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Judicial Guidelines for Civil Hearings Involving Self-Represented Litigants

Provides guidance to judges in conducting court proceeding involving parties without attorneys.

The Judicial Guidelines for Civil Hearings Involving Self-Represented Litigants (Guidelines) were approved by the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court in April, 2006.

Laws and judicial guidelines

Guidelines for civil hearings involving self-represented litigants (without commentary)  Guidelines for civil hearings involving self-represented litigants (with commentary)  Massachusetts law about self-represented litigants 

Open PDF file, 3.4 MB,  Serving the Self-Represented Litigant: A Guide by and for Mass. Court Staff (English, PDF 3.4 MB)
Open PDF file, 221.81 KB,  Pro Se Litigants: The Challenge of the Future (English, PDF 221.81 KB)

Contact Information

Address

John Adams Courthouse, 1 Pemberton Square, Suite 2500, Boston, MA 02108
Directions 

Phone

Main number Call Supreme Judicial Court, Main number at (617) 557-1000
Clerks' Offices Emergency Number Call Supreme Judicial Court, Clerks' Offices Emergency Number at (857) 275-8036
Clerk's Office for the Commonwealth Call Supreme Judicial Court, Clerk's Office for the Commonwealth at (617) 557-1020

Maura A. Looney, Esq., Acting Clerk

Clerk's Office for the County of Suffolk Call Supreme Judicial Court, Clerk's Office for the County of Suffolk at (617) 557-1100

Maura S. Doyle, Clerk

Public Information Office Call Supreme Judicial Court, Public Information Office at (617) 557-1114

Jennifer Donahue, Public Information Officer

Online

- More contact information for the SJC 
- More contact information for the Clerk's Office for the Commonwealth 
- More contact information for the Clerk's Office for the County of Suffolk 
- More contact information for the Public Information Office 
- Contact information for the ADA Coordinator at the SJC 

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