Testifying before the state Assembly Budget Committee, Judge Glenn A. Grant, administrative director of the New Jersey courts, on Monday highlighted the fact that the state's judicial vacancy crisis has necessitated the unprecedented step of shutting down civil and matrimonial trials in two vicinages.
April 17, 2023 at 06:46 PM
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The original version of this story was published on New Jersey Law Journal
“We are no longer headed toward a crisis,” Grant said. “We are in the middle of one.”
Grant said that the judiciary is mindful of its role in society, one that is threatened by a shortage of judges. This time last year, Grant reported a new, historic high of 75 judicial vacancies on the bench. Today, that number stands at 58. Grant said that the courts are operating at a high vacancy rate while confronting a massive case backlog due to years of high vacancy numbers and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D., acting administrative director of the New Jersey courts. Photo: Carmen Natale/ALM
