Law Journal Editorial Board

May 08, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Good lawyers and good lawyering use creatively whatever judicial resources are at hand, sometimes in ways that the authors might not have foreseen.

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May 08, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Arresting illegal immigrants at courthouses is the quickest recipe for a complete disintegration of trust and confidence by an entire community in our judicial system, whatever their immigration status.

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April 24, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Where there is a normal parent-child relationship, the children of married, separated or divorced parents should be treated the same and the marital status of the parents should not control.

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April 24, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Any sensible war is a continuation of politics by other means, and Congress is the body responsible to decide whether there is a policy behind this one, what it is, and whether it makes any sense beyond a generalized emotion that something must be done.

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April 24, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

One hopes that witnesses usually present the truth, albeit colored by a point of view, with probably little thought of either a deity or prosecution for perjury. But the oath does add solemnity to the proceedings and emphasizes the importance of truthful testimony as a foundation of the judicial process.

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April 17, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A proposed federal law would likely result in an influx of people from other states who may legally carry a concealed handgun in their states, and who would now be entitled to carry it here. That would not be good for New Jersey, and we urge our congressional delegation to speak out strongly against this unwise proposed federal law.

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April 17, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Trump administration has shut the ABA out of its process of evaluating federal judicial nominees. We can only regret this action.

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April 17, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

We applaud the New Jersey Supreme Court for recognizing the realities of the practice of law in today's world and updating the methods of giving notice of disapproval of a real estate contract.

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April 10, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The United States doesn't practice religious toleration. It places all religions on a level of legal and moral equality, and guarantees freedom and protection to all law-abiding believers.

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April 10, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

It is heartwarming to learn that one externship may well have affected a Supreme Court decision—and was given a shout-out, of sorts, at the oral argument of that case.

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