For the past three years, some of the most thought-provoking articles published by the Law Journal have come from our Young Lawyers Advisory Board. This 11-member team shares insights on a wide range of topics, giving our readers a sense of where the legal profession is headed.

We have members from big law, boutiques, in-house counsel, the government, and other organizations. Some of them have been out of law school for only a couple of years, while others are young partners in their firms. Their backgrounds and paths to the legal profession are diverse, and their experiences since law school are even more varied. What they all have in common, however, is a desire to give a voice to the next generation of bar leaders.

Once a month, they share personal and specific insights on what it means to be a young attorney in New Jersey today. The members add hours to their workdays to write articles, read drafts, send comments, and interact with one another and the public via their twitter account, @YoungLawyersNJL. A few new members have joined the board in recent months, so we wanted to re-introduce the team. We would also be interested in adding a few more members if you know (or if you are) a young lawyer who would be a good fit.

Eliana Baer is a partner in Fox Rothschild's Princeton office. Her statewide practice focuses on all areas of matrimonial law, including divorce, custody, post-judgment support issues, and appellate practice. Serves on the board of the American Association of Jewish Attorneys. She has been named a Trailblazer in Divorce Law by the National Law Journal, a Rising Star by the Super Lawyers publication from 2014 to 2018, and was most recently named to the New Leaders of the Bar by the New Jersey Law Journal, and to Ten Leaders in the area of divorce law.

Megan Knowlton Balne is an associate with Hyland Levin in Marlton. She concentrates her practice in the areas of commercial litigation and employment matters. Prior to joining Hyland Levin, she clerked for Hon. Jerome B. Simandle, Chief U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey, and for Hon. Ronald E. Bookbinder, Assignment Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court for Burlington County. Megan received her law degree from Rutgers School of Law-Camden, where she was editor-in-chief of the Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion, served as a legal research and writing teaching assistant, and was an Academic Success Fellow.