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New Supreme Court Justice Fabiana Pierre-Louis was sworn in this afternoon by Justice Jaynee LaVecchia in a private ceremony.
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We’ve launched a chat bot. Its name is JIA (Judiciary Information Assistant) and it’s part of the Judiciary’s ongoing efforts to ensure access to the courts and provide quality customer service.
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It appears this visitor lost its bearings and wound up at the Sussex County Judicial Center in Newton last night.
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Congratulations to Landon Hacker, who graduated Rutgers Law School - Camden today.
Landon is a 2014 graduate of the Judiciary’s
#drugcourt
program who earned a 4.0 GPA from Rutgers University. He went to law school to become a drug court public defender.
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All New Jersey state courts and court offices will be closed on Thursday, Feb. 9.
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NJ Courts: All state courts and court offices are now closed for the day, including Superior, Tax, Appellate, Supreme, clerks’ offices, AOC
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The New Jersey Supreme Court today dismissed more than 780,000 old municipal court warrants in minor matters.
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Welcome to Justice Fabiana Pierre-Louis as she completes her first two sessions of scheduled Supreme Court virtual oral arguments.
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All NJ state courts and court offices will be closed on Wednesday, March 21, 2018.
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All NJ state courts and court offices are closed today, Feb. 12.
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Drug court graduate Landon Hacker was sworn in today by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner as a new attorney. He recently passed the bar after graduating
@RutgersLaw
-Camden. Watch a video of his story here:
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Today, Judge Dortch swore Carmen in as a new attorney after she graduated
@RutgersLaw
-Camden in December and passed the bar exam in February.
Congratulations, Carmen.
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All NJ state courts and court offices will be closed on Wednesday, March 7, 2018.
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New Supreme Court Associate Justices Rachel Wainer Apter and Douglas M. Fasciale joined their colleagues today for their first day of oral arguments.
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More than 13 years ago, Carmen Day was a young girl who stood before Superior Court Judge Charles Dortch Jr. facing 18 months’ probation. Seeing something promising in her, Judge Dortch reduced her sentence to six months’ probation.
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On this date in 1787, New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution (behind Delaware and Pennsylvania). Two years later, New Jersey would be the first to sign the Bill of Rights.
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Chief Justice Stuart Rabner today administered the oath to Rachel Wainer Apter and Douglas M. Fasciale, the two newest associate justices of the New Jersey Supreme Court.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a professor at Rutgers Law School from 1963 to 1972. One of 2 female law profs there & 1 of only a few in the country, she won 5 of the 6 cases she argued on gender equality before the U.S. Supreme Court.
#WomensHistoryMonth
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Chief Justice Stuart Rabner on the passing of Monmouth Assignment Judge Lisa P. Thornton:
“Lisa Thornton was more than a gifted judge, inspiring trailblazer, and natural leader. She was brilliant and plain spoken, insightful and honest, direct and witty, and a selfless friend.
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New Jersey drug court graduate Luana Cordeiro graduated today from Stockton University. Here she is with Superior Court Judge Mark Sandson, who presides over the drug court in Atlantic County, called Recovery Court.
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And with one last bang of the gavel, Mercer Vicinage Assignment Judge Mary C. Jacobson marked the start of her retirement this afternoon, after 20 years on the bench.
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In a show of support for their colleagues on the front line during the pandemic, employees in the NJ Judiciary’s Atlantic/Cape May Vicinage sewed more than 250 face masks within a matter of days before distributing them on Monday.
#COVIDandtheCourts
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We remember when Justice
#RuthBaderGinsburg
attended the 1999 dedication of the new
#RutgersLaw
School building in Newark. She was on the faculty before her distinguished career on the bench.
Here she is with the members & 2 past members of the NJ Supreme Court at the time.
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As of March 18 & until further notice, there are no in-person Superior Court proceedings (except for extremely limited emergent matters & certain ongoing trials). As many matters as possible (including case mgmt conferences, motions, & hearings) will be handled by phone or video.
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NJ Supreme Court rules drug court graduates can apply to expunge their entire criminal record.
Court says..."'In light of the rigorous monitoring that is the hallmark of drug court, as well as the new law’s overall policy in favor of expungement for successful graduates...
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The New Jersey Judiciary has vacated or dismissed nearly 88,000 cases related to certain marijuana and hashish convictions or pending cases since July 1 when the Marijuana Decriminalization Law went into effect.
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Isolation is a major factor that can lead to increase in domestic violence & safety risks. Don’t let social distancing mean social isolation. If you are - or someone you know is – living in fear of intimate partner violence, call the Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-572-7233.
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Because of the New Jersey Judiciary’s drug court program, 620 babies have been born drug-free to drug court participants since the program went statewide in 2002. Including the pilot program stats, that number jumps to 642.
#DrugCourtMonth
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The drug court program in Atlantic County, known as recovery court, graduated 77 participants today - the largest graduating class in New Jersey’s drug court history.
#DrugCourtMonth
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Here’s the amazing story of Landon Hacker, who turned his life around while participating in the Judiciary’s drug court program. Now in his second year of law school, Landon graduated Rutgers with a 4.0 GPA & wants to help others struggling w/ addiction
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Today was the NJ Supreme Court’s last scheduled session for oral argument for the court year. The Court took this opportunity to meet in person to bid a fond farewell to Justice Jaynee LaVecchia, the Court's senior associate justice who is retiring after 21 years on the bench.
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New Jersey Judiciary Expunges More than 360,000 Marijuana Offenses.
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Superior Court Judge Charles Dortch saw something special in Carmen Day 12 years ago. She never forgot him or the chance he gave her.
“He didn’t see me as a docket number, or some poor girl from Camden," Day said. “He saw me as a girl who needed help, who needed a chance."
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The Judiciary is requiring all staff and state court judges to either provide proof that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit results of a weekly COVID-19 test.
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Assignment Judge Julio L. Mendez of the Atlantic/Cape May Vicinage and Superior Court Judge Joseph A. Turula of the Hudson Vicinage recently received the
@NJStateBar
's Justice Thurgood Marshall Award for advancing diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.
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The Somerset/Hunterdon/Warren Vicinage on Wednesday unveiled a portrait of retired Supreme Court Justice Helen E. Hoens, which now hangs in the ceremonial courtroom of the Somerset County Courthouse.
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Belva Ann Lockwood, a New York native, became the 1st woman to argue a case – a foreclosure matter – before the U.S. Supreme Court, in 1880, a year after being admitted to the Supreme Court bar. Initially denied her law diploma, she lobbied for – & got it – 6 mos later in 1873.
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Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner administered the oath to Associate Justice Faustino Fernandez-Vina this afternoon, while his niece, Elizabeth Fernandez-Vina held the Bible.
The state Senate confirmed Justice Fernandez-Vina for tenure last month.
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Deborah Poritz made history in New Jersey when she was named the first female chief justice of the state Supreme Court in 1996. During her 10 years of service, she oversaw the unification of the courts and the Drug Court Program. She was also NJ's first female Attorney General.
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Nevaeh Barber tries out the gavel w Judge Jeffrey Waldman. This is why
#AdoptionDay
is one of the happiest days on the Judicary calendar.
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Governor Murphy ordered flags at state buildings to fly at half-staff today in honor of Monmouth Assignment Judge Lisa P. Thornton.
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Just look at how passionate Superior Court Judge James P. Wilson was today while he addressed family and graduates at the first Union Vicinage Juvenile Probation Graduation Ceremony. Several of the graduates are heading off to college this week.
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Now testifying at the Judicial Conference on Jury Selection is Karen Thompson, senior staff attorney for
@ACLU_NJ
.
#fairjuries
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Today started the first of a two-day seminar for the New Jersey Judiciary’s Appellate Division, Supreme Court, and Tax Court law clerks. The sessions cover everything from personnel matters to code of conduct.
We wish them well in this coming court year.
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Judge Veronica Allende was sworn in as a Superior Court judge in the Hudson Vicinage on Tuesday. Assignment Judge Jeffrey Jablonski administered the oath as her family looked on. Judge Allende is assigned to the family division.
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All state courthouses will be open to the public beginning Monday, Aug. 2.
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Assign Judge Julio Mendez administers oath for tenure reappointment to Judge James Savio in Atlantic/Cape Vicinage.
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Judge Thornton also cared deeply about making this a better world through her words and deeds. Her sudden passing is a loss to the Judiciary and to humanity.”
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Justice LaVecchia, who is retiring after 21 years on the Supreme Court, has served with 21 different members of this Court – the most experienced by any justice in the history of the modern Court.
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Chief Justice Stuart Rabner will deliver the annual State of the Judiciary address virtually to
@NJStateBar
at
#NJSBAAM202
this morning.
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In NJ, the number of people in county jails has actually decreased by 6,000 since 2012/2013 when the idea of criminal justice reform began to take hold. NJCourts released its annual CJR report last week:
#PewTalksCriminalJustice
The number of Americans in county jails on any given day has tripled over the past 30 years, growing by about half a million.
#PewTalksCriminalJustice
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Associate Justice Faustino “Fuzzy” Fernandez-Vina, retires today as he reaches mandatory retirement age. Monday, February 4th marked his last scheduled arguments with the Supreme Court.
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Shirley Tolentino became the 1st African-American woman named to the Superior Court of NJ in 1984. She is also the 1st African-American woman to serve as a full-time municipal court judge in NJ (Jersey City) & the 1st African-American woman to serve as a presiding judge there.
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`History matters because we carry it within us. It haunts what you are charged to do in these two days.’
@esglaude
tells the Judicial Conference on Jury Selection
#fairjuries
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Judge Glenn A. Grant, acting administrative director of the courts, held a listening session yesterday with members of
@NJStateBar
. The feedback will help the Supreme Court develop a plan as to which court proceedings should continue virtually and which should be in person.
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All state courts and state court offices will have a two-hour delayed opening on Thursday, Jan. 4.
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NJCourts have held more than 6,000 virtual proceedings involving more than 27,000 participants after suspending in-person court matters 3 weeks ago because of
#COVID19
, Judge Glenn A. Grant, acting admin dir told members of webinar on remote judicial hearings.
#COVIDandtheCourts
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At today’s Opening of the Courts Ceremony and Memorial Service in Atlantic County, Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Waldman performed a musical selection with attorney Nancianne Aydelotte.
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The Atlantic/Cape May Vicinage turned
#LawDay2020
which is on Friday, into Law Week, kicked off with the Pledge of Allegiance led remotely by several Superior Court judges in the vicinage.
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Wednesday was the first meeting of the new Mental Health Advisory Committee, which was formed by the Supreme Court to identify ways to better serve those with mental illness in their interaction with the justice system.
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At Tuesday’s session of recovery court, Atlantic/Cape May Vicinage officials celebrated a new law allowing recovery court graduates to apply for jobs in the casino industry, giving them another opportunity for a successful future.
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November is National Adoption Month, a time to raise public awareness of the number of children in foster care waiting for permanent families. Courts in New Jersey will hold various events throughout the month, so we'll keep you posted.
#NationalAdoptionMonth
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Before the start of this morning’s Supreme Court oral arguments, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner thanked the Judiciary’s IT team for their professionalism and dedication, noting that not a single Supreme Court matter needed to be adjourned in the past year for technical issues.
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On this
#MLKDay
, let us reflect on his words about justice for all: 'Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.'
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As his first official act as a new member of the New Jersey Supreme Court, Justice Douglas M. Fasciale administered the oath of office today to his son Michael Fasciale, who passed recently passed the bar.
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“In the best of times, a court system operating without 50 or more judges cannot expect to administer justice efficiently. And these are not the best of times,” Chief Justice Stuart Rabner told
@NJStateBar
at
#NJSBAAM2021
.
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Independence Day is an opportunity to reflect on the freedoms our forefathers fought to secure and defend as they created this great nation. We honor their monumental accomplishment 242 years later by recognizing those who help to preserve those freedoms. Happy
#FourthofJuly
.
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Sean Connor, an adult supervision probation officer in the Essex Vicinage, volunteered for the vicinage’s naturalization ceremony, which was held Friday – 15 days after HE became a naturalized U.S. citizen. Here he is with Assignment Judge Sallyanne Floria.
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Since the statewide implementation of drug court in New Jersey, 785 babies were born drug-free from previously addicted participant mothers.
#NationalDrugCourtMonth
#NJDrugCourt20thAnniversary
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Justice Jaynee LaVecchia has decided to retire at the end of the current Court Term, on Aug. 31, 2021. She sent a letter to Gov. Phil Murphy this afternoon and issued the following statement:
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More happy faces from yesterday's events in the Atlantic/Cape May Vicinage for
#NationalAdoptionDay
.
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Scenes from a reenactment of the Battle of Monmouth outside the Monmouth County Courthouse on Thursday as part of the vicinage's Summer Series.
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Congratulations to drug court graduate Landon Hacker on achieving another milestone. He was one of the 913 applicants who passed the New Jersey bar exam. We continue to be inspired by his story. Watch the video of his story here:
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3 members of the Tuskegee Airmen discuss their experiences in the African-American WW II fighting group in a Black History Month celebration for Judiciary employees today. Cornelius Gaither, 89, oral surgeon; Eugene Richardson Jr., 92, pilot & Roscoe Draper, 98, pilot trainer.
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Family Court judges and staff say adoptions are one of the most rewarding aspects of their jobs. Watch this year's
#NationalAdoptionDay
video, featuring these adorable siblings.
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Chief Justice Rabner: “We need more judges to provide the level of service the public is entitled to receive. And we need help from the other branches to fix that problem. The Judiciary is ready and willing to assist in any way that might be helpful.'
#NJSBAAC
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Shirley Tolentino was the first African-American woman to serve on the New Jersey Superior Court. Appointed to the Superior Court in 1984, Judge Tolentino had been the first African-American female municipal court judge in Jersey City.
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Here’s a good way to occupy kids’ time while educating them about New Jersey Courts.
It’s our Children’s Activity Book.
#COVIDandtheCourts
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The AOC/central office in the Hughes Justice Complex will open to the public Friday, Sept. 3 at 10:30 a.m., including the clerks’ offices. Those offices will be available remotely today at their regular opening times.
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