Most New Jersey attorneys know of the website of the New Jersey judiciary (www.njcourts.gov). We presume that most attorneys use the website to find material necessary for their practice: published precedential and unpublished appellate and trial court opinions posted daily, orders of the Supreme Court governing attorney discipline with the underlying Disciplinary Review Board decisions, committee reports and recommendations, orders (including rule amendments and administrative determinations), information about the procedure for legal filings, attorney registration, statistical information, upcoming events and resource materials to help research issues and directories to help find personnel who can answer questions and concerns of the bar. The website is also devoted to the needs and concerns of members of the public, including information concerning paying motor vehicle violations, learning how to obtain public records, obtaining information about jury service and Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations. In addition, among other things, the website permits access to webcasts of Supreme Court arguments and video recordings of those arguments.

But, apparently, too few attorneys are aware of the Supreme Court virtual museum developed over the last seven years by the Supreme Court Historical Advisory Committee, chaired, respectively, by former Justices James H. Coleman Jr. and Stewart Pollock and now by former Judge Nelson Johnson. The museum, which can be found under the “public” heading on the judiciary website, tells the proud history of the New Jersey judiciary since enactment of the 1947 constitution. Members of the bar will find of interest the biographies of our chief justices and in-depth interviews with the justices still alive. Of particular interest to New Jersey attorneys is a section on “notable” Supreme Court cases in a dozen areas, including “common law,” and every principal area of practice, including a list of the “relevant cases” on the subject, a statement of the “importance” of the subject area and a description of those opinions.