News/Press Releases

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

The spring edition of Respect is now available. Respect's spring issue contains articles on the cross-racial ID, bias in social studies and the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that decided the question of who owns Oklahoma. A PDF of The spring issue can be...

The spring edition of The Legal Eagle is now available. The Legal Eagle's spring issue contains articles on the antitrust lawsuits against Google & Facebook, media literacy and whistleblowing. A PDF of The spring issue can be downloaded or individual articles can...

Elementary and middle school students throughout New Jersey will head to virtual court in May, but not because they did anything wrong. They are the winners of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s Law Fair (grades 3 - 6) and Law Adventure (grades 7 & 8)...

This school year 196 high school teams throughout New Jersey rocked the mock in the New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s first-ever virtual Vincent J. Apruzzese Mock Trial Competition, culminating in a win for the state championship title by Lower Cape May Regional High...