Returning to what many in the profession said was an important tradition, Gov. Phil Murphy and the New Jersey State Bar Association have executed an agreement that provides for county bar associations to have a formal role in evaluating potential judicial and prosecutorial nominees.
Murphy signed the Hughes Compact, under which New Jersey governors have historically agreed to withhold nominations of judges, justices and prosecutors until the organization’s Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee deems them qualified.
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