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2025 Medal of Honor Award Recipients

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 Bar Association. The Foundation’s award, given annually to lawyers,...
Bringing Together Education and Legal Communities

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 students. In addition to helping students develop crucial skills like...
Check Out Latest Respect Issue

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 articles can be read and printed from Respect’s blog, The...
New Jersey Nonprofits Receive Grants

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 and to develop advocacy skills. In addition, the Foundation has awarded...
Check Out Latest Legal Eagle Issue

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 edition can be downloaded or individual articles can be read and/or...
Nine NJ Nonprofits Receive Grants

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 to serve the public in the nonprofit community and develop advocacy and...