CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT (Code 78510)

The Chief Justice presides over the Supreme Court and heads the entire New Jersey judiciary, with administrative authority over every court in the State. Assignment judges answer to that office, and the Administrative Director of the Courts serves at its pleasure.

Nominated by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, for an initial seven-year term and then tenure to age seventy. The office is constitutional; nothing about it is examined.

What the official title list records

Class of service: Unclassified
Work week: No Limit

Related titles that do have a published specification

ASSISTANT CHIEF MUNICIPAL COURT ADMINISTRATOR · 07793
ASSISTANT COURT ADMINISTRATOR · 00448
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, YOUTH JUSTICE COMMISSION · 61018
ASSISTANT DISTRICT PAROLE SUPERVISOR, YOUTH JUSTICE COMMISSION · 40807
ASSISTANT MUNICIPAL COURT DIRECTOR · 07785
CHIEF COURT CLERK · 01109

Code: 78510 State Unclassified Work week NL: FLSA exempt Overtime table (4A:3, Appx. A)

Career Family: CHIEF

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Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator.

Definition

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