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Notice of Vacancy

 Letter and Resume Due Date
Board of Bar Overseers November21, 2008
Board of Bar Examiners October 24, 2008
Clients' Security Board  October 17, 2008
Nominations of lawyers for appointment to the Court's Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil and Appellate Procedure May 23, 2008
Board of Bar Examiners -- Extension of Time to Apply March 14, 2008
Clients' Security Board  November 23, 2007

Notice Inviting Comment

 Comment Due Date
Comments Received in Response to the Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee to Study Canon 3B(9) of the Code of Judicial Conduct None
Proposed Order Establishing a Modified Procedure for Appeals in Bar Discipline Cases February 25, 2009
Proposed amendments to Rules 33, 41 & 77 of the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure January 23, 2009
The Appeals Court Proposes Rescinding Its Standing Order Governing The Filing of an Appendix Consisting of Three or More Volumes November 10, 2008
Revisions to Supreme Judicial Court Rule 4:01 and the Rules of the Board of Bar Overseers November 15, 2008
Revisions to Supreme Judicial Court Rule 3:01 and the Rules of the Board of Bar Examiners November 14, 2008
Revisions to Massachusetts Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5  November 14, 2008
Revisions to Rule 31 of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure and Rule 6 of the Massachusetts Rules of Appellate Procedure October 30, 2008
Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil and Appellate Procedure's "Subcommittee on Personal Identifying Data" Invites Comments on Proposed Interim Guidelines for the Protection of Personal Identifying Data in Publicly Accessible Court Documents September 19, 2008
Recommendation of the IOLTA Committee to Amend Mass. R. Civ. P. 23 September 12, 2008
Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee to Study Canon 3B(9) of the Code of Judicial Conduct August 22, 2008
Standing Advisory  Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct Invites Comments on Proposed Revisions to Massachusetts Rule of Professional Conduct 8.5  June 30, 2008
Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Criminal Procedure Invites Comments on a Proposed Amendment to Rule 28 of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure June 16, 2008

 Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law Invites Comments on its Revised Preliminary Draft of the Massachusetts Guide to Evidence April 1, 2008
Revision to Supreme Judicial Court Rule 3:03  March 4, 2008
Standing Advisory  Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct Invites Comments on Further Proposed Revisions to Massachusetts Rule of Professional Conduct 1.14  February 15, 2008
Advisory Committee on Massachusetts  Evidence Law Invites Comments on the Preliminary Draft of the Massachusetts Guide to Evidence December 5, 2007
Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct invites comments on its proposal to revise Massachusetts Rule of Professional Conduct 1.13 July 31, 2007
Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure Invites Comments on Proposed Revisions to Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure July 11, 2007
Proposed amendments to the Rules of the Commission on Judicial Conduct July 11, 2007

Notice of Rule Change

 Effective Date
Amendment to Superior Court Rule 9A March 2, 2009
Rescission of Appeals Court standing order governing filing of appendix of three or more volumes March 2, 2009
Amendment to Rules 14 & 28 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure April 1, 2009
Amendment to SJC Rule 3:11 January 1, 2009
Amendment to Appeals Court Rule 1:28 January 1, 2009
Change in Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 23 January 1, 2009
Amendment to Appeals Court Standing Order Concerning Dismissal of Appeals and Reports in All cases for Lack of Prosecution October 1, 2008
Change in SJC Rule 3:07, Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1:14, Client with Diminished Capacity September 1, 2008
Change in the Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 12(d) July 1, 2008
Change in the Rules of the Supreme Judicial Court, Rule 3:03  June 1, 2008
Amendment of SJC Rule 4:02  June 1, 2008
Change in the Massachuetts Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 26 April 1, 2008
Change in the Massachusetts Rules Civil Procedure March 1, 2008
New Regulations 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the Regulations of the Jury Commissioner February 1, 2008
Amendment of SJC Rule 3:07 Janaury 1, 2008
Amendment to Superior Court Rule 9C October 1, 2007
Change in Rules of the Commission on Judicial Conduct July 1, 2007
Amendment of SJC Rule 3:07 Janaury 1, 2007
New rules of the Juvenile Court regarding care and protection of children January 1, 2007
Amendment of SJC Rule 4:02 September 1, 2006