In June 2022, the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) appointed a Committee to Study SJC Rule 3:03, which governs law student practice before the Massachusetts courts. The Committee consists of representatives from the Appeals Court and each of the Trial Court departments, as well as from the Supreme Judicial Court Clerk’s Office for Suffolk County, which is responsible for administering Rule 3:03. The Justices asked the Committee to solicit and consider suggestions for improvements to Rule 3:03 and to make recommendations for amendments to the Rule or other changes in its operation and administration.
Committee Members
- Judge David Breen, Boston Municipal Court, Chair
- Judge James Budreau, Superior Court
- Judge Peter Coyne, Juvenile Court
- Judge Jean Curran, District Court
- Justice Vickie Henry, Appeals Court
- Judge Joseph Kelleher, Housing Court
- Judge Lee Mumford Peterson, Probate and Family Court
- Judge Lauren E. Reznick, Land Court
- Clerk Maura Doyle (ret.), Supreme Judicial Court Clerk's Office for the County of Suffolk
- Chip Phinney, Deputy Legal Counsel, Supreme Judicial Court