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The following publications and documents are available online:

Court Management Documents and Reports:

 

Court Management Advisory Board: 2009-2010 Annual Report

Legislative Action Required to Achieve Managerial Excellence in the Trial Courts - Report of the Massachusetts Court Management Advisory Board (March 2010)

Court Management Advisory Board:  2008 Annual Report

Report on Open Dialogues on Court Practices

Court Management Advisory Board:  2007 Annual Report

Enhancing the Delivery of Quality Justice - Court Metrics Report - Calendar Year 2007

Striving for Excellence in Judicial Administration

Examining the Work of State Courts -- Good Data Makes for Good Management:  The Massachusetts Court Metrics Project

Court Management Advisory Board 2006 Annual Report

Enhancing the Delivery of Quality Justice Report of the Court Metrics Project Calendar Year 2006

Court Management Advisory Board 2005 Annual Report

Visiting Committee on Management in the Courts Report to Chief Justice Margaret Marshall

Court Orders:

 

SJC Order Regarding the Probation Department of the Trial Court

SJC Order Regarding Protection of Personal Information

SJC Orders Regarding Limited Assistance Representation

SJC Orders Regarding a Modified Procedure for Appeals in Bar Discipline Cases

Commonwealth vs. Sean Dwyer, SJC-9563 --  Supreme Judicial Court Order which includes the Appendix and model notices and orders

Memorandum and Order in the Matter of the Commission on Judicial Conduct, Docket No. OE-1117

Forms:

 

Affidavit of Indigency and Related Documents

Letter Regarding Updated Notice of Assembly of Record  and Notice of Assembly of Record Form

Room Reservation Request Form

Tour Request Form

Annual Reports:

 

Annual Report of the Massachusetts Court System for FY 2012

Annual Report of the Massachusetts Court System for FY 2011

Annual Report of the Massachusetts Court System for FY 2010

Annual Report of the Massachusetts Court System for FY 2009

Annual Report of the Massachusetts Court System for FY 2008

Reports from prior years are available through the Public Information Office

Other Important Documents and Publications:

 

Statement of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court Regarding the Hiring and Promotion Practices of the Massachusetts Probation Department

Report of the Independent Counsel

Statement of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court Relative to the Report of the Independent Counsel

Judiciary-Media Guidelines

Recusal Policy for Hon. Judith A. Cowin with Respect to the Office of the Attorney General

Serving the Self-Represented Litigant: A Guide By and For Massachusetts Court Staff

Protection of Personal Information in the Courts

Style Manual

Addressing the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants in Our Courts  and Appendix

Court Case Statistics

Massachusetts Guide to Evidence

Poverty Guidelines

Representing Yourself in a Civil Case: Things to Consider When Going to Court

Organization Chart of the Judiciary

A Guide to Court Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution

Within Our Reach: Gender, Racial and Ethnic Equality in the Courts

Policy Statement by the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court Concerning Publication of Court Case Information on the Web

IOLTA Amendments

Model Jury Instructions on Homicide

The following publications are available through the Supreme Judicial Court Public Information Office at:

John Adams Courthouse
One Pemberton Square
Boston, MA 02108
Tel: (617) 557-1114
Fax: (617) 742-1807

Email: joan.kenney@sjc.state.ma.us

Supreme Judicial Court's Commission on Juvenile Justice Final Report and Executive Summary
The Commission on Juvenile Justice, (June 1994).

Equal Justice: Eliminating the Barriers
Final Report of the Supreme Judicial Court's Commission to Study Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Courts, (September 1994).

A Matter of Just Treatment: Substance Abuse and the Courts
Final Report of the Supreme Judicial Court's Substance Abuse Project Task Force (March 1995).

The Court Compass
Newsletter of the Massachusetts Judicial Branch
Available copies from 1999 - 2004