Many of the NJSBA’s sections held business meetings to provide updates about upcoming events and programs, welcome new officers and reconnect.
“I want to thank everyone who reached out this year with help and suggestions this year,” said outgoing Environmental Law Section Chair Catherine Ward.
At the Solo and Small-Firm Section meeting members caught up, discussed summer plans and shared resources about starting a firm.
New Jersey Superior Court Judge Dara Govan, who was active with the NJSBA prior to joining the bench this spring, swore in the new slate of officers for the Minorities in the Profession Section and outgoing leaders expressed thanks to section members for their hard work in the past year.
The Annual Meeting’s educational seminars, speeches and networking events start Wednesday. It is the largest annual gathering of the legal community, with thousands of lawyers, judges, law clerks and law students expected to attend the virtual three-day event May 19-21.
NJSBA President Kimberly A. Yonta opens the 2021 Annual Meeting Wednesday morning with a brief report about the past year. It will be followed with the keynote presentation by CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon, who will discuss his research and findings from his new book, Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age, with NJSBA 2021-2022 President Domenick 
Carmagnola.
Other speakers during the three days include New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, U.S. District Court Judge Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, several sitting members of the state Supreme Court and federal bench; state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal will speak at “A Year after George Floyd: A Moment or a Movement?” and Acting New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shaw LaTourette will give a presentation on the unique risks that New Jersey faces from climate change.
Nearly every topic and trend percolating in the legal world will be explored by the lawyers, judges and other experts who know it best. Get the latest on pandemic’s effect on the law, from potential pitfalls on mandatory vaccinations in the workplace, to its impact on women in the legal profession, to navigating virtual and hybrid trials. Scores of cutting-edge and topical seminars covering numerous practice areas, including family, criminal, real property, municipal court, immigration and more, and sessions on diversity and inclusion and bench-bar will be available over three days.