DOES THE NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION AUTOMATICALLY SCHEDULE APPEALS TO BE ARGUED ORALLY?
No. However, any party involved in an appeal may request oral argument by filing a request for oral argument within a specific time frame. This is done by filing with the New Jersey Appellate Division Clerk’s office, no later than 14 days after service of party responding to the appeal’s brief, a separate paper containing the case caption and requesting oral argument. Parties involved in appeals that are to be orally argued need to advise the New Jersey Appellate Division Clerks Office of any dates on which the parties are unavailable by sending the Clerk a letter and forwarding a copy of that letter to all of the partys opponents.
