Contact us
Address
John Adams Courthouse, 1 Pemberton Square, Suite 2500, Boston, MA 02108
Phone
Main number
(617) 557-1000
Clerks' Offices Emergency Number
(857) 275-8036
Clerk's Office for the Commonwealth
(617) 557-1020
Francis V. Kenneally, Clerk
Clerk's Office for the County of Suffolk
(617) 557-1100
Maura S. Doyle, Clerk
Public Information Office
(617) 557-1114
Jennifer Donahue, Public Information Officer
About the SJC
The Supreme Judicial Court is the Commonwealth's highest appellate court. A chief justice and six associate justices make up the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC). The seven justices hear appeals on a broad range of criminal and civil cases from September to May and issue written opinions that are posted online. The SJC also supervises the judiciary and the bar, makes or approves rules for court operations, and gives advisory opinions, upon request, to the governor and the legislature.