Rutgers University,officially Rutgers,The State University of New Jersey,is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766,Rutgers was originally called Queen's College,and was affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States,the second-oldest in New Jersey after Princeton University,and one of nine U.S. colonial colleges that were chartered before the American Revolution.
South Orange,officially the Township of South Orange Village,is a suburban township in Essex County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census,the township's population was 18,484,an increase of 2,286 (+14.1%) from the 2010 census count of 16,198,which in turn reflected a decline of 766 (−4.5%) from the 16,964 counted in the 2000 census. Seton Hall University is located in the township.
New Brunswick is a city in and the seat of government of Middlesex County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A regional commercial hub for central New Jersey,the city is both a college town and a commuter town for residents commuting to New York City within the New York metropolitan area. New Brunswick is on the Northeast Corridor rail line,27 miles (43 km) southwest of Manhattan. The city is located on the southern banks of the Raritan River in the heart of the Raritan Valley region.
Seton Hall University (SHU) is a private Roman Catholic research university in South Orange,New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt,Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton,Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States.
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. was an American liberal Democratic politician. He represented parts of Newark,New Jersey and surrounding Essex and Hudson counties for twenty terms from 1949 to 1989. He was the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives from New Jersey until passed by Chris Smith in 2021.
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) was a state-run health sciences institution of New Jersey,United States.
Joseph J. Roberts is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1987 to 2010,where he represented the 5th Legislative District. He was also Speaker of the Assembly (2006–2010).
Barbri is a company headquartered in Dallas,Texas,whose primary product offering is a bar review course. Because of the general difficulty of state bar exams,a majority of law school graduates choose to take some form of preparation course. Barbri offers law school graduates a six to seven week review course which features lectures by law professors on the seven major areas covered on the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) –torts,contracts,real property,evidence,criminal law,civil procedure and constitutional law –along with additional lectures on the specific law of the state in which the participant plans to take the bar.
Seton Hall University School of Law is the law school of Seton Hall University,and is located in downtown Newark,New Jersey. Seton Hall Law is the only private law school in New Jersey. The school confers three law degrees:Juris Doctor,Master of Laws,and Master of General Legal Studies. Founded in 1951,it is accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA),and is also a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).
Raj Mukherji is a State Assemblyman in the New Jersey Legislature,who was first elected in 2013 and represents the 33rd Legislative District. Since 2022,he serves in the Assembly as Deputy Speaker and formerly served as Majority Whip of the New Jersey General Assembly. He is also a lawyer,former healthcare and information technology CEO,former Deputy Mayor of Jersey City,former municipal prosecutor,and political science professor. Mukherji was reelected in 2015,2017,2019,and 2021,most recently by a 4-to-1 margin. In February 2022,following the adoption of a new 10-year legislative map by the New Jersey Legislative Apportionment Commission,Mukherji announced his candidacy for an open seat in the New Jersey Senate in a reconfigured 32nd Legislative District and was rapidly endorsed by local and statewide officials such as New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop. He is a former U.S. Marine Corps sergeant who enlisted two weeks following the September 11th terrorist attacks. Mukherji serves as Chairman of the Assembly Judiciary Committee and Vice Chairman of the Assembly Appropriations Committee. He previously served as Vice Chair of the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee.
Patrick E. Hobbs is an American attorney,academic administrator,and professor.
The Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) is a defunct agency of the Government of New Jersey within the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs that was responsible for ensuring that all 566 New Jersey municipalities provided their fair share of low and moderate income housing.
Rutgers Law School is the law school of Rutgers University,with classrooms in Newark and Camden,New Jersey. It is the largest public law school and the 10th largest law school,overall,in the United States. Each class in the three-year J.D. program enrolls approximately 350 law students. Although Rutgers University dates from 1766,its law school was founded in Newark in 1908. Today,Rutgers offers the J.D. and a foreign-lawyer J.D.,as well as joint-degree programs that combine a J.D. with a graduate degree from another Rutgers graduate program.
Stephen N. Adubato Sr. was an American politician and teacher,notable in Newark,New Jersey.
Eldridge Hawkins is an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1972 to 1978. During that time he served as the Chairman of The NJ State General Assembly Judiciary,Law,Public Safety and Defense Committee. In that capacity he authored The NJ Legislature's NJ Code of Criminal Justice known as Title 2C. During his tenure he also sponsored NJ's Affirmative Action Law.
Richard E. Constable III is an American lawyer who was the 16th Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs,serving from 2012 to 2015. A former Assistant US Attorney,he was also the Deputy Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Eldridge Hawkins,Jr. was Mayor of Orange,New Jersey,a city of 33,000 residents in Essex County,New Jersey with an annual $53 million operating budget. As Chair of the Management Reform Committee of the N.J. League of Municipalities,Hawkins was a leader in the campaign to reform the state's civil service and arbitration laws to give cities more power in collective bargaining with public employee unions. His adversarial managing style and combative relations with the workers of Orange received national attention. After leaving municipal office,Mr. Hawkins spent several years working for the New Jersey Department of State in a Community Outreach capacity and as Director of Policy,Operations &Governmental Affairs/Legislative Liaison. Hawkins served as President of the New Jersey United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) and is also a law enforcement professional and businessman. In addition,he is a martial arts expert with over 30 years of experience and a member of the USA Unified Martial Arts Hall of Fame. Accordingly,Shihan Eldridge Hawkins,Jr has earned the rank of 5th Degree Black Belt in United States Ju-Jitsu,Fusion Kenpo,and 7th Degree Black Belt in American Style Nunchaku. As such,Hawkins has been recognized as a national leader in the martial arts by the United States Ju-Jitsu Federation.
Victoria Flynn is an American lawyer and Republican politician who has represented the 13th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since taking office on January 11,2022.
