People who work for New Jersey courts can no longer take any jobs in the medical or recreational cannabis industry.
Chief Justice Stuart Rabner last week approved an amendment to Canon 5, which deals with outside employment for judicial employees and exists to avoid impropriety and conflicts of interest.
The change makes employment in the cannabis industry off-limits for judiciary employees, as it is for jobs in the casino industry or in places where alcoholic drinks are served, like bars. The move comes about a year after an advisory panel convened by the New Jersey Supreme Court said lawyers may use regulated cannabis and work in the cannabis industry.
Woodland Park-based attorney Joshua Bauchner said he believes the change is “warranted, for better or for worse.”