Bill Text: NJ S1388 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Establishes "Military Pro Bono Program" to provide pro bono legal representation to active-duty members of Armed Forces, Reserve components, members of National Guard, and veterans.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2023-07-03 - Approved P.L.2023, c.91. [S1388 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-S1388-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 91

 

An Act concerning military members and supplementing Title 38A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

C.38A:3-46b  Pro bono legal representation, active-duty members, United States Armed Forces, Reserve component.

      1.   The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs shall provide information to active-duty members of the United States Armed Forces and a Reserve component thereof, including the National Guard, and veterans of the military about available programs and organizations that provide pro bono legal representation to active-duty members and veterans in various areas of civil law including, but not limited to, family law, estate planning, employment law, immigration law, debtor-creditor law and military administrative law.  The Department shall make this information, which shall include a list of participating pro bono legal service providers, including law firms or attorneys, available on its website.

 

     2.   This act shall take effect immediately.

 

     Approved July 3, 2023.

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