Construction began in 1979 and the building was dedicated in 1982. It is home to the New Jersey Supreme Court and other judicial and executive departments, including the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, the New Jersey Attorney General, and the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division.
The modernist building is an 136.5 ft eleven-story tall structure has approximately 1,080,000 square feet. It can be seen as three buildings in one: two eight story office building around a cube, which houses the court. Indoor bridges connect the fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth floors. The two main entrances from the street lead into the atrium lobby which is open through ten stories to a rooftop skylight. Floors 1-8 is office space, chambers, and courtrooms. Floor 9 is the mechanical penthouse, level P1 is the street level, and P2 is the parking garage.