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… Chief Justices have all been learned in the law, and have come from diverse backgrounds in public and community … Hughes. Our Justice Complex in Trenton bears his name, and for good reason. Throughout half a century of public … groups across the state. He also mandated that the judges visit the jails and prison to which they were sending …
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… partisan political leader; law school dean; judicial reformer; and judge. At the time he left the practice of law … earned enough credits for a post-graduate degree. Arthur completed the required Master’s dissertation during his … and administrative tribunals, traveling 72,000 miles and visiting 39 states to spread his gospel of reform. His work …
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… fit. Like Vanderbilt, Wilentz was a judicial leader whose accomplishments have been recognized by lawyers, scholars and … power and how to wield it, yet never lost his reverence for the majesty of the law and its critical role in our … ordinances, forcing the New Jersey Supreme Court to revisit the issues in Mount Laurel II , 92 N.J. 158 (1983). …