This Board is aligned with the Law Journal Editorial Board in our approval of the Governor's renewed selection of Rachel Wainer Apter to replace Justice LaVecchia on our Supreme Court, and we also continue to believe and recommend that this well-qualified nominee be given a hearing.

We also agree that it would be beneficial to the Court and to the legal system if the new justices selected to fill the shoes of Justice Faustino Fernandez-Vina and Justice Barry Albin have practical experience in, and knowledge of, the New Jersey judicial system and how it works.