News/Press Releases

The New Jersey State Bar Foundation (NJSBF) will present its highest award, the Medal of Honor, to Ralph J. Lamparello, managing partner at Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, PC in Secaucus, and Shirley Berger Whitenack, a partner at Schenck, Price, Smith &...

When Norberto A. Garcia and his family emigrated from Cuba to the United States in the mid-1970s, they did not speak a word of English. Garcia, then six, easily picked up his new language, but for older members of his family the transition was more difficult. Growing...

The New Jersey State Bar Foundation invites lawyers, judges, paralegals, law professors and students, as well as other law-related professionals to submit as many as three images of artwork to its EIGHTH ANNUAL JURIED ART SHOW. The deadline for submissions is Friday,...

As it salutes its 2019 Medal of Honor recipients—Ralph J. Lamparello, Esq. and Shirley Berger Whitenack, Esq.—the New Jersey State Bar Foundation is offering sponsorship opportunities for its Annual Awards Dinner to be held at the Park Chateau Estate and Gardens in...

Colts Neck High School of Monmouth County edged out Mainland Regional High School of Atlantic County for the state championship title in the 37th Annual Vincent J. Apruzzese High School Mock Trial Competition sponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation at the New...

For anyone who has ever received a traffic ticket or a summons to appear in municipal court and didn’t know the proper procedures or what documents to bring with them to prove their case, the New Jersey State Bar Foundation has a pamphlet that can help. Most people's...

The New Jersey State Bar Foundation is soliciting nominations for its 2019 Medal of Honor awards beginning January 25th through March 1st. Awards are presented annually to lawyers and law-related professionals, as well as lay people, who have made significant...

If teachers are looking for civics-related material to keep their students engaged, look no further than the Bar Foundation’s civics blog, The Informed Citizen. Launched last year, the blog explains civics-related topics in plain language. Topics that were tackled...

The New Jersey State Bar Foundation believes that “informed citizens are better citizens.” It's two newsletters—The Legal Eagle, a legal newspaper for kids, and Respect, its diversity newsletter—contain timely articles to keep students in grades five through high...

School is back in and the New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s high school mock trial program will soon be in full swing. The Foundation’s free, annual Mock Trial Workshop for teacher- and attorney-coaches will be held on October 25, 2018 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the...