Morris/Sussex Vicinage to Celebrate Law Day

Appellate Division Judge Lorraine M. Augostini will give the keynote address in Morris County as part of the Morris/Sussex Vicinage’s Law Day celebration on Friday, May 1.

The celebration in Sussex County will feature a keynote address from Sussex County Bar Association members Mark and Nathaniel Hontz.

The programs will focus on this year’s national theme, “The Rule of Law and the American Dream.” 

At the Morris event, which will begin at 4 p.m., Civil Presiding Judge James DeMarzo and Morris County Bar Association President Lawrence S. Cutalo will honor the mock trial team from West Morris Mendham High School, the winning school representing Morris County in the Vincent J. Apruzzese High School Mock Trial Competition. 

The event also will be livestreamed at https://www.njcourts.gov/public/channels under the Morris/Sussex tab.

The Sussex program, which will begin at 7 p.m., will honor the mock trial teams of Pope John XXIII Regional and Newton high schools, the winning and runner-up teams of the 2026 mock trial competition. The annual Law Day award will be presented to attorney Donald Cox.

The Morris celebration will be held in the historic courtroom of the Morris County Courthouse, Court and Washington streets, Morristown.

The Sussex celebration will be held in courtroom 303 of the Historic Sussex County Courthouse, High and Spring streets, Newton. 

The event is sponsored by the Morris/Sussex Vicinage, the Morris County Bar Association, the Morris County Bar Foundation, and the Morris/Sussex Vicinage Advisory Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement. 

Law Day is a national event established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 as “a day of national dedication to the principles of government under law.”  

For more information on Law Day events, contact Ombudsman Jennifer Shultis at 862-397-5700, ext. 75371.