Rutgers University,officially Rutgers,The State University of New Jersey,is a public land-grant research university consisting of three 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,and one of nine colonial colleges that were chartered before the American Revolution.
Essex County is located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey,and is one of the centrally located counties in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census,the county was the state's second-most populous county,with a population of 863,728,its highest decennial count since the 1970 census and an increase of 79,759 (+10.2%) from the 2010 census count of 783,969. The county is part of the North Jersey region of the state.
New Brunswick is a city in and the county seat 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 politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1989. A liberal Democrat,he represented parts of Newark,New Jersey and surrounding Essex and Hudson. 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 with six locations in New Jersey.
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.
Kevin J. O'Toole is an American Republican Party politician,who served in the New Jersey Senate. O'Toole represented the 40th legislative district,which included parts of Bergen,Essex,Morris,and Passaic counties from 2008 to 2017.
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 senator representing New Jersey's 32nd District and an American businessman and lawyer. He previously served five terms in the New Jersey General Assembly,during which tenure he served as majority whip and deputy speaker. He is a former healthcare and information technology CEO,former deputy mayor of Jersey City,former local prosecutor,and law professor. Mukherji was first elected to the General Assembly in 2013 and reelected in 2015,2017,2019,and 2021,and first elected to the Senate in 2023. He is a former U.S. Marine Corps sergeant who enlisted two weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks. Mukherji serves as vice chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee and as a member of the Health,Human Services and Senior Citizens and Military and Veterans’Affairs Committees. In the assembly,he served as chairman of the Judiciary Committee and vice chairman of the Appropriations Committee and Telecommunications and Utilities Committee.
Patrick E. Hobbs is an American attorney,academic administrator,and professor who previously served as the athletic director at Rutgers University.
The Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) was,until its abolition in 2024,an 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
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 Assembly's 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. Rich Constable currently serves as MSG Entertainment’s chief strategist overseeing legislative,community,and social impact initiatives.
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.
