DOES THE NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION AUTOMATICALLY SCHEDULE MOTIONS TO BE ARGUED ORALLY?
No. Appellate Division motions are normally decided on the papers which means based on the papers submitted to the New Jersey Appellate Division by the parties and without any argument by the parties or their attorneys. Parties seeking oral argument on Appellate Division motions must include a request for oral argument in their motion papers. However, merely making the request in the motion papers does not assure that the New Jersey Appellate Division will grant the request, since the New Jersey Appellate Division rarely allows oral argument on motions that it hears.
