Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kafa ACLU-NJ a ranar 16 ga Yuni, 1960, lokacin da mambobin ACLU da ke Arewacin Jersey da Kudancin Jersey suka taru a Newark don kafa reshen reshen jihar. A cikin shekaru goma na farko, ACLU-NJ ta kafa Cibiyar Harkokin Shari'a ta Jama'a (CLAW) don bayar da shawarwari ga wadanda ke fama da rikice-rikice na 'yanci na' yanci a cikin hasken da aka yi wa 'yancin' yanci.
Rikicin Newark. Lauyoyin ACLU masu sa kai Ruth Bader Ginsburg da Annamay Sheppard, duka na Rutgers School of Law <unk> Newark a lokacin, sun yi jayayya da shari'ar nuna bambancin jinsi ta 1972 na Abbe Seldin, wanda ya sami damar buga wasan tennis a kungiyar maza ta Teaneck High School.