New Jersey

New Jersey State courts Federal courts Elections and Selection Judgepedia Community Ballotpedia Judgepedia presents the State of New Jersey Welcome to New Jersey on Judgepedia! Help yourself to great information on one of our many convenient tabs. The structure of the New Jersey judicial system is laid out in Article VI of the state constitution. The state court system is made up of the New Jersey Supreme Court, the Appellate Division of Superior Court, the New Jersey Superior Courts and various Courts of limited jurisdiction. The federal court system is made up of the District of New Jersey and the District of New Jersey Bankruptcy Court. Appeals from these courts go to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. ?           Please visit our pages for great updates! Please click your county for information on your local courts. Supreme Courts in New Jersey New Jersey Supreme Court Appellate New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division Trial New Jersey Superior Court New Jersey Tax Court New Jersey Municipal Courts State court projects involving New Jersey New Jersey Constitution New Jersey Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct Judicial interest organizations New Jersey counties There are 21 counties in New Jersey. Each county has a Superior Court and at least one Municipal Court.     To see a list of counties in New Jersey, please see - New Jersey counties Jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Appellate Courts Supreme Court of the United States United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit District Courts United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Bankruptcy Courts United States bankruptcy court, District of New Jersey Federal court projects involving New Jersey Judgepedia:WikiProject Bankruptcy Courts Federal Court Vacancy Warning System Judicious education, New Jersey law schools Judgepedia:WikiProject Judicial Interest Organizations Other Projects There are lots of projects you can contribute to on Judgepedia.     For more projects, please visit The WikiProject Directory Elections Judges in New Jersey are appointed by the Governor and must be confirmed by the state Senate. The exception are the municipal judges, which are appointed by the governing body of the city where they have jurisdiction. There are no judicial elections in New Jersey. Selection Judicial selection in New Jersey New Jersey Supreme Court New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division New Jersey Superior Court Method Gubernatorial appointment with Senate confirmation Term - 7 years Method Gubernatorial appointment with Senate confirmation Term - 7 years Method Gubernatorial appointment with Senate confirmation Term - 7 years Learn more about the Judgepedia Community and how to get started! The Judgepedia community is the backbone of our encyclopedia. Our community is made up of readers, editors and staff members across the county. You can contribute to Judgepedia in a number of ways: you can register with Judgepedia and make edits you can email our Editor at editor@judgepedia.org to alert us to errors, share news or ask questions you can email a photo of a judge or courthouse to our Image Coordinator at submitphoto@judgepedia.org if you are a judge or judicial candidate, you can submit your bio to Judgepedia you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter you can donate to the Lucy Burns Institute Editing Judgepedia You can join the 2,038 users on Judgepedia! Becoming an editor on Judgepedia is easy. Visit registering with Judgepedia or send an email to newuser@judgepedia.org. If you are new to wikis, visit our index of help pages to access Judgepedia's help pages. Judgepedia staff In addition to our volunteer editors, Judgepedia has a group of paid staff members. You can learn about our staff members by looking through their bio pages. All links below will redirect you to our sister site, Ballotpedia, an online encyclopedia focusing on United States' officials, candidates and ballot measures at all levels of government. ? New Jersey State executives Governor Attorney General Secretary of State Treasurer Auditor Superintendent of Education Commissioner of Insurance Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Commissioner of Labor President of Public Service Commission State legislature State Legislature House of Representatives Senate Chief Examiner Voting and elections Congress State executive officials State legislature State ballot measures Local ballot measures Redistricting in New Jersey School district bond issues Vote fraud Laws and history Laws governing ballot measures in New Jersey Laws governing recall Laws governing local measures Campaign finance requirements

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