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Notice – Supporting Juror Impartiality by Addressing Implicit Bias – Proposal for (1) New Model Voir Dire Questions and (2) Updates to Model Civil and Criminal Jury Charges – Publication for Comment – Comments Requested by March 22, 2021
Comments period closed on: March 22, 2021
Comments:
- - Comment Number:
    #001
  - Date and Mode: Feb. 4, 2021 - Email
  - Name of Commenter: Justin L. Drazin, Esq., of Drazin & Warshaw (Red Bank, NJ)
  - Affects Reports:
    Supporting Juror Impartiality by Addressing Implicit Bias – Proposal for (1) New Model Voir Dire Questions and (2) Updates to Model Civil and Criminal Jury Charges
- - Comment Number:
    #002
  - Date and Mode: Feb. 4, 2021 - Email
  - Name of Commenter: Harold G. Cohen, Esq., of Dilworth Paxson LLP (Cherry Hill, NJ)
  - Affects Reports:
    Supporting Juror Impartiality by Addressing Implicit Bias – Proposal for (1) New Model Voir Dire Questions and (2) Updates to Model Civil and Criminal Jury Charges
- - Comment Number:
    #003
  - Date and Mode: Feb. 17, 2021 - Email
  - Name of Commenter: Christopher J. D’Allesandro, Esq., of Donelson, D’Allessandro & Peterson, LLC (Woodbury, NJ)
  - Affects Reports:
    Supporting Juror Impartiality by Addressing Implicit Bias – Proposal for (1) New Model Voir Dire Questions and (2) Updates to Model Civil and Criminal Jury Charges
- - Comment Number:
    #004
  - Date and Mode: March 7, 2021 - Email
  - Name of Commenter: Peter J. Peirano (Ridgewood, NJ)
  - Affects Reports:
    Supporting Juror Impartiality by Addressing Implicit Bias – Proposal for (1) New Model Voir Dire Questions and (2) Updates to Model Civil and Criminal Jury Charges
- - Comment Number:
    #005
  - Date and Mode: March 12, 2021 - Email
  - Name of Commenter: Association of Black Women Lawyers of NJ (by Marsetta Lee, Esq., Pres.) and Garden State Bar Association (by Dean L. Burrell, Esq, Pres.)
  - Affects Reports:
    Supporting Juror Impartiality by Addressing Implicit Bias – Proposal for (1) New Model Voir Dire Questions and (2) Updates to Model Civil and Criminal Jury Charges
- - Comment Number:
    #006
  - Date and Mode: March 12, 2021 - Email
  - Name of Commenter: New Jersey Association for Justice (by Edward P. Capozzi, Esq., President)
  - Affects Reports:
    Supporting Juror Impartiality by Addressing Implicit Bias – Proposal for (1) New Model Voir Dire Questions and (2) Updates to Model Civil and Criminal Jury Charges
- - Comment Number:
    #007
  - Date and Mode: March 12, 2021 - Email
  - Name of Commenter: American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, Karen Thompson, Senior Staff Atty
  - Affects Reports:
    Supporting Juror Impartiality by Addressing Implicit Bias – Proposal for (1) New Model Voir Dire Questions and (2) Updates to Model Civil and Criminal Jury Charges
- - Comment Number:
    #008
  - Date and Mode: March 22, 2021 - Email
  - Name of Commenter: New Jersey State Bar Association (by Kimberly A. Yonta, Esq., President)
  - Affects Reports:
    Supporting Juror Impartiality by Addressing Implicit Bias – Proposal for (1) New Model Voir Dire Questions and (2) Updates to Model Civil and Criminal Jury Charges
- - Comment Number:
    #009
  - Date and Mode: March 22, 2021 - Email
  - Name of Commenter: Supreme Court Committee on Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement (by Judge Hany A. Mawla, Committee Chair)
  - Affects Reports:
    Supporting Juror Impartiality by Addressing Implicit Bias – Proposal for (1) New Model Voir Dire Questions and (2) Updates to Model Civil and Criminal Jury Charges
- - Comment Number:
    #010
  - Date and Mode: April 7, 2021 - Email
  - Name of Commenter: NJ Department of Law and Public Safety (Attorney General’s Office), by Jonathan Garelick, Esq., Chief of Staff & Assistant Attorney General
  - Affects Reports:
    Supporting Juror Impartiality by Addressing Implicit Bias – Proposal for (1) New Model Voir Dire Questions and (2) Updates to Model Civil and Criminal Jury Charges