Notice - Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire (ACVD) - Expansion of Pilot Program to Criminal Cases in Mercer, Morris, Ocean, and Sussex Counties on or after July 1, 2024

The Supreme Court in its July 12, 2022 Order authorized a pilot program to explore the use of attorney-conducted voir dire (ACVD). In accordance with that order, attorneys and defendants in Criminal cases in Bergen, Camden, and Middlesex Counties have been opting into and participating in the ACVD pilot program since September 2022. The Court authorized expansion of the pilot program to Criminal cases in Monmouth County effective May 1, 2023, and to Criminal cases in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, and Hudson Counties effective April 1, 2024.