{"id":"NJ-099","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of New Jersey; Notice to the Bar by the Acting Administrative Director","authority":"N.J. Const. art. VI, sec. 2, para. 3","instrument":"Supreme Court Seventh Omnibus Order on Court Operations and Legal Practice (July 24, 2020)","title":"New jury selections and jury trials authorized on or after September 21, 2020 with primarily virtual selection and socially distanced in-person trials; virtual grand jury selection from September 21; excludable time continued through September 20, 2020; remote proceedings prioritized; certain blanket extensions concluded","dateIssued":"2020-07-24","effective":"2020-07-24; jury provisions from Sept. 21, 2020","end":"Modified by the Ninth Omnibus Order (Oct. 8, 2020) and the Nov. 16, 2020 Order suspending new in-person jury trials (NJ-100)","startDate":"2020-07-24","endDate":"2020-10-08","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["all courts, attorneys and litigants"],"clause":"\u0022This July 24, 2020 Seventh Omnibus Order continues certain adjustments necessitated during the COVID-19 period, including the prioritization of remote proceedings and permission for electronic signatures, remote depositions, and electronic service on the State of New Jersey.\u0022... \u0022Jury Trials. Authorizing new jury selections and new jury trials starting on or after September 21, 2020, with selections to be conducted in a primarily virtual format and trials to be conducted in person with social distancing, consistent with the Court\u0027s July 22, 2020 Order; Grand Jury. Providing for the virtual selection of new grand jury panels on or after September 21, 2020; Criminal. Continuing excludable time provisions through September 20, 2020\u0022.","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court","functions":["CT courts (no new jury trials March 16 - Sept. 21, 2020; remote proceedings)","CS litigation practices"],"notes":"Fixes the jury-trial gap: no new jury trials in New Jersey for more than six months in 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200923033020id_/https://www.njcourts.gov/notices/2020/n200724a.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200923033020/https://www.njcourts.gov/notices/2020/n200724a.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":429941,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-099","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-099","citation":"Supreme Court of New Jersey; Notice to the Bar by the Acting Administrative Director, Supreme Court Seventh Omnibus Order on Court Operations and Legal Practice (July 24, 2020) (Ex. NJ-099)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["NJ-100","NJ-096"]}