Civil Court Rules and Jury Charges

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Court Rule 1:38-5. Administrative Records Excluded from Public Access

Court Rule 1:38-5. Administrative Records Excluded from Public Access
  • The following administrative records are excluded from public access:

    • (a) Records required to be kept confidential by statute, rule, or prior case law consistent with this rule, unless otherwise ordered by a court;

    • (b) Notes, memoranda, or other working papers maintained in any form by or for the use of a justice, judge or judiciary staff member in the course of his or her official duties, including administrative duties;

    • (c) Minutes, reports, memoranda, notes, and correspondence in any form pertaining to the development and implementation of judiciary rules and policies, including draft versions of rules, policies and procedures, self-critical analysis reports, and peer review reports;

    • (d) Reports, memoranda, and other records pertaining to policies and procedures for court security and data security;

    • (e) Personnel records, except for an employee’s name, title, position, salary, compensation, dates of service, and date and type of separation;

    • (f) Records concerning volunteers, except for a volunteer’s name, title, if any, program to which assigned, and dates of service;

    • (g) Completed jury questionnaires and the preliminary lists of jurors prepared pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2B:20-2 and -4, which shall be confidential unless otherwise ordered by the Assignment Judge;

    • (h) Reports required to be prepared by trial court judges on a weekly, monthly, or other basis and submitted to the Administrative Director of the Courts pursuant to R. 1:32-1;

    • (i) Records and information obtained and maintained by the Judicial Performance Committee pursuant to R. 1:35A, except as otherwise provided in that rule;

    • (j) Records of the Ethics Telephone Research Service to the extent provided under R. 1:19-9;

    • (k) Records of proceedings concerning advisory opinions of the Committee on Attorney Advertising to the extent provided under R. 1:19A-5;

    • (l) Records relating to attorney discipline to the extent provided under R. 1:20-9;

    • (m) Records of District Fee Arbitration Committees to the extent provided under R. 1:20A-5;

    • (n) Records of the Attorney Disciplinary Oversight Committee to the extent provided under R. 1:20B-4;

    • (o) Records of the Lawyers Fund for Client Protection to the extent provided under R. 1:28-9;

    • (p) Records of the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct to the extent provided under R. 2:15-20.

Note: New Rule 1:38-5 adopted July 16, 2009 to be effective September 1, 2009.