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# Rachel Wainer Apter

Supreme Court of New Jersey · Associate Justice

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
- State: New Jersey
- Role: Associate Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### media access and electronic devices

Scope: statewide

New Jersey statewide Supreme Court guidelines govern media access and electronic devices in courtrooms; recording, photography, broadcasting, and transmission require compliance with the published approval process and courtroom restrictions.

Evidence excerpt: Transmission, broadcasting, recording and/or photographing is prohibited at any proceeding closed by court order, statute, or Rule of Court.

[New Jersey Courts](https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/notices/2024/07/n240723a.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.njcourts.gov/courts/supreme/about)
- [Official roster](https://www.njcourts.gov/courts/supreme/about)
- [New Jersey Courts official judicial roster](https://www.njcourts.gov/courts/supreme/about)
- [New Jersey Courts](https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/notices/2024/07/n240723a.pdf)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- American judge and Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, appointed on October 21, 2022, by Governor Phil Murphy
- Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (U.S. Supreme Court)
- The second youngest female justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court, appointed at age 42
- She then worked in Supreme Court and Appellate Practice at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, and as a senior staff attorney at the ACLU of New York

### Education

- Juris Doctor magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2007.

### Additional information

- Recognized for her work in civil rights law and her background in appellate litigation.
- At the time of her appointment, Apter was the Director of the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights.
- She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania
- She later held the role of counsel to the New Jersey Attorney General and as director of the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, where she led efforts to uphold the DACA program



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [New Jersey Courts](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-c9ef48d54ca091cafd206659) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/notices/2024/07/n240723a.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.