In March, the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered a measured return to in-person proceedings, trumpeting a large-scale return to in-person proceedings after nearly two years of pandemic lockdown. Some matters – like criminal jury trials – require in-person proceedings; other matters were to be generally in person but could be virtual upon consent; other matters would be virtual but within a judge's discretion to schedule in-person. It seemed like a good accommodation and recognition of the benefits of both virtual appearances and a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment rights and the public's First Amendment right to access court proceedings.