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- ↑ Rutgers Oral History Archive Interview of Associate Justice Virginia A. Long, Judiciary of New Jersey, December 3, 2018. Accessed August 7, 2024. "Justice Long describes her youth in Elizabeth, New Jersey, as the daughter of first-generation parents, an Irish-American policeman and an Italian-American secretary and Democratic Party activist. She traces her Catholic school days from Immaculate Conception School (1947-1955) to Benedictine Academy (1955-1959), both in Elizabeth, to Dunbarton College of Holy Cross in Washington, D.C. (1959-1963).... I was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on March 1, 1942."
- ↑ law.com (9 November 2017). "Ethics Panel Urges NJ Judge's Removal". Yahoo. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ↑ State of New Jersey. "Governor Murphy Announces Selection of Judicial Advisory Panel". State of New Jersey. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ↑ New Jersey Judiciary. "Supreme Court Names Members of Committee to Analyze Duration of Disbarment" (PDF). New Jersey Judiciary. Retrieved 23 June 2022.