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The New Jersey State Bar Foundation is now soliciting nominations for its 2022 Medal of Honor Award.   The Medal of Honor Award is presented annually to lawyers and law-related professionals, as well as lay people, who have made significant contributions to the...

The New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s Nominating Committee is inviting New Jersey State Bar Association members and non-lawyers to submit their names for consideration for a position on the Foundation’s Board of Trustees. Each nominated Trustee will serve for a...

The winter 2022 edition of The Legal Eagle is now available. The Legal Eagle’s fall issue contains articles on bullying on Instagram, school choice and legalizing marijuana in New Jersey. A PDF of The winter issue can be downloaded or individual articles can be read...

In civics education, generally the U.S. Constitution gets all the attention, but every state has its own constitution too and some of them pre-date the federal constitution. An often-quoted dissenting opinion, written in 1932 by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis...

If you're looking for civics material, the New Jersey State Bar Foundation has you covered from the First Amendment to the 27th! Its latest newsletter, The Bill of Rights Up Close, take a deep dive into the Bill of Rights. This 28-page newsletter contains 13 articles...

The fall edition of The Legal Eagle is now available. The Legal Eagle’s fall issue contains articles on ranked-choice voting, life without parole for juveniles, remote learning & privacy and student free speech. A PDF of The fall issue can be downloaded or...

Inadequate representation in any legal matter can have devastating consequences. Those consequences are elevated in immigration matters where having an experienced immigration attorney can mean the difference in winning or losing a case. There are laws against the...

Thank you to everyone who made the 2021 Medal of Honor a huge success! We are excited to report that the money raised will allow us to continue to fulfill our important mission of educating and inspiring the public through FREE services and innovative programs about...

The New Jersey State Bar Foundation (NJSBF) will host its Annual Medal of Honor Awards Dinner on September 28 at the Park Chateau in East Brunswick. Because the 2020 awards dinner was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Foundation will honor three recipients of...

New Jersey State Bar Foundation (NJSBF) President Kathleen Fennelly knows firsthand the quality of its programs and workshops, and she wants more people to know about them, too. She gained insight not only as a longtime member of the NJSBF Executive Committee, but as...