What better date to present statistics from the 2022-23 Supreme Court Term than the first working day (for many people) of this new calendar year? And who better to have...

Last night's NJSBA Appellate Practice Committee meeting included a report on the Appellate Division's statistics for the 2022-23 Term. Though key metrics remained largely the same as in other years,...

Zimmerman v. Diviney, 477 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2023). As the New Jersey appellate courts are getting fully geared up for the Term that began on September 1, there...

The Character and Fitness Questionnaire ("CFQ") is the key document in the review of Bar applicants by the Supreme Court of New Jersey Committee on Character. Section 12 of the...

The Appellate Division has issued this Notice to the Bar It contains important reminders about several matters relating to oral argument in that court. First, the Notice states that appeals...

The 2023-24 General Assignment Order has been published and is available here. Judge Sumners remains as Chief Judge and Judge Currier is Deputy Presiding Judge for Administration. There are seven...

As discussed here, the Third Circuit proposed earlier this year to amend its Local Appellate Rules to provide that papers received by the Clerk's office after 5 PM Eastern time...

As discussed here, Judges Paganelli and Puglisi were temporarily assigned to the Appellate Division from November 14, 2022- January 8, 2023. That assignment, from shortly before Thanksgiving until shortly after...

Soon it will be "Summer in the City," and elsewhere. In an Order published today, Chief Justice Rabner announced the lineup and dates for summer Parts of the Appellate Division....

With Chief Judge Messano reaching mandatory retirement age on May 23, Chief Justice Rabner announced that Judge Sumners will become Chief Judge of the Appellate Division as of that date....