I am using slf4j 1.6.2 api jar (tried using 1.6.1 as well) - logback version is 0.9.29 (core & classic). I am using jdk1.6 on ubuntu. The exception I received is copied
Adding the following dependencies might help :
org.slf4j slf4j-api 1.7.7 org.slf4j jul-to-slf4j 1.7.7 org.slf4j jcl-over-slf4j 1.7.7 org.slf4j log4j-over-slf4j 1.7.7 org.slf4j slf4j-jdk14 1.7.7