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1/20: EVIDENCE: The Confrontation Clause
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1/21:  ACCESSIBLE JUSTICE:
Session 2: ACCOMMODATIONS IN LITIGATION: THE DISCOVERY PROCESS
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1/25: EVIDENCE: Documentary Evidence, Business Records, and Significant Evidence Decisions
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1/26:  ACCESSIBLE JUSTICE:
Session 3: ACCOMMODATIONS IN LITIGATION: THE COURT PROCESS
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1/28: BUSINESS LITIGATION SESSION 2020 YEAR IN REVIEW
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2/2:  ACCESSIBLE JUSTICE:
Session 4: ATTORNEYS LIVING WITH MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES SPEAK ON ACCESSIBLE JUSTICE
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2/3: EVIDENCE: Miscellaneous Criminal Issues, Hearsay Decisions, and Rape Shield Issues — including Lampron/Dwyer, Statements of Coventurers, Use or Prior Recorded Testimony, Third-Party Culprit and the "Bowden" Defense
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3/2: DATA PRIVACY AND SECURITY FOR ATTORNEYS AND LAW FIRMS
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3/18: DEVELOPING HABITS TO IMPROVE YOUR PRACTICE & TAKE BETTER CARE OF YOUR CLIENTS with Atticus, Inc.
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3/23:  BALANCING THE SCALES - A FILM BY SHARON ROWEN
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3/31:  PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR NEW PRACTITIONERS - WHAT DO NEW ATTORNEYS NEED TO KNOW TO MORE EFFECTIVELY PRACTICE LAW?
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC FORUMS CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES TASK FORCE SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT
Federal law and regulations require that each state review its Child Support Guidelines at least every four years. To comply with the federally required review, Trial Court Chief Justice Paula M. Carey has appointed a Task Force to review the Child Support Guidelines that became effective on September 15, 2017, as amended June 15, 2018. Read Full Article
Brighton Division of Boston Municipal Court to Reopen
Trial Court Chief Justice Paula M. Carey today announced that the Brighton Division of the Boston Municipal Court (BMC) at 52 Academy Hill Road will reopen for business on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. Read Full Article
Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission Announces Seven New Members
The Supreme Judicial Court today announced the appointments of seven new members to the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission. First established by the Supreme Judicial Court in 2005, the Access to Justice Commission seeks to improve access to justice for people who are unable to afford an attorney for essential civil legal needs, such as cases involving housing, consumer debt, and family law. Read Full Article
Social Law Library Holiday Hours
Please note the upcoming Social Law Library holiday operating hours. Have a happy and safe holiday season. Read Full Article
(11/20) Courts Extend Start Date for Jury Trials to January 11, 2021
In response to the current situation in the Commonwealth with respect to COVID-19 and the expectation of rising infections during the holiday period, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) and the Trial Court announce further postponement of the resumption of jury trials. It is anticipated that Phase 1 of the plan previously approved in the SJC order of September 17, 2020, and scheduled to begin the week of November 30, 2020, now will commence the week of January 11, 2021. Read Full Article
(11/16) Press Release - Courts Receive $6 Million Federal Award to Expand Connections to Behavioral Health Treatment, Sober Housing and Transportation
Trial Court Chief Justice Paula Carey, Trial Court Administrator Jonathan Williams, and Probation Commissioner Edward Dolan today announced that the Trial Court has received its largest federal grant ever – a $6 million award from the Department of Justice to expand court-based connections for individuals at risk of overdose in 12 local courts that serve 62 communities. Read Full Article

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