This is a very exciting time. You're embarking on a journey through law school and looking forward to all the doors that may open to you. Your path is one that others have traveled before, but you're different in that you are becoming a lawyer in the rapidly changing age of new technology.
You have a lot to offer and the NJSBA has a lot to offer you.
The New Jersey State Bar Association is the largest professional association for lawyers in this state. Our members include attorneys from all walks of life, from all areas of practice, and the sum of our members' experience is incalculable as well as invaluable. This vast experience is a resource available to you as a student member, and once you pass the bar exam, as a member of the NJSBA. At meetings, seminars, networking events and our annual and mid-year meetings, you will have the opportunity to meet and speak face-to-face with leaders in their practice areas. And these members are looking forward to your input as a soon-to-be new lawyer.
Through the Message Boards of this Law Student area of the NJSBA website, we invite communication between our law student members and experienced members so that networking can happen online as well as in person. Utilize the Message Board not only to communicate with members who are already practicing law, but also with your fellow law students. This information exchange can help you and the NJSBA. With your comments, suggestions and issues, we can improve this law student community to make it better. You can make your opinions heard and enhance your networking opportunities within the association.
There is an even greater reason for Getting Involved as a law student member and then continuing on as a full member of the NJSBA. Your career. The contacts that you make networking as an NJSBA member can help you move forward. Membership in the Young Lawyers Division and/or Sections that target your area of interest are internal NJSBA groups that concentrate their focus on issues of concern to those attorneys. As a law student member, you automatically receive membership in the Young Lawyers Division free of charge. Attend the YLD events and meet young lawyers. Find out what it's going to be like when you finish law school and start your law career. They will be the ones to tell you first hand because they are experiencing the newness of law practice. Attending a YLD event can be your introduction to meeting NJSBA members. Visit the Committees, Divisions and Sections pages of this website to view all the current NJSBA Sections.
The NJSBA offers Member Solutions for information, business, networking and education, all of which are available to you as a law student member. As a law school student, networking with members at events and online may be your main interest right now. However, our information solutions include a free subscription to the Daily Briefing, a summary of news and decision summaries delivered by email on weekdays. With all the reading required of law students, a short briefing might be useful to stay current on legal news.
As a full member of the NJSBA, these Member Solutions will help you save money through discounts for CLE seminars, free legal research, discounts on technology products, member insurance programs, financial products, office management software, discounts on ABA books, and so much more. Visit the Membership Benefits pages of this website for a full description of the many offerings.
The NJSBA is the state's leading provider of career-enhancing educational programming for the legal community. Our ability to provide networking opportunities for our members is second to none. Take the right steps in launching your law career. Join the NJSBA and Get Involved!
