The Supreme Court announced Directive # 03-21, available here. That Directive supersedes Directive # 18-17. The new Directive “promulgates a revised set of Children in Court (CIC) standards as approved by the Supreme Court.” The standards themselves have been revised ...
The Administrative Office of the Courts has issued its 2018-19 Annual Report of the New Jersey Courts, which is available here. The following statistics for the Supreme Court and Appellate Division appear in this report. There were 1,116 petitions for ...
Chief Justice Rabner has issued the General Assignment Order for 2020-21, which is available here. Judge Ostrer has replaced Judge Koblitz, who will be retiring, as Presiding Judge of Part C. The other Presiding Judges, who include Judges Sabatino, Fasciale, ...
As discussed here, the Supreme Court recently added due process protections to Governor Murphy’s Executive Order No. 124, which created a mechanism to identify persons held in state prisons or juvenile facilities who might obtain furloughs or parole due to ...
The appellate courts have not been idle since the most recent post on this blog. Opinions have been issued, the Supreme Court has taken up more cases for review, and the Appellate Division has entered an Order about scheduling in ...
As announced by Chief Justice Rabner here, the July Bar examination has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 situation. But that situation, the Supreme Court has concluded, after consulting with the Deans of New Jersey’s law schools and “leaders of ...
Chief Justice Rabner has announced the lineup of Appellate Division Parts for the coming summer. The schedule consists of six 14-day “Sessions,” beginning on June 15 and ending on September 6. Each Session has two-judge Parts, one of whom is ...
As stated here, oral arguments in the Appellate Division through April 2 will be conducted telephonically. Parts A, C, D, and G are the Parts that have oral arguments scheduled for next week. The Appellate Division is in recess during ...
The Third Circuit announced today that the James A. Byrne Courthouse in Philadelphia, where the Third Circuit, usually sits, will be closed until Monday, March 30, when it is scheduled to reopen. This is being done to protect the public, ...
Chief Justice Rabner announced the temporary assignment of two judges to the Appellate Division. The two judges, Katie Gummer and Morris Smith, will begin their temporary assignments on September 1, 2020. Judge Gummer was appointed to the Monmouth County bench ...