Scholarship fund created honoring Judge Lisa P. Thornton

The New Jersey State Bar Foundation is seeking donations for a scholarship in memory of Monmouth County Assignment Judge Lisa P. Thornton, the state’s first Black female assignment judge, who passed away unexpectedly on May 27. The law school scholarship honors...

MIPS hosts Juneteenth celebration

Dozens came to the New Jersey Law Center on June 8 to commemorate the end of chattel slavery in the United States. The program, hosted by the NJSBA’s Minorities in the Profession Section, featured a panel discussion with notable Black leaders in the law on...

Pride Month celebrated with flag-raising ceremony

      The New Jersey State Bar Association kicked off Pride Month with a flag-raising ceremony on June 1. NJSBA President Timothy F. McGoughran joined members of the Association’s LGBTQ Rights Section to hoist the rainbow-colored PRIDE Flag over...