Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E guzobere ACLU-NJ na June 16, 1960, mgbe ndị otu ACLU nke dị na North Jersey na South Jersey zukọtara na Newark iji guzobe ụlọ ọrụ na steeti niile. N'ime afọ iri mbụ ya, ACLU-NJ guzobere Community Legal Action Workshop (CLAW) iji kwado ndị a na-emegbu n'ime obodo na-emebi nnwere onwe ndị mmadụ n'ihi na
Ọgba aghara Newark. Ndị ọka iwu ACLU na-arụ ọrụ afọ ofufo bụ Ruth Bader Ginsburg na Annamay Sheppard, ha abụọ bụ Rutgers School of Law <unk> Newark n'oge ahụ, rụrụ ụka na ikpe ịkpa oke agbụrụ nke 1972 nke Abbe Seldin, onye meriri ikike ya igwu egwu tenis na Teaneck High School ụmụ nwoke.