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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> NJ Courts Up e-Filing Security to Shield Lawyers' Personal Data

By Mary Pat Gallagher
October 31, 2014

The online portal that New Jersey attorneys use for their biannual registration and for electronic filing of case documents in state court is getting a security upgrade.

Starting Nov. 5, lawyers logging on to file documents who attempt to access their personal information will be directed to a page where they will have to supply answers to three security questions.

After that, anyone who wants to look at the personal information behind any of three tabs on the portal page ' 'My Profile,' 'Update Contact Information' and 'Attorney Registration and Payment' ' will have to answer at least one of those security questions.

The new security protocol, which the courts have dubbed 'Step-Up Authentication,' was announced in an Oct. 21 notice to the bar. It will affect lawyers who file through eCourts, which is being rolled out for the filing of criminal motions; eDATA, which stands for Electronic Docketing of Appeals and Tracking Application; and JEFIS, the Judiciary Electronic Filing System, which is used for Special Civil Part and foreclosure matters.

Judiciary spokeswoman Tammy Kendig said: 'We have initiated measures to enhance the security of the attorneys' registration information so that they can be confident in using their attorney I.D. to conduct all court business.'

Kendig explained that the court acted on feedback over the years from lawyers in early e-filing pilot groups who said they wanted office staff to be able to go online to file case documents without also getting access to the lawyers' personal data.


Mary Pat Gallagher writes for the New Jersey Law Journal, an ALM sibling publication of e-Commerce Law & Strategy. She can be reached at [email protected].

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The online portal that New Jersey attorneys use for their biannual registration and for electronic filing of case documents in state court is getting a security upgrade.

Starting Nov. 5, lawyers logging on to file documents who attempt to access their personal information will be directed to a page where they will have to supply answers to three security questions.

After that, anyone who wants to look at the personal information behind any of three tabs on the portal page ' 'My Profile,' 'Update Contact Information' and 'Attorney Registration and Payment' ' will have to answer at least one of those security questions.

The new security protocol, which the courts have dubbed 'Step-Up Authentication,' was announced in an Oct. 21 notice to the bar. It will affect lawyers who file through eCourts, which is being rolled out for the filing of criminal motions; eDATA, which stands for Electronic Docketing of Appeals and Tracking Application; and JEFIS, the Judiciary Electronic Filing System, which is used for Special Civil Part and foreclosure matters.

Judiciary spokeswoman Tammy Kendig said: 'We have initiated measures to enhance the security of the attorneys' registration information so that they can be confident in using their attorney I.D. to conduct all court business.'

Kendig explained that the court acted on feedback over the years from lawyers in early e-filing pilot groups who said they wanted office staff to be able to go online to file case documents without also getting access to the lawyers' personal data.


Mary Pat Gallagher writes for the New Jersey Law Journal, an ALM sibling publication of e-Commerce Law & Strategy. She can be reached at [email protected].

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