Resources
New Jersey State Police – Domestic Violence Information
Children in Court – Parent’s Handbook and Planner by NJ Courts
New Jersey State Bar Foundation
Founded in 1958, the New Jersey State Bar Foundation has been dedicated to carrying out the charitable and educational endeavors of the organized bar, specifically the New Jersey State Bar Association. The Foundation stands as a model for law-related education organizations across the country. Believing that “informed citizens are better citizens,” the Foundation strives to educate everyone in New Jersey—from students to senior citizens—about their rights and responsibilities under the law.
New Jersey Division of Elections
Register to Vote, Find Your Polling Location, Find your County Election Official
Legal Services of New Jersey
LSNJ coordinates the statewide Legal Services system, which provides free legal assistance to low-income New Jerseyans for their civil legal problems. Through its work, LSNJ strives to secure substantive and procedural justice for those living in poverty.
Legal Services of New Jersey – Find NJ Legal Information
Refer to this resource website of Legal Services of New Jersey. Find self-help resources such as legal forms, manuals, and articles to help you answer your legal question, get help with your legal problem, or just learn more about the law.
Community Health Law Project
Founded in 1976, the Community Health Law Project is a statewide nonprofit advocacy and legal services organization. Originally designed to deliver legal and advocacy services to the increasing number of people with mental illness leaving institutions and living in the community during the late 1970s, CHLP has expanded its innovative service model to include people from nearly all disability groups–those with developmental disabilities, visual impairments, physical disabilities, and people living with HIV/AIDS.
NJ Department of Children and Families – Domestic Violence Services
The Office of Domestic Violence Services (ODVS) funds 22 domestic violence programs and the New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence. There is at least one DCF-funded domestic violence program in each of New Jersey’s 21 counties.
Core Services:
- 24-hour hotline
- 24-hour access to a confidential safe house
- Counseling, support services, and advocacy for victims and children
- Legal, financial, and housing advocacy
- Community education and networking
Service Types:
- Certification
- Children’s Services
- Culturally Specific Services
- Intervention Services
- Legal Services
- Special Initiatives
Community Foundation of New Jersey – Jersey Battered Women’s Service
Founded in 1976, JBWS celebrates more than 40 years of offering hope and safety to victims of domestic violence and their families. Our mission is the prevention of domestic violence through the protection and empowerment of the victim, the rehabilitation of family members, and the education of the public about domestic violence and its consequences.
Services include a 24-hour helpline, safe house, transitional living, counseling, children’s services, batterers’ intervention, vocational counseling and more. The newest initiative is the 2016 opening of the Morris Family Justice Center, a coordinated, one-stop resource provided by multiple service agencies and led by JBWS.
Women Rising – Women and Family Support Services
For over 110 years, WomenRising has been helping women and their families. Our clients are in need – in need of jobs, safety from domestic violence, freedom from substance abuse, safe homes for children.
WomenRising meets these needs by providing supportive counseling, crisis intervention, workforce development and job placement, shelter for victims of domestic violence, outreach, advocacy, and referrals.
WomenRising is the foremost community-based organization for women in Hudson County. WomenRising assists women and their families to achieve self-sufficiency and live safe, productive and fulfilling lives, through social services, economic development, and advocacy services.
The Honorable Marie White Bell American Inn of Court – Brochure, Membership
NJ State Bar Career Center
The NJSBA is already the state’s largest organization of judges, lawyers, and other legal professionals. Now, it’s your go-to source for finding your next career opportunity.
New Jersey State Bar Foundation
Founded in 1958, the New Jersey State Bar Foundation has been dedicated to carrying out the charitable and educational endeavors of the organized bar, specifically the New Jersey State Bar Association. The Foundation stands as a model for law-related education organizations across the country. Believing that “informed citizens are better citizens,” the Foundation strives to educate everyone in New Jersey—from students to senior citizens—about their rights and responsibilities under the law.
NJICLE
For over 50 years, the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, a division of the NJSBA, has served the needs of the New Jersey bench and bar. From presenting over 300 live seminars and printing dozens of legal manuals each year to publishing hundreds of CLE On-Demand videos and other educational tools, our products are specifically designed to provide the latest strategies, expert advice, and guidance to practitioners at every stage of their careers.
Rutgers Law School — Free Internet Legal Research Guide for the Public
The Honorable Marie White Bell American Inn of Court In 2007, Joan M. Burke, then President of the Association of Black Women Lawyers of NJ, appointed a committee to explore the possibility of creating a new chapter in the American Inns of Court. Her vision was to create a learning environment for fellow attorneys to improve their legal acumen while developing a strong sense of ethics and fostering collegiality. To that end, The Anne E. Thompson Inn of Court was formed. The Inn’s Executive Committee determined that the name of the Inn should be changed every ten years in order to honor jurists who have made significant contributions to the legal profession and community at large, and in 2018, it was renamed the Marie White Bell Inn of Court.
National Bar Association
The National Bar Association was founded in 1925 and is the nation’s oldest and largest national network of predominantly African-American attorneys and judges. It represents the interests of approximately 65,000 lawyers, judges, law professors, and law students. The NBA is organized around 23 substantive law sections, 9 divisions, 12 regions and 80 affiliate chapters throughout the United States and around the world.
Garden State Bar Association
The GSBA is New Jersey’s oldest and largest professional organization for African American judges, lawyers, and law students. Since 1975, the GSBA has continuously assisted African- Americans and other ethnic minorities in becoming an effective part of the judicial and legal systems. The Association also seeks to advance the science of jurisprudence, improve the administration of justice, support initiatives designed to improve the economic condition of all individuals, and eliminate discrimination and inequality based on racial, ethnic or sexual considerations.
Left Out and Left Behind by: Destiny Peery, Paulette Brown, and Eileen Letts
The Hurdles, Hassles, and Heartaches of Achieving Long-Term Legal Careers for Women of Color published by the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession
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