News/Press Releases
Winter 2021 Edition of The Legal Eagle Now Available
The winter edition of The Legal Eagle is now available. The Legal Eagle's winter issue contains articles on contact tracing apps, stay-at-home orders and paying college athletes. A PDF of The winter...
NJSBF Creates New Curriculum and Launches New Training for Breaking Bias: Lessons from the Amistad
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation (NJSBF) has launched a new school curriculum and an online training to complement the curriculum, which teaches African American history from an anti-bias...
Available Now: Respect’s Special Women’s Rights Issue Celebrating 100 Years of the 19th Amendment
Don’t Miss It! The New Jersey State Bar Foundation has produced a special issue of its diversity newsletter, Respect. The Special Women's Rights Issue Celebrating 100 Years of the 19th Amendment...
Special 2020 Election Edition Available—Request Copies Now
The fall 2020 Legal Eagle is now available. It is a Special 2020 Election Edition and here are the headlines you’ll find in the special issue: Mailing in the Votes High-Tech Not Always the Best When...
NJSBF Congratulates Law School Scholarship Recipients
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation has awarded $42,000 in scholarships to 13 deserving students from New Jersey’s three law schools. For 30 years, the Bar Foundation has been awarding scholarships...
NJSBF awards $100,000 in grants to nonprofits for law-related education during pandemic
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation (NJSBF) has awarded $100,000 in emergency grant funding to 21 nonprofit organizations in New Jersey that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
NJSBF Announces Susan A. Feeney and Judge John E. Keefe Sr. as Its 2020 Medal of Honor Recipients
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation (NJSBF) is pleased to announce Susan A. Feeney and Judge John E. Keefe Sr. are the recipients of the 2020 Medal of Honor, its most prestigious award. The Medal of...
Foundation Creates COVID-19 Resource Page for the Public
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation is committed to informing New Jersey Citizens. With news about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis changing daily and often times coming at us at a dizzying speed,...
Teaching Remotely? – Let NJSBF Blogs Help
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation's three blogs are great resources for teachers who are teaching remotely during the Covid-19 virus crisis. The posts on all three blogs—The Informed Citizen, The...
NJSBF’s Guide Demystifies Municipal Court
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...
FREE Conference that Explores the Legal Issues Faced by Those Living with a Disability
The Law and Disability Conference is sponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation and planned and presented by the Community Health Law Project. This half-day event will be held on Tuesday, May...
Deadline for Medal of Honor Nominations: February 28, 2020
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation has a proud tradition of honoring lawyers and law-related professionals for their significant contributions to the advancement or improvement of the justice...