By Colleen Murphy | January 9, 2024
"Judicial vacancies continue to undermine the judiciary's role as a vital government service and co-equal branch of government," NJSBA President Timothy McGoughran said. "Unfortunately, we witness the impact of these vacancies every day."
By Charles Toutant | January 9, 2024
"While it's heartening the White House renominated several exceptional people and prioritized renominations early in the new year, it's disappointing that these five nominees were not included," said the Alliance for Justice, a liberal judicial watchdog group.
By Avalon Zoppo | January 4, 2024
"I've never understood why a requirement of admission to the bar of the state in which the federal district court sits makes a lot of sense," said New York University School of Law Dean Troy A. McKenzie.
By Charles Toutant | December 28, 2023
Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law who studies federal judicial nominations, called the act of sending back the name "part of the culture wars, part of the basic politicization and partisanship that goes on" and a "stick in Biden's eye that wastes resources and time."
By Charles Toutant | December 27, 2023
While new case filings in Middlesex County are the second-highest in the state so far this year, judges are "really trying to think outside of the box to give us a little more trial certainty and keep things moving," Maureen Goodman said.
By Avalon Zoppo | December 26, 2023
By contrast, the report also found that the probability of plaintiff success in harassment cases on appeal decreased after the #MeToo movement began.
New Jersey Law Journal | Timeline
By Charles Toutant | December 19, 2023
For matrimonial lawyers and judges in Cumberland County, the judge shortage has created a situation "like we're practicing in the emergency room. We're in triage, trying to put out a fire here and a fire there, with so many cases having emergencies," attorney Jose Silva Jr. said earlier in the year.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Charles Toutant | December 18, 2023
"The problem is ... they're still going to have one of the heaviest caseloads in the country. And it's still going to be hard to move cases efficiently through the district court in New Jersey," Daniel Fleming said.
By Avalon Zoppo | December 15, 2023
Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Third Circuit pick Adeel Mangi over his role on an advisory board to the Rutgers' Center for Security, Race and Rights.
By Colleen Murphy | December 13, 2023
"The Senate has several days in this lame-duck session to push through another 20 to 30 judges that have been fully vetted in a historic move to get the judiciary at a vacancy level that is manageable for the people of New Jersey," New Jersey State Bar Association President Tim McGoughran said.
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