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The
Division of Law provides legal representation
and counsel to the departments, boards offices,
commissions and other instrumentalities of State
government, its officers and employees. This
responsibility has several key features. It
requires a defense of all litigation brought
against the State, its entities, officers and
employees. It requires the Attorney General
to act as legal representative of the State
in all legal matters including actions to enforce
the law and to protect its interests in contractual
matters. It also requires the Attorney General,
through the Division of Law, to act as counsel
to the State departments, agencies, officials
and employees with regard to all legal issues.
In performing these functions, the office is
imbued with a public trust to further the public
interest in all matters in which the State is
involved.
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