judicial District (September 2006 - September 2007); and Presiding Judge (Civil) for the Stamford Judicial District (September 2007 - December 2007). He was appointed as a Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court on December 10, 2007, a Justice of the Supreme Court on December 19, 2013 and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on May 3, 2018. Justice Robinson’s career is complemented by an array of public and judicial service. He served as President of the Stamford Branch of the NAACP (1988-1990); General Counsel for the Connecticut Conference of the NAACP (1988 - 2000); President of the Assistant Corporation Counsel’s Union (AFSCME) (1989 - 2000); Commissioner of the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (1997 - 2000); Chair of the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (1999 - 2000); New Haven Inn of Court member (2002 - present); Judicial Education Curriculum Committee member (2002 - 2014); Judicial Education Committee member (2003 - 2014); Faculty at several Judicial Institutes as well as spring and fall lectures (2003 - present); Civil Commission member (2005 - 2014); Court Annexed Mediator (2005 - 2014); Lawyers Assistance Advisory Board member (2007 - present); Bench-Bar Foreclosure Committee (2007 - 2014); Legal Internship Committee (2013 - 2017); Chairperson of the Advisory Committee on Cultural Competency (2009-present); Chairperson of the Rules Committee (2017- present); Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Diversity Award (2010); Connecticut Bar Association's Henry J. Naruk Judiciary Award for Integrity (2017); NAACP 100 Most Influential Blacks in Connecticut; Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Fellows, Life Fellow; Discovering Amistad National Advisory Board; Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities’ Alvin W. Penn Award for Excellence in Leadership (2018); Ebony Magazine Power 100 Award (2018); Quinnipiac School of Law Black Student Association Thurgood Marshall Award (2019); ABOTA Judicial Excellence Award (2019); Connecticut Bar Foundation Distinguished Service Award (2020); National Board of Directors of the Conference of Chief Justices (2019 - present); Conference of Chief Justices Civil Justice Board of Directors (2020 - present); National Judicial Task Force to Examine State Courts’ Response to Mental Illness (2020 - present)., Hon. Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice (Moderator), Chief Justice Stuart Rabner was sworn into office on June 29, 2007 after being nominated by Governor Jon S. Corzine and confirmed by the Senate. He is the eighth Chief Justice to lead the New Jersey Supreme Court since the 1947 Constitution. Born on June 30, 1960, Chief Justice Rabner was raised in Passaic. He graduated summa cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1982. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1985. He was a law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark in 1986. After beginning his career as an assistant U.S. attorney, Chief Justice Rabner worked in a number of positions including first assistant U.S. attorney and chief of the terrorism unit. He was chief of the office's criminal division when he was named chief counsel to Governor Corzine in January 2006. He was named New Jersey attorney general in September 2006 and served in that position until his nomination to the Court. Chief Justice Rabner and his wife, the former Deborah Wiener, have three children. Endnote, Hon. Morris Hoffman, Colorado State District Court Judge (Ret.), Morris Hoffman was a district judge in the state of Colorado from February 1991 through his retirement in May 2021. During the course of his 30 years on the bench, he sat in each of his court’s three divisions (divorce, civil, and criminal), acting as the presiding judge for many years in the civil and criminal divisions. In addition to innumerable civil bench trials, he presided over a total of 426 civil and felony criminal jury trials. He also presided over the Denver statutory grand jury for more than 10 years. He was a member of the Colorado Supreme Court’s Multidistrict Litigation Panel for 18 years, and served as its chair the last 8 years. He was also a member of the Colorado Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on the Rules of Criminal Procedure for 20 years. He has taught jury history and selection, law and the biology of human nature, and law and neuroscience at the law schools at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and the University of Denver. He is a member of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Research Network on Law and Neuroscience, and a research fellow at the Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research. He has published dozens of law review articles in the areas of criminal law, the jury, jurisprudence, and law and neuroscience, as well as several science papers focusing on the neuroscience of punishment. He has also published several law-related op-eds in national newspapers, including The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. His book, The Punisher’s Brain: An Evolutionary History of Judge and Jury, was published in 2014 by the Cambridge University Press as part of the Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice and Society. He lives in Denver with his wife Kate. They have two grown sons, two granddaughters, and a new black dog., Case Law, Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986) Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986) State v. Gilmore, 195 N.J. Super. 163 (App. Div. 1984) State v. Gilmore, 195 N.J. Super. 163 (App. Div. 1984) State v. Gilmore, 103 N.J. 508 (1986) (reprinted from Westlaw with permission of Thomson Reuters) State v. Gilmore, 199 N.J. Super. 389, 394 (App. Div. 1985), aff'd, 103 N.J. 508 (1986) State v. Gilmore, 103 N.J. 508 (1986) (reprinted from Westlaw with permission of Thomson Reuters) State v. Gilmore, 103 N.J. 508 (1986) (reprinted from Westlaw with permission of Thomson Reuters) State v. Edwin Andujar State v. Andujar, 247 N.J. 275 (2021) State v. Wildemar A. Dangcil State v. Dangcil, ___ N.J. ___ (2021), Additional Resources, April J. Anderson, Peremptory Challenges at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century: Development of Modern Jury Selection Strategies as Seen in Practitioners’ Trial Manuals Peremptory Challenges at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century: Development of Modern Jury Selection Strategies as Seen in Practitioners’ Trial Manuals , 14 Stan. J. C.R. & C.L. 1 (2020) Hon. Mark W. Bennett Unraveling the Gordian Knot of Implicit Bias in Jury Selection: The Problem of Judge-Dominated Voir Dire, the Failed Promise of Batson, and Proposed Solutions Unraveling the Gordian Knot of Implicit Bias in Jury Selection: The Problem of Judge-Dominated Voir Dire, the Failed Promise of Batson, and Proposed Solutions , 4 Harv. L. & Pol’y Rev. 149 (2010) Nina W. Chernoff, No Records; No Right: Discovery & the Fair Cross-Section Guarantee No Records; No Right: Discovery & the Fair Cross-Section Guarantee , 101 Iowa L.R. 1719 Hon. James H. Coleman, Jr., The Evolution of Race in the Jury Selection Process The Evolution of Race in the Jury Selection Process , 48 Rutgers L. Rev. 1105 (1996) Aliza Plener Cover, Hybrid Jury Strikes Hybrid Jury Strikes , 52 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 357 (2017) (posted with permission of the Harvard Civil Rights – Civil Liberties Law Review). Whitney DeCamp and Elise DeCamp, It’s Still About Race: Peremptory Challenge Use on Black Prospective Jurors It’s Still About Race: Peremptory Challenge Use on Black Prospective Jurors , J. of Res. in Crim. and Delinq. 57 (2020) available at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022427819873943 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022427819873943 Daniel Edwards, Daniel Edwards, The Evolving Debate Over Batson’s Procedures for Peremptory Challenges, National Association of Attorneys The Evolving Debate Over Batson’s Procedures for Peremptory Challenges , National Association of Attorneys General (Apr. 14, 2020), Ann M. Eisenberg, Removal of Women and African Americans in Jury Selection in South Carolina Capital Cases , 1997-2012 , 9 Ne. U. L. Rev. 299 (2017) Roger Enriquez & John W. Clark III, Roger Enriquez & John W. Clark III, The Social Psychology of Peremptory Challenges: An Examination of Latino Jurors, 13 Tex. Hisp. J. L. & Pol’y 25 (2007). As originally published in Texas Hispanic Journal of Law & Policy. The Social Psychology of Peremptory Challenges: An Examination of Latino Jurors , 13 Tex. Hisp. J. L. & Pol’y 25 (2007). As originally published in Texas Hispanic Journal of Law & Policy. Equal Justice Initiative Resources Equal Justice Initiative Resources Equal Justice Initiative, Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: A Continuing Legacy (2010) available at Equal Justice Initiative, Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: A Continuing Legacy (2010) https://eji.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/illegal-racial-discrimination-in-jury-selection.pdf Equal Justice Initiative, Race and the Jury: Illegal Discrimination in Jury Selection (2021) available at Equal Justice Initiative, Race and the Jury: Illegal Discrimination in Jury Selection (2021) https://eji.org/report/race-and-the-jury/ Catherine M. Grosso & Barbara O’Brien Catherine M. Grosso & Barbara O’Brien A Stubborn Legacy: The Overwhelming Importance of Race in Jury Selection in 173 Post-Batson North Carolina Capital Trials, A Stubborn Legacy: The Overwhelming Importance of Race in Jury Selection in 173 Post-Batson North Carolina Capital Trials , 97 Iowa L. Rev. 1531 (2012). Hon. Morris B. Hoffman, Hon. Morris B. Hoffman, Peremptory Challenges Should Be Abolished: A Trial Judge’s Perspective, 64 U. Chi. L. Rev. 809 (1997) (Originally appearing in the University of Chicago Law Review, 64 U. Chi. L. Rev. 809. Reprinted with permission from the University of Chicago Law Review and the University of Chicago Law School.) Peremptory Challenges Should Be Abolished: A Trial Judge’s Perspective , 64 U. Chi. L. Rev. 809 (1997) (Originally appearing in the University of Chicago Law Review , 64 U. Chi. L. Rev. 809. Reprinted with permission from the University of Chicago Law Review and the University of Chicago Law School.) Liz McCurry Johnson, Liz McCurry Johnson, Accessing Jury Selection Data in a Pre-Digital Environment, 41 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 45 (2017). Accessing Jury Selection Data in a Pre-Digital Environment , 41 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 45 (2017). Jerry Kang et. al., Implicit Bias in the Courtroom , 59 UCLA L. Rev. 1124 (2012). 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Kentucky: A Promise Unfulfilled , 58 UMKC L. Rev. 361, 362 (1990). Kenneth J. Melilli, Kenneth J. Melilli, Batson in Practice: What We Have Learned about Batson and Peremptory Challenges, 71 Notre Dame L. Rev. 447 (1996). Batson in Practice: What We Have Learned about Batson and Peremptory Challenges , 71 Notre Dame L. Rev. 447 (1996). Caren Myers Morrison, Negotiating Peremptory Challenges , 104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 1 (2014). New Jersey Judiciary Bench Manual on Jury Selection (2014) New Jersey Judiciary Bench Manual on Jury Selection (2014) Jeffrey J. Rachlinski et al., Does Unconscious Racial Bias Affect Trial Judges?, Does Unconscious Racial Bias Affect Trial Judges ? , 84 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1195 (2009). Vol. 84 NOTRE DAME LAW REVIEW, Page 1195 (2009). Reprinted with permission. © Notre Dame Law Review, University of Notre Dame. 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Rev. 491 (1978)., Public Comments , Comment Number, Date of Comment, Name of Commenter, (including law firm or other affiliation) Comment 001 10/28/2021 NJ Civil Justice Institute, by Anthony M Anastasio, Esq, President NJ Civil Justice Institute, by Anthony M Anastasio, Esq, President Comment 002 10/28/2021 Essex County Bar Association, by Eileen O'Connor, Esq, President Essex County Bar Association, by Eileen O'Connor, Esq, President Comment 003 10/28/2021 Berkeley Law Clinical Program, by Professor Elisabeth Semel Berkeley Law Clinical Program, by Professor Elisabeth Semel Comment 004 10/31/2021 Richard Gabriel, Decision Analysis, Inc. Richard Gabriel, Decision Analysis, Inc. Comment 005 11/02/2021 Middlesex County Bar Association, by Edward Testino, Esq, President Middlesex County Bar Association, by Edward Testino, Esq, President Comment 006 11/03/2021 Dr. Leslie Ellis, The Caissa Group LLC and Immediate Past President of the American Society of Trial Consultants Dr. Leslie Ellis, The Caissa Group LLC and Immediate Past President of the American Society of Trial Consultants Comment 007 11/05/2021 American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, by Senior Staff Attorney Karen Thompson American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, by Senior Staff Attorney Karen Thompson Comment 008 11/05/2021 New Jersey State Bar Association New Jersey State Bar Association Comment 009 11/08/2021 Retired Assignment Judge Alvin Weiss Retired Assignment Judge Alvin Weiss Comment 010 10/27/2021 NJ Public Defender Joseph Krakora NJ Public Defender Joseph Krakora Comment 011 11/10/2021 New Jersey Association for Justice New Jersey Association for Justice Comment 012 11/09/2021 Somerset County Bar Association Somerset County Bar Association Comment 013 11/12/2021 New Jersey Institute for Social Justice New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Comment 014 11/12/2021 NJ Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck NJ Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck Comment 015 11/15/2021 Warren County Bar Association Warren County Bar Association Comment 016 11/12/2021 County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey Comment 017 11/16/2021 Trial Attorneys of New Jersey Trial Attorneys of New Jersey Comment 018 11/12/2021 New Jersey Defense Association New Jersey Defense Association Comment 019 11/12/2021 League of Women Voters of New Jersey League of Women Voters of New Jersey Comment 020 01/20/2022 New Jersey Civil Justice Institute New Jersey Civil Justice Institute
- Pre-foreclosure, On This Page, Body, Alternatives to Foreclosure, Falling behind on your mortgage doesn’t have to mean losing your home. You may be eligible for the Judiciary’s pre-foreclosure mediation services or services through New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA) that may help you avoid foreclosure., Find Help, NJHMFA can provide guidance on available options and information about the foreclosure process. This program was made possible through legislation that expanded available resources to include at-risk homeowners who may need counseling to help prevent possible foreclosure., Eligibility, Homeowners who have not received a foreclosure complaint and who have not filed for bankruptcy can seek pre-foreclosure assistance from the Judiciary., Getting Started, Complete the https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Pre-Foreclosure_Services Pre-Foreclosure Questionnaire . We will review your information and contact you to let you know if you qualify for help. You can also complete and submit How to Apply for Pre-Foreclosure Services Request Form for Pre-Foreclosure Services ., Other Options, Contact your mortgage servicer to discuss your options. Ask to be considered for any available federal or state programs. Housing counselors are also available to assist by registering above., Act now., The sooner you act to save your home, the more options you will have. If you do receive a foreclosure notice, you can still seek mediation and other options. Visit the Foreclosure Self-Help foreclosure self-help page to learn more about the foreclosure process., Be aware of scams., Housing counseling services are free through the NJHMFA. Companies that promise to help you get a loan modification, or notices to rescue your home from foreclosure, are popping up all over NJ. To protect yourself and your home, carefully check the company's credentials, reputation, and experience. Watch out for warning signs of a scam. Companies may falsely claim to be affiliated with a nonprofit or government entity or endorsed by government officials. More information, including tips to avoid foreclosure scams, are outlined in the https://www.newyorkfed.org/banking/frscams.html public announcement released by the Federal Reserve.
- Protect Yourself Against Jury Duty Scams, What is a jury duty scam?, Jury duty scams are fraudulent phone calls, text messages, emails, or in-person contact by individuals outside of the Judiciary that threatens arrest for failing to appear for jury duty. These messages demand payment or request confidential information that can be used for identity theft., How to identify a scam, The Judiciary, does not use any, money-transfer applications. Examples include PayPal, Venmo, or Cash App. Court officials will, never, ask for payment to avoid arrest for failing to report for jury duty and will, never , request personal identifiers, such as: Bank account or credit card number Social security number Passport number Driver's license number Taxpayer identification number Medical ID and/or Group number The Judiciary does use phone calls, text messages, and email communications to assist jurors with their service, but those communications will never ask for payment or personal identifiers other than date of birth and residential address., What to do if you suspect a scam, If you suspect fraudulent communication, do not respond and do not click on any links. Immediately contact your county Jury Management Office List jury management office as well as local law enforcement. You can also report scams and suspicious communications to the Link to Federal Trade Commission page Federal Trade Commission .
- Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program, On This Page, Body, Contact Information, Program Membership Roster, As provided by L. 2024, c. 2, the Administrative Director of the Courts has appointed the following retired judges to serve on the Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program ("Program"): Judge Thomas C. Miller (chair) Judge Ronald E. Bookbinder Judge Stephan C. Hansbury Judge Mary C. Jacobson Judge Julio L. Mendez Judge Paulette M. Sapp-Peterson Judge Menelaos W. Toskos, Staff Contact Information, Melissa Czartoryski, Chief 609-815-2900 ext. 55358 Theresa Kries, Secretary 609-815-2900 ext. 54906, Guidelines and Resources, l-2024-c2-affordablehousing P.L. 2024, c. 2 Establishes the Affordable Housing Program An alternative dispute resolution program with retired judges to resolve cases regarding the Fair Housing Act (FHA) Promotes transparency by publishing case details to the Judiciary website., Affordable Housing Calculations – Department of Community Affairs, https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nj.gov_dca_dlps_4th-5FRound-5FNumbers.shtml&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=zi8js3xg81e1K-mKuXHGdhKlVC5FjkCug3k2KDh_xCw&m=eMUBC7RC2Uu-v-7vZxSJsqcpPgakfayL9veTouVvFkfCwQt2EzIeUeYlGQco6CUo&s=-FevvuhCXJEUAAg3ebTHkn-TxmTSjDREUFXyzSSbStc&e= New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) | 2025 to 2035 Affordable Housing Calculations IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PRINCETON, ET AL. In the Matter of the Application of the Municipality of Princeton L-1550-15 (Law Div. March 8, 2018) Supplement to Directive #14-24 - Superseding Addendum (Required Elements of Housing Element and Fair Share Plan Supplement to Directive #14-24 - Superseding Addendum (Required Elements of Housing Element and Fair Share Plan Directive #14-24 Administrative Directive #14-24 – Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program - Implementation, Timeframes, Jan. 31, 2025, : Municipality must adopt binding resolution on fair share obligations and file an action with the Program within 48 hours., Feb. 28, 2025, : Deadline for filing a challenge to a municipal resolution on fair share obligations., March 31, 2025, : Deadline for Program decision on fair share obligations., June 30, 2025, : Municipality must adopt binding resolution on Housing Element and Fair Share Plan., Aug. 31, 2025, : Deadline for filing a challenge to municipal resolution on Housing Element and Fair Share Plan., Dec. 31, 2025, : Deadline for Program decision on Housing Element and Fair Share Plan., Notices to the Bar , Notice - Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program - Supplement to Directive #14-24 - Superseding Addendum (Required Elements of Housing Element and Fair Share Plan Notice - Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program - Supplement to Directive #14-24 - Superseding Addendum (Required Elements of Housing Element and Fair Share Plan Notice - Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program - Administrative Directive #14-24; Rule Relaxation Order; Judiciary Affordable Housing Webpage Notice - Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program - Administrative Directive #14-24; Rule Relaxation Order; Judiciary Affordable Housing Webpage Notice - Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program (L. 2024, c. 2) - Appointment of Members Notice - Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program (L. 2024, c. 2) - Appointment of Members Notice - Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program - Appointment of Replacement Member Notice - Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program - Appointment of Replacement Member, Municipal Filings by County, Select County Atlantic Cape May Bergen Burlington Camden Cumberland Gloucester Salem Essex Hudson Mercer Middlesex Monmouth Morris Sussex Ocean Passaic Hunterdon Somerset Warren Affordable Housing Case Filing Email The subscriber's email address. Sign up to receive alerts when new affordable housing case documents are filed. Subscribe Manage existing
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- Opinion Summaries, Court Type - Any - Supreme Appellate Trial Tax Start End Search Apply Filters Posted Date Name of Case (Docket Number) Type 2025-11-03 GENE VAN DEN ENDE VS. CROFTON PHILIP REYNOLDS (FM-14-0570-22, MORRIS COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (A-1565-24) On leave granted in this divorce matter, plaintiff Gene Van Den Ende appeals from certain provisions of a July 19, 2024 Family Part order, which granted defendant Crofton P. Reynold's cross-motion to dismiss her equitable distribution claims, to limit discovery, and to extend comity to South Africa for adjudication of the parties' Antenuptial Agreement. Plaintiff and the parties' minor child are domiciled in New Jersey. Defendant is domiciled in South Africa. Plaintiff also appeals from a December 20, 2024 order denying her motion for reconsideration. The court held there are disputed factual issues concerning the filing of defendant's South African action, seeking a declaratory judgment, without a claim for divorce, regarding the enforceability of the Antenuptial Agreement where it was registered. Because there are questions of fact as to whether plaintiff is subject to personal jurisdiction in South Africa, the court vacated the order addressing equitable distribution and the order denying reconsideration and remanded for a plenary hearing. Appellate 2025-10-31 BOROUGH OF CALDWELL VS. COZZARELLI CIRMINIELLO ARCHITECTS, LLC (L-3126-24, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (A-0937-24) The Borough of Caldwell executed several contracts with defendant architect for professional services, then eventually sued the architect for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and violation of the Consumer Fraud Act (CFA), N.J.S.A. 56:8-1 to -277. Architect moved to dismiss plaintiff's complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted under Rule 4:6-2(e). Among other things, architect argued that: Caldwell improperly hired an unqualified expert to support the allegations in its breach of contract claim; Caldwell's unjust enrichment claim did not allege any benefit outside of the contract and should therefore fail; and that Caldwell's CFA claim failed because the "learned professional" exception to the CFA applies to architects. The trial court denied the motion. Architect successfully sought leave to appeal, challenging the Law Division's order denying the architect's motion to dismiss as to Caldwell's breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and CFA claims. On leave granted, the court concluded: (1) Caldwell's breach of contract and unjust enrichment claims were sufficiently pled to survive the architect's Rule 4:6-2(e) motion; (2) architects are members of a "historically recognized 'learned' profession" exempt under the CFA; and (3) the "patent and sharp" conflict analysis articulated by the Supreme Court in Lemelledo v. Beneficial Mgmt. Corp. of Am. , 150 N.J. 255 (1997), is not required on this record. The court affirmed the trial court's denial of the architect's motion to dismiss the breach of contract and unjust enrichment counts, but reversed the portion of the order denying the architect's motion to dismiss the CFA count. Appellate 2025-10-27 Cynthia Johnson v. Denise Wilkerson, et al. (S-10-25 ; 091201) Neither remedy Wilkerson seeks finds support in the statutory scheme. Supreme 2025-10-01 NATALIA KRONFELD VS. ELLIOTT MALONE, ET AL. (L-4946-19, BERGEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (A-2044-23) In this legal malpractice action, the trial court denied plaintiff's eighth motion to extend discovery. Because a trial date was previously fixed in the sixth order extending discovery, the trial court determined the exceptional circumstances standard set forth in Rule 4:24-1(c) applied. It denied the motion because plaintiff failed to show exceptional circumstances. Defendants moved for summary judgment arguing plaintiff failed to serve an expert report in support of her claims of legal malpractice. The trial court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment, concluding plaintiff's opposition to the motion was deficient, and her legal malpractice claims failed as a matter of law because she did not have an expert. The court affirmed. It determined the trial court correctly applied the exceptional circumstances standard and did not misapply its discretion by denying the eighth motion to extend discovery. In doing so, the court addressed the scope of its decision in Hollywood Café Diner, Inc. v. Jaffee , 473 N.J. Super. 210 (App. Div. 2022), to clarify that its limitation on the applicability of the exceptional circumstances standard set forth in Rule 4:24-1(c) applies only when an arbitration or trial date is set administratively by notice prior to the conclusion of the discovery period. It held that once an arbitration or trial date is set by a judge in a discovery end date (DED) extension or case management order entered after expiration of the applicable initial period of discovery set forth in Rule 4:24-1(a), no extension of the discovery period may be permitted unless exceptional circumstances are shown. Appellate 2025-09-29 STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. R.A.M. (22-06-0989, MONMOUTH COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (A-1444-23) After a jury trial, defendant R.A.M. appealed from his second-degree aggravated assault conviction for strangulation of a victim of domestic violence, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(13), and resulting six-year prison sentence. Defendant challenged the prosecutor's summation and the trial court's imposed sentence. Defendant raised a question of first impression regarding the trial court's application of aggravating factor fifteen, N.J.S.A. 2C:44-1(a)(15). The court holds the trial court did not impermissibly double-count defendant's underlying domestic violence related offense in finding aggravating factor fifteen applied because, in addition to the trial court's finding that the jury convicted defendant of an offense involving a domestic violence victim, the trial court separately determined the State established defendant had previously committed an act of domestic violence. The court also concluded that defendant's arguments that the trial court improperly considered defendant's dismissed charges, that it provided insufficient reasons for the sentencing factors considered, and that the prosecutor's summation amounted to plain error lacked merit. Appellate 2025-09-24 TOWNSHIP OF MIDDLETOWN V. THE DUNES AT SHOAL HARBOR, ET AL. (L-3009-22) This litigation presents a question of first impression in New Jersey regarding the scope of condemnation proceedings, specifically, whether a cause of action from a contractor’s negligence on previously condemned land may be joined in the condemnation action or, alternatively, whether such tort is better considered in a separate lawsuit. Due to the limited scope of summary condemnation proceedings, the court concluded that post-taking property torts should proceed in a separate litigation, safe from the preclusive effect of the entire controversy doctrine. Trial 2025-09-08 LEONOR ALCANTARA, ET AL. VS. ANGELICA ALLEN-MCMILLAN, ET AL. (NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION) (A-2493-23) Petitioners appeal from the final administrative decision of the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education concluding that the School Funding Reform Act, N.J.S.A. 18A:7F-43 to -70, was constitutional as applied to the Lakewood Public School District. Petitioners, parents of children enrolled in the school district, filed an application with the Commissioner in 2014, alleging that Lakewood failed to provide public school students with a thorough and efficient education, as required by the New Jersey Constitution due to insufficient SFRA funding. After years of litigation, the Commissioner issued a final administrative decision in 2021, finding that the public-school students of Lakewood were not deprived of their constitutional right to a thorough and efficient education. Petitioners appealed, and the Appellate Division reversed in Alcantara v. Allen-Mcmillan , 475 N.J. Super. 58 (App. Div. 2023) ( Alcantara I ), concluding that the public-school students of Lakewood suffered from an ongoing deprivation of a thorough and efficient education. The Appellate Division remanded the matter for the Commissioner to make additional findings to answer the question: Is the SFRA unconstitutional as applied to the Lakewood Public School District? On April 1, 2024, after conducting additional fact-finding, the Commissioner issued a final administrative decision concluding that the students' constitutional deprivation found by the Appellate Division in Alcantara I was not due, in significant part, to the SFRA and its implementation. Petitioners again appealed the agency's final decision. On appeal, the Appellate Division, applying the well-settled agency deferential standard of review to its consideration of the Commissioner's final decision, concluded there was ample support in the record to conclude that the SFRA is not unconstitutional as it is applied to the Lakewood Public School District, and affirmed the final administrative decision. Appellate 2025-08-21 THE LESNIAK INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN LEADERSHIP, ET AL. VS. NEW JERSEY FISH & GAME COUNCIL, ET AL. (L-1814-23, MERCER COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (A-1687-23) Appellants Raymond J. Lesniak and the Lesniak Institute for American Leadership appeal from the January 10, 2024 Law Division order granting respondents' motion to dismiss their complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief with prejudice pursuant to Rule 4:6-2(e). Appellants challenge the constitutional authority and composition of the New Jersey Fish and Game Council, specifically as they are defined and limited by the powers granted to the Legislature under the New Jersey Constitution. They seek to enjoin the Fish and Game Council from implementing the 2022 Comprehensive Black Bear (Ursus americanus) Management Policy, the amendments to the State Fish and Game Code, and the bear hunt. The court concludes appellants' verified complaint on its face fails to state a viable constitutional claim of the separation of powers, allocation of governmental authority, and the non-delegation doctrine. The validity of the governing law, and its application to the delegation of regulatory authority to the Fish and Game Council as set forth in N.J.S.A. 13:1B-24 to -32, has been thoroughly examined in Humane Soc'y of U.S. v. N.J. State Fish & Game Council , 70 N.J. 565 (1976) and U.S. Sportsmen's All. Found. v. N.J. Dep't of Env't Prot. , 182 N.J. 461 (2005) and passed constitutional muster. Appellants alternatively argue that summary judgment should have been granted because the questions of law presented rested upon undisputed material facts. Appellants' argument is based on an untenable premise, as it is unsupported by any evidence that rebuts recognized legal principles. The court therefore affirms the dismissal of appellants' verified complaint and the denial of appellants' cross-motion for summary judgment. Appellate 2025-08-19 STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. TYRONE K. ELLISON (21-09-0693, MORRIS COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) (A-2905-22) This appeal raises a novel issue regarding whether an officer's observation of defendant's entry of his passcode into his cell phone violates defendant's right to privacy and Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. The court holds that defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy given the facts of this case. The court further holds there was no violation of defendant's Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination where defendant voluntarily requested his cell phone, was not compelled to provide the passcode and voluntarily entered the passcode in front of the officer. Moreover, the State would have inevitably discovered the passcode for defendant's cell phone by the issuance of an Andrews order. State v. Andrews , 243 N.J. 447 (2020). Appellate 2025-08-12 STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. MALIHKI X. OLIVER (22-10-0137, MERCER COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (A-3118-23) In this matter of first impression, the court addresses the elements of second-degree purchasing firearm parts to manufacture a firearm without a serial number, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-9(k) (Paragraph k), and the application of the territorial jurisdiction statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:1-3. In doing so, the court rejects defendant's argument that Paragraph k is comprised of one element. Instead, the court concludes Paragraph k requires the State prove defendant: (1) purchased a ghost gun kit; (2) acted with purpose to manufacture or assemble a firearm; and (3) was not registered or licensed to manufacture or assemble a firearm in this state. Although the evidence presented to the grand jury revealed the purchase of ghost gun kits occurred in Pennsylvania, and was lawful in that jurisdiction, the State presented sufficient evidence from which the jury could infer defendant purchased the kits with the purpose of manufacturing firearms in New Jersey, satisfying the culpability element under N.J.S.A. 2C:1-14(h)(3)(b), and territorial jurisdiction under N.J.S.A. 2C:1-3(a). The court also rejected the State's argument that defendant waived his right to appeal from the denial of his motion to dismiss the indictment when he entered his guilty plea. Although the motion was not specifically referenced in the plea form, defendant did not indicate "Yes" or "No" in response to Question 4(e), "Do you further understand that by pleading guilty you are waiving your right to appeal the denial of all other pretrial motions except the following"? Nor did defendant directly answer the court's inquiry, "Do you understand by pleading guilty you are waiving your right to appeal the denial of any and all pretrial motions you or your attorney filed?" Further, the State did not object when, during the plea hearing, defense counsel informed the court the "motion that was heard on the legality of the statute . . . can be appealed." Appellate 2025-08-11 STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. VICTOR BAVEROV (MA-23-004, MONMOUTH COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (A-0274-23 ) The issues in this appeal are whether defendant's conviction for a fifth offense of driving while intoxicated (DWI) should be reversed on the ground that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by refusing to present a psychiatric defense and whether defendant was entitled to a jury trial given the 180-day sentence imposed. The court affirms the tenet that DWI is a strict-liability offense for which mental-state defenses are unavailable and that defendant is not entitled to a jury trial where the period of incarceration does not exceed six months. Here, defendant was convicted following a municipal court bench trial at which he admitted to consuming alcohol, exhibited indicia of intoxication, and failed field sobriety tests. Although defendant attributed his conduct to persecutory paranoia and amnesia unrelated to alcohol use, his trial counsel declined to pursue a psychiatric defense. The court holds that counsel's decision was reasonable and compelled by law, as mental-state defenses such as insanity are not viable in DWI prosecutions. In so holding, the court adopts as precedent the case of State v. Inglis , 304 N.J. Super. 207 (Law Div. 1997). Counsel's refusal to advance a legally untenable defense did not fall below professional standards. Nor did the sentence of 180 days in county jail entitle defendant to a jury trial. The court reaffirms that a single petty offense subject to no more than six months' incarceration does not meet the threshold for jury-trial protections, even when accompanied by significant collateral penalties such as years-long license suspension and installation of an ignition interlock device. The conviction and sentence are affirmed. Appellate 2025-08-11 Fred Krug v. New Jersey State Parole Board (A-12-24 ; 089603) Constitutional ex post facto prohibitions forbid only punishment beyond what was contemplated at the time the crime was committed. Because the law at the time of Krug’s offenses permitted the Board to consider the same “all existing” information it may now consider, retroactive application of the 1997 amendment to Krug created no risk of additional punishment. The Court therefore rejects Krug’s ex post facto challenge. Supreme 2025-08-07 Salve Chipola, III v. Sean Flannery (A-2-24 ; 088836) Consistent with Swan , the one-year statute of limitations that applies to defamation claims also applies to false light claims. The overlap between the causes of action, in conjunction with the practical considerations and free speech protections, mandates that false light be subject to the same one-year statute of limitations as defamation. Supreme 2025-08-06 State v. Delshon J. Taylor Jr. (A-20-24 ; 089386) The appropriate standard of review is abuse of discretion. As a result, the Court reverses the judgment of the Appellate Division and remands the case to the trial court for consideration of the prosecutor’s denial under that standard. Supreme 2025-08-05 State v. Zaire J. Cromedy (A-17-24 ; 089188) N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(j) falls outside the scope of the Graves Act. It sets forth a distinct substantive offense that must be charged independently, even though it is cognizable only when paired with a corresponding prior offense under N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(a), (b), (c), or (f). Supreme 2025-08-04 States Newsroom Inc. v. City of Jersey City (A-25-24 ; 089943) The expungement statute does not bar release of the report because the IA report is not a criminal record. The expungement statute and the expungement order entered by the Sussex County Superior Court do, however, bar release of any information related to the lieutenant’s arrest, conviction, or the disposition of his criminal case. Counsel for defendants has certified that the IA report in this case contains “information pertaining to [the lieutenant’s] arrest, charges and [the] disposition” of his criminal case. Therefore, pursuant to the expungement statute and order, any such information must be redacted from the IA report. The Court affirms but modifies the Appellate Division’s judgment. It remands to the trial court to perform those redactions in camera and to then conduct the common law balancing test set forth in Rivera on the remainder of the IA report. If the court finds that the “interests that favor disclosure outweigh concerns for confidentiality,” Rivera , 250 N.J. at 135, it must redact the additional information specified in Rivera , id . at 150, and then release the redacted report to plaintiff. As to the sealing of court documents, the Court leaves undisturbed the Appellate Division’s direction Supreme 2025-07-31 Keith Isaac (deceased) v. Board of Trustees, Police and Firemen’s Retirement System (A-22-24 ; 089370) By its plain language, N.J.S.A. 43:16A-12.2 directs that “unpaid benefits” be distributed to the decedent’s estate unless the PFRS member has nominated a beneficiary by “written designation.” Because Isaac made no such designation here, the Board must distribute Isaac’s $208,950.03 in unpaid benefits to his estate in accordance with the statutory mandate. Supreme 2025-07-30 State v. Shawn M. Fenimore (A-18-24 ; 089786) Under the circumstances presented here, the automobile exception to the warrant requirement did not apply and the police were required to obtain a warrant before searching the car. Supreme 2025-07-30 IN THE MATTER OF THE EXPUNGEMENT OF THE CRIMINAL/JUVENILE RECORDS OF P.L. (XP-23-000192, CAPE MAY COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) (A-3387-23 ) In this appeal, the court addresses the interplay between the Recovery Court expungement statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-14(m), and the law that governs expungements generally, N.J.S.A. 2C:52-1 to -32.1, as they relate to expungement of juvenile adjudications sought following completion of Recovery Court. The State appeals from a trial court order expunging petitioner's entire record including his juvenile delinquency adjudications after he successfully completed a Recovery Court special probation sentence. The State, joined by the New Jersey Attorney General as amicus, argues juvenile delinquency adjudications of non-expungable offenses if committed by an adult are not eligible for expungement despite successful completion of Recovery Court. They warn a contrary interpretation defies legislative intent. In response, P.L., supported by amicus, the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, asserts the plain language of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-14(m) allows expungement of juvenile adjudications because adjudications are not convictions specifically excluded from post-Recovery Court relief. Relying on the plain language of both statutes, the court concludes the Legislature did not incorporate certain restrictions from the general expungement statute into the Recovery Court statute addressing expungement of adult criminal and juvenile adjudication histories, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-14(m). As a result, Recovery Court graduates may expunge all eligible offenses under this statute, including juvenile adjudications otherwise non-expungable if sought under the general expungement law. Appellate 2025-07-29 New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers, Inc. v. Ford Motor Company (A-7-24 ; 089378) Only franchisees can bring suit under the FPA. NJCAR is a trade association whose members consist of franchisee motor vehicle dealerships in New Jersey. NJCAR is not itself a motor vehicle franchisee, and it therefore lacks statutory standing to sue under the FPA. Supreme Pagination 1 Go to page 2 2 Go to page 3 3 Go to last page 80 Last page Go to next page > Next page Showing 1 to 20 of 1581 items
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