In light of widely debunked contentions by lawyers on behalf of former president Donald Trump, the question has arisen as to what the New Jersey legal system could do or should do when lawyers make unsupportable arguments outside the courtroom, inside the courtroom, and in legal filings. Both courts and the disciplinary system have tools to deal with lawyers’ lies. Some options overlap, some are exclusive to one process or the other, and all of them come fraught with challenges.

The New Jersey courts are intentionally extraordinarily open and welcoming to all litigants. The official New Jersey Court website declaims: “The NJ Courts are using new technology and creative solutions to ensure an open door to justice.” And, indeed, the website gives self-represented litigants and lawyers significant help in prosecuting and defending law suits.  https://www.njcourts.gov/selfhelp/index.html; https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/index.html

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