The New Jersey State Bar Convention Day Three: Judicial Independence at Stake: Examining the Intersection of Today's Political Climate and the Impartiality of the Courts

Judicial Independence at Stake: Examining the Intersection of Today's Political Climate and the Impartiality of the Courts Special Interest Track
After over a year of public hearings and study, the New Jersey State Bar Association's Task Force on Judicial Independence has released its recommendations about steps needed to preserve the judicial branch as a pillar of democracy. Now, an esteemed panel of judges, lawyers, scholars, legislators and journalists discuss whether changes can or should be made to address the incursion of the executive and legislative branches on the judicial branch of government.

 

Moderator: 
Ralph J. Lamparello, Esq., NJSBA Past President
Chasan Leyner & Lamparello, PC, Secaucus

Panelists:
Hon. Dorothea O.C. Wefing, P.J.A.D. (ret.)
Castano Quigley, Fairfield
Hon. Maurice J. Gallipoli, A.J.S.C. (ret.)
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, Morristown
Hon. Philip S. Carchman, J.A.D. (ret.)
Senator Raymond J. Lesniak (20th District)
Senator Kevin J. O'Toole (40th District)
Prof. Edward A. Hartnett, Richard J. Hughes Professor of Law
Seton Hall University School of Law
Tom Moran
Editorial Page Editor, The Star-Ledger