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Adjunct Trial Ad Instructor
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Biography
William Allan Zarling, lifelong Mercer County resident, survived the University of Pennsylvania (1966), Harvard Law School (1969) and a two-year trial-level clerkship for the N.J. Superior Court and the U.S. District Court (Trenton). From 1971-2007, he was employed by the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office, last serving as Deputy First Assistant Prosecutor. Among his varied responsibilities, he was police legal advisor for over 25 years. As a litigator, his experience includes three death-penalty murder trials.
In addition, he is a teacher. He was responsible for teaching the "New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice" to all Mercer County law enforcement officers in 1979, has taught criminal law, arrest, search and seizure and domestic violence at the Trenton Police Academy since 1980, has taught criminal law and arrest, search and seizure at the Mercer County Police Academy since its inception in 2007 and has taught more police in-service training courses than he can remember. In his spare time, he has been an Adjunct Professor of Law and Justice at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) from 1981 to 2006, an Adjunct Professor at Widener University School of Law (Delaware)from 1990-1999 and a Visiting Part-Time Lecturer at Rutgers University School of Law - Camden since 2000. Other faculty appointments include the National Institute for Trial Advocacy's (NITA) Northeast Regional Program for lawyers at Hofstra Law School since 1987, the "Intensive Trial Techniques Program" for students at Hofstra Law School since 1988, the "Intensive Trial Advocacy Program" for students at Widener University School of Law since 1987 and the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education's (NJICLE)"Criminal Trial Practice" Skills and Methods Course since 1994.
He was a member of the Editorial Board of the "New Jersey Lawyer" weekly newspaper from 1995 until the newspaper ceased publication upon being sold to the "New Jersey Law Journal" in 2008.
In September, 2005, he received the second annual "Career Advocacy Award" from the New Jersey County Prosecutor's Association.
He is now retired from the MCPO.
Effective July 1, 2008, he has been appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court to its Committee on Character.