News and Noteworthy

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  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
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  (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
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  (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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  Supreme Judicial Court to Hold Special Sitting for Presentation of Memorial to the Honorable Ruth I. Abrams

  On Thursday, November 12, 2020, the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court will hold a virtual special sitting for the presentation of a memorial to the late Honorable Ruth I. Abrams. Memorials are special sittings of the Court that are held to honor Justices of the Court after their passing. The Hon. Ruth I. Abrams, the first woman to be appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, died on September 12, 2019. Read Full Article
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  Search and Read Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly through Social Law

  Social Law Library members can access Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (MLW) one of two ways. Articles from 2001 through the current year are available directly to our members in the LegalTrac database. However, the most recent month’s worth of articles are not available in LegalTrac, so if you need more recent articles, you can also request copies through the Reference Department. Read Full Article