# Atlas Commons research objects — civil legal aid capacity for New Jersey (FY2025) — context brief

New Jersey's LSC-funded civil legal aid capacity from the LSC Basic Field grant directory, with each figure's status labeled so a consuming agent can weight it correctly: the measured LSC records (provider count, awarded grant dollars, service-area types, and the Census-based poverty population LSC allocates by); one computed figure — LSC funding per person in poverty — a transparent ratio neither LSC nor Census publishes, with its formula disclosed; and the interpretive boundary (what this funding/capacity surface is, and is not). Source: LSC Basic Field grant directory. CC0.

Claims (warrant · source), each re-fetchable to verify:

- **5 LSC-funded civil legal aid providers received $10,515,822 in New Jersey (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **886,771 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering New Jersey (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory — poverty population (U.S. Census/ACS) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **LSC grant counts by service-area type in New Jersey (FY2025): Basic Field 5, Agricultural Worker 1** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **LSC civil legal aid funding is $11.86 per person in poverty in New Jersey (FY2025) — a derived ratio** — DERIVED · Justice Atlas — derived ratio (LSC allocation ÷ service-area poverty population, over the same set of grants) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **What this legal-aid surface is — and is NOT — for New Jersey (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **New Jersey sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (N.J. Stat. § 2A:14-3)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-2a/section-2a-14-3/)
- **New Jersey sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (N.J. Stat. § 2A:14-2)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/nxt/gateway.dll/statutes/1/112/308)
- **New Jersey sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for personal injury (N.J. Stat. § 2A:14-2)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/nxt/gateway.dll/statutes/1/112/308)
- **New Jersey sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for product liability (N.J. Stat. § 2A:14-2)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/nxt/gateway.dll/statutes/1/112/308)
- **New Jersey sets a 2 years from death civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (N.J. Stat. § 2A:31-3)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-2a/section-2a-31-3/)
- **New Jersey sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (N.J. Stat. § 2A:14-1)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-2a/section-2a-14-1/)
- **New Jersey sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (N.J. Stat. § 2A:14-1)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-2a/section-2a-14-1/)
- **New Jersey sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for fraud (N.J. Stat. § 2A:14-1)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-2a/section-2a-14-1/)
- **New Jersey sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (N.J. Stat. § 2A:14-1)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-2a/section-2a-14-1/)
- **Why these statute-of-limitations periods are NOT your deadline (the L5 boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the statutes above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)

Do not take these on trust — re-fetch each named source. Full structured object: `https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/nj.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**New Jersey — every legal-aid indicator (typed)** (6): LSC-funded providers (distinct organizations) — 5 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; LSC service-area grants — 6 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; Total LSC allocation (USD) — 10515822 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory…
**New Jersey — LSC grants by service-area type (RECORDED)** (2): Basic Field — 5; Agricultural Worker — 1…
**New Jersey — LSC-funded legal-aid grants (RECORDED)** (6): South Jersey Legal Services, Inc. — NJ-20 — Basic Field — 3514627 — 296379; Northeast New Jersey Legal Services Corporation — NJ-18 — Basic Field — 2814627 — 237350; Central Jersey Legal Services, Inc. — NJ-17 — Basic Field — 1869464 — 157647…