Madden assignment system should be abolished, says NJSBA. Emphasizing the fundamental importance of the need for indigent litigants to have effective counsel in cases of magnitude, the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) recently took a pair of actions aiming to end the Madden system of pro bono assignments.

The Association adopted a resolution urging the Judiciary to end the assignments and asked the Legislature to provide necessary funding to provide effective representation in all cases in which there is a right to counsel. Referring to the Madden system of assignments as an obstacle to equality, the NJSBA, in its resolution, calls upon the Judiciary to end Madden assignments as a necessary step to address this barrier to access and justice. It also joined a pending case as an amicus party where an attorney was assigned a case in Camden County and has asked to be relieved based on inexperience.

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