Clinics at New Jersey’s two public law schools are subject to the Open Public Records Act, an appeals court held Monday, reversing a trial judge’s finding that these unique hybrids between law firms and educational institutions deserve a categorical exemption.
The judges, in Sussex Commons Associates v. Rutgers, The State University, A-1567-08, rejected arguments that applying the statute to them would infringe on academic freedom and chill clinic operations by scaring off clients fearful their case files might be bared to the public.
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