Professional and personal obligations sometimes get in the way of keeping up with our courts. July has been full of appellate law developments that deserve attention. This is the first of several posts that will do that....
Chief Justice Rabner has issued the 2026-27 General Assignment Order, which is available here. As regards the Appellate Division, some things have changed while others remain the same....
The Appellate Division announced that it is in recess for the weeks of February 9 and 16. So there will be no "Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week" for those weeks....
The Supreme Court issued a Notice, available here, that proposes to revolutionize the process for briefing in the Supreme Court. If adopted, the new procedures would require substantial revisions to Rule 2:12, which currently governs Supreme Court briefing....
The Supreme Court announced amendments to Court Rules and appendices, as well as certain other procedural changes. That announcement is embodied in an Omnibus Rule Amendment Order that is available here....
In an Order available here, Chief Justice Rabner announced the lineup for the Appellate Division's summer Parts. As has been customary, the "summer" runs not between the meteorological start and end dates for summer, nor from Memorial Day to Labor Day, but from June 16 through September 7....
The Appellate Division is in a recess this week and next. No oral arguments will occur during that period....
Chief Justice Rabner announced today that, effective today, Judge Michael Blee has been assigned to the Appellate Division and designated as Acting Administrative Director of the Courts. The Order doing so is available here....
Monday, February 17, is a legal holiday. The Appellate Division will be in recess, with no oral arguments scheduled, for the entire week. So there is no "oral argument of the week" for next week....
As announced today, Joseph Orlando, who has been the Clerk of the Appellate Division for 15 years, and has served the judiciary for 24 years in total, will be retiring...
