Professionalism Course Information
The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has issued an order repealing SJC Rule 3:16, effective August 14, 2024, thereby removing the requirement that all persons admitted to the bar of the Commonwealth complete a mandatory Practicing with Professionalism Course within eighteen months of admission. The Court’s announcement provides additional information.
SJC Standing Advisory Committee on Professionalism
Committee Members
Ingrid C. Schroffner, Senior Associate Attorney in the Office of Management at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Co-Chair
Aditya Perakath, Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP, Co-Chair
Heidi Alexander, Director of the SJC Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being
Justin Banks, Kajko, Weisman, & Colasanti, LLP
Joseph Berman, General Counsel, Board of Bar Overseers
Beth D. Cohen, Interim Dean, Western New England School of Law
Maura S. Doyle, Clerk of the SJC for The County of Suffolk
Dr. Shawn Healy, Staff Clinician, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers
Travis H. Lynch, Assistant District Attorney, Hampden County District Attorney
F. Elizabeth Valentin, Health Law Clinical Fellow, Suffolk University Law School
Kathleen Elliot Vinson, Director of Legal Writing, Suffolk University Law School
Joseph P. Mingolla, Esq., Cummings Properties, LLC
Martin R. Rosenthal, Esq., Law Office of Martin R. Rosenthal
Anna Rachel Dray-Siegel, Esq., Supreme Judicial Court Liaison