News/Press Releases
Constitutionally Speaking Series Tackles Fifth Amendment
The second issue in the New Jersey State Bar Foundation's Constitutionally Speaking series is a 12-page primer devoted to the Fifth Amendment. Topics discussed in this inaugural issue include...
NJSBF Supports Growth in the Legal Profession
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation this year awarded $75,000 in scholarships to 13 students attending the state’s law schools. The Foundation supports growth in the legal profession through annual...
Domenick Carmagnola – In His Own Words
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation is proud to bestow the 2025 Medal of Honor, the Foundation’s most prestigious award, to NJSBA Past President Domenick Carmagnola. Carmagnola’s term as Association...
Justice Solomon – In His Own Words
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation is proud to bestow the 2025 Medal of Honor, the Foundation’s most prestigious award, to retired New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Lee A. Solomon. For more...
Award-Winning Special Issue
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s Challenging Racism From Past to Present, a Special Issue of Respect, was recently recognized with a 2025 Grand Award from the APEX Awards for Publication...
Grant Funding Makes a Difference
Grants awarded by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation to 45 nonprofit organizations will be used to support a variety of law-related and civics-based education programs including webinars,...
2025 Medal of Honor Award Recipients
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation will award the 2025 Medal of Honor to retired New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Lee A. Solomon and Domenick Carmagnola, a former president of the New Jersey State...
Bringing Together Education and Legal Communities
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s annual Vincent J. Apruzzese Mock Trial Competition brings together education and legal communities to provide interactive learning experiences for high school...
Check Out Latest Respect Issue
Respect’s spring 2025 issue features articles on school segregation in New Jersey, fast fashion and forced prison labor. A PDF of Respect's spring 2025 edition can be downloaded or individual...
New Jersey Nonprofits Receive Grants
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation has awarded grants to four New Jersey nonprofit organizations to fund a post-graduate law fellow to work with the organization on public interest legal matters...
Check Out Latest Legal Eagle Issue
The Legal Eagle’s spring 2025 issue contains articles on the Second Amendment, the separation between church and state, and predatory marketing to teens. A PDF of the Legal Eagle's spring 2025...
Nine NJ Nonprofits Receive Grants
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation is providing grant funding to nine New Jersey-based nonprofit organizations to fund summer law associates. This program provides an opportunity for law students...