By Colleen Murphy | October 8, 2024
Roughly a half hour after oral arguments began, new Associate Justice John Jay Hoffman asked his first question and challenged attorneys on both sides of the aisle in a case involving alleged sexual abuse of a minor by a Catholic priest.
New Jersey Law Journal | News|Slideshow
By Colleen Murphy | October 8, 2024
Associate Justice John Jay Hoffman took the oath of office last week, when he was sworn in to the New Jersey Supreme Court by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner.
By Avalon Zoppo | October 7, 2024
The types of candidates a President Kamala Harris or Donald Trump put forward will depend largely on which party controls the Senate, observers say.
By Colleen Murphy | October 3, 2024
Sen. Jon Bramnick, a Republican who represents Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union counties, told the Law Journal that there is a package of three judges ready to go.
New Jersey Law Journal | Live Coverage
By Colleen Murphy | September 30, 2024
New Jersey Supreme Court nominee John Jay Hoffman is now an associate justice after being confirmed in a unanimous floor vote in the state Senate Monday afternoon.
New Jersey Law Journal | Live Coverage
By Colleen Murphy | September 26, 2024
"I just want to first say to Parimal, you see, this wasn't that hard," Senate President Nicholas P. Scutari said. "Just do what I say and things go smooth. It was an easy recommendation."
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Daniel Pollack and Mary Beth Quaranta Morrissey | September 25, 2024
"The goals of education in carceral settings should be viewed as contributing to the health of the larger public," write Daniel Pollack and Mary Beth Quaranta Morrissey.
New Jersey Law Journal | Live Coverage
By Colleen Murphy | September 19, 2024
"You can plan all day long to be a judge," Presiding Appellate Division Judge Heidi Willis Currier said. "It does not mean that it ever happens, right? It is a unique process...she does not have the ability to say, 'I am going to be a judge,' and that happens, right?"
By The Law Journal Editorial Board | September 6, 2024
The notion of judicial transparency—giving the public access to judicial proceedings—is a long tradition in New Jersey.
By The Law Journal Editorial Board | September 6, 2024
There are risks of an evenly divided court on a number of matters, and there is no reason that we can think of to suggest Hoffman should not have been confirmed in time to prepare for the first argument date.
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