Chief Judge Smith issued a Standing Order Regarding Highly Sensitive Documents. It is available here. The Standing Order creates new procedures for materials defined therein as “Highly Sensitive Documents” (“HSD”). Such documents are those “involving: (1) Title III applications; (2) initial applications for search warrants; (3) matters of national security; (4) foreign sovereign interests, or cybersecurity; (5) terrorism; (6) investigation of public officials; (7) intellectual property or trade secrets likely to be of interest to foreign powers; or (8) the...

The Supreme Court announced Directive # 03-21, available here. That Directive supersedes Directive # 18-17. The new Directive “promulgates a revised set of Children in Court (CIC) standards as approved by the Supreme Court.” The standards themselves have been revised in various ways, as described in the Directive. Three appeal-related documents– the Acknowledgement of Appeal Rights Form (CN 11553), the Advisory Notice to Parents and Counsel When Parental Rights are Terminated (CN 10317), and the Appellate Division’s Administrative Protocol for termination of Parental...

The Administrative Office of the Courts has issued its 2018-19 Annual Report of the New Jersey Courts, which is available here. The following statistics for the Supreme Court and Appellate Division appear in this report. There were 1,116 petitions for certification filed with the Supreme Court. The Court granted certification, direct certification form trial level courts, or leave to appeal in 116 cases. There were 1,555 motions filed with the Court, and the Court decided 1,490 motions. The Court heard oral argument in 73 appeals and filed 71 opinions. There were 5,936 appeals filed with the...