Supreme Judicial Court Rules  Section 6.1: Supervising attorney notification requirements (Effective August 1, 2026)

A supervising attorney must notify the Clerk and the respective court or agency before which the student practitioner was appearing in writing within seven (7) days when:

• (a) the supervising attorney will no longer be regularly supervising a currently certified student practitioner if that supervision terminates prior to the date disclosed in Section 3.1(c) or the dates applicable in Section 3.4, provided that, if the student practitioner will continue to be enrolled in or affiliated with the program, the name of a replacement supervising attorney must be disclosed in the notification; or
• (b) a student practitioner ceases to be associated with or employed by the Commonwealth entity, organization providing civil legal aid or criminal defense to indigent persons, or law firm providing pro bono civil legal aid or criminal defense to indigent persons, if that association or employment has ended prior to the date disclosed in Section 3.1(c) or the dates applicable in Section 3.4.