In a Notice to the Bar that is available here, the Appellate Division announced that it “anticipates that e-filing of appeals will be made mandatory in the fall of 2017.” That would be the culmination of an electronic filing rollout ...
Today, the 2017-18 General Assignment Order issued by Chief Justice Rabner was published. It is available here. Judge Messano continues as Presiding Judge for Administration, and Judge Sabatino remains the Deputy Presiding Judge for Administration. The Presiding Judges of the ...
Those of us who have handled pro bono appeals in the Appellate Division received notice from that court today that its Civil Pro Bono Program is being suspended. The notice stated that “[d]ue to changes to the judiciary website the ...
The Third Circuit website contains a notice today that “CM/ECF is Unavailable. There is a problem with the application that is currently being addressed. Deadlines for Tuesday, May 16, 2017 are automatically extended until Wednesday, May 17, 2017.” ...
Today, the New Jersey Judiciary debuted its new website. (For some time, there was a link on the prior site that allowed for a sneak peek at the new site). The address of the site, www.njcourtsonline.com, remains the same. The ...
The Appellate Division schedule of Parts for the period June 19 through September 13 was published today and is available here. As usual, no judge is on duty for more than one two-week period during the summer. Except for Part ...
According to a March 24 Notice to the Bar that was published today, the Supreme Court Committee on Model Civil Jury Charges has approved a number of revised Model Civil Jury Charges on a number of subjects. Though all of ...
The Supreme Court has announced that it has adjourned the oral arguments scheduled for tomorrow. One of the cases to be argued was a major consumer class action case, Dugan v. TGI Friday’s, 445 N.J. Super. 59 (App. Div. 2016) ...
Due to a major of my own in a mass tort case on Tuesday of this week, I missed the announcement that five trial level judges are receiving additional temporary assignments to the Appellate Division. The Appellate Division anticipates some ...
Today, the Supreme Court announced an amendment to Rule 1:21-3(b). That rule has, until now, permitted third-year law students at ABA-approved law schools to appear before trial courts or agencies in conjunction with a legal services or public interest organization ...