Yesterday, Chief Judge McKee issued an Order of the Chief Circuit Judge Regarding the Operations of the Courts in the Absence of an Appropriation or Continuing Resolution Enacted by the United States Congress...

At last night's meeting of the New Jersey State Bar Association's Appellate Practice Committee, statistics for the court year that ended on August 31, 2013 were presented. Most of those...

The Appellate Division has announced new procedures for emergent applications. The Notice to the Bar that details those procedures is available here. The key change is that the Appellate Division...

The Third Circuit has announced that its 2014 Judicial Conference, open to both judges and attorneys, will take place at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, PA on May 7-9, 2014....

Earlier this week, the Third Circuit unveiled its newly-redesigned website. The address remains the same, www.ca3.uscourts.gov. But the new site is more user friendly and contains more information. Check it out!...

Chief Justice Rabner announced today that, effective August 1, 2013, Judges Carroll and Leone will be elevated to the Appellate Division. Both of those judges had been temporarily assigned to...

This blog previously posed the question "Is Mandatory Judicial Retirement at 70 Unconstitutional?" That was because some Pennsylvania judges had challenged that state's requirement that judges retire at age 70,...

The Appellate Division Emergent Duty Summer Schedule, covering June 10-September 8, was made public this morning. Although the schedule is subject to change, as the Appellate Division itself has noted, no judge...

The Supreme Court has issued a Notice to the Bar, available here, that reveals the schedule for the introduction of electronic filing in the Appellate Division. Criminal appeals and motions...

In a Notice to the Bar, the Appellate Division has announced that, effective July 1, 2013, the Clerk's Office will begin "strictly enforcing" various time limitations and page restrictions of the Court Rules....