The NJ State Library’s (NJSL) Law Library offers a comprehensive collection of legal resources related to the state’s judiciary, including court opinions, procedural rules, and historical case law.
These materials are invaluable for legal professionals, researchers, and the general public seeking to understand New Jersey’s legal system.
About the Courts
- New Jersey Judiciary Homepage
- New Jersey Judiciary YouTube Channel
Contains videos by the New Jersey Judiciary, including the Ombudsman and Self Represented Litigants Program, the Veterans Assistance Project, the Foreclosure Mediation Program and Law Day 2023. - New Jersey Judiciary Facebook Page
- New Jersey Supreme Court Webcast
Contains oral arguments of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Older oral arguments are available at the Rutgers School of Law – Newark’s website (site is temporarily offline as of Feb 2024). - Supreme Court Committee Reports
Model Jury Charges
Historic Model Jury Charges
- Model jury charges : civil and criminal (1976)
- Model jury charges, criminal (1980)
- Contact the Law Library for additional historic jury charges in our collection
Legal Self Help
- See Legal Services of New Jersey
- New Jersey Courts Self-Help Guide
- New Jersey Judiciary Ombudsman Program
- Local Ombudsman Contact List
- New Jersey Attorney Index
“This page permits the user to search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey, and to obtain information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys.”
Legal Ethics
- New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics
Provides information on how to file a complaint against an attorney, The Rules of Professional Conduct, and the OAE Fee Arbitration Program. - Opinions of the New Jersey Supreme Court’s Ethics Committees
A full-text archive of the Opinions of the Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics, Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, and the Committee on Attorney Advertising. - Rules Governing the Courts of New Jersey, The Rules of Professional Conduct, and Judicial Code of Conduct
- New Jersey Disciplinary Review Board Recent Decision Lookup
- Older Decisions of the New Jersey Supreme Court Disciplinary Review Board
Contains disciplinary histories of New Jersey attorneys since 1984. - Judicial Ethics and Judicial Code of Conduct
- New Jersey Law Revision Commission
The Commission has the responsibility to review the New Jersey statutes and to recommend changes to improve and modernize the statutory law. This site includes Commission reports on current and completed projects, and bills and laws based on Commission reports.
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