New Jersey Office of Legislative Services
Mary Lawlor is a Senior Research Analyst at the New Jersey Office of Legislative Services since June 2021, where responsibilities include drafting, reviewing, and analyzing legislation and serving as a committee aide. Prior roles include Associate Research Analyst and Assistant Research Analyst at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, where tasks involved facilitating legislative comments and developing training resources. Additional experience encompasses a Teaching Assistant position at Rutgers University-Camden and various internships, including with Assemblywoman Carol Murphy and Congressman Tom MacArthur, focusing on research and constituent communication. Mary Lawlor holds a Master's degree in Public Administration and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Government from Rutgers University-Camden, along with a Graduate Fellowship from the Eagleton Institute of Politics and an Associate's degree from Rowan College at Burlington County.
New Jersey Office of Legislative Services
The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) operates under the jurisdiction of the Legislative Services Commission, a 16-member bipartisan panel with equal representation from each house. The commission establishes general operating and budgetary policies for OLS, appoints its primary officers (executive director, legislative counsel, legislative budget and finance officer and director of public information) and delegates authority for day-to-day operations and personnel actions to the executive director. As nonpartisan employees of the Legislature, members of the OLS staff are prohibited from engaging in political activity or taking a public position with regard to any matter before the Legislature.