News Brief

As a follow-up to my May post, the Family Division has announced that two judges will be assigned the principal duty of conducting trials all summer and until the growing backlog is reduced. This announcement by Judge Julie M. Marino, presiding Family Part judge, was welcome news to the family bar.

On June 13 and 14 Linda Piff led another successful Basic Collaborative Skills seminar to nearly 30 professionals at the Clinton Holiday Inn. The newly certified attorneys (and I assume the several mental health professionals present) were very excited to become involved in a collaborative group, or form their own, and will be meeting here in my office soon to discuss their options. The New Jersey Collaborative Group members were also excited by the large turnout for Linda. Group president, Ken Rempell, noted that this was the first county bar association in New Jersey to sponsor collaborative training.