Just as society and the economy are still grappling with the pandemic and its aftereffects, so are our courts. A few months ago, this board urged the court to consider more uniform policies and judicial discretion to permit virtual hearings because “no practitioner should be forced to choose between disregarding the court’s direction and refusing to appear for trial or conferences in person or jeopardizing the health of themselves and their families, especially their grandchildren.”

On Oct. 27, 2022, the New Jersey Supreme Court did just that, making clearer which proceedings are presumptively in person, which can be made virtual by a court and which should be presumptively virtual.

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