We are pleased to announce the the Justices of the SJC have appointed two new members to our Committee, Darian Butcher and Jane Goldstein.

Monday, February 22 at 5pm. Join court leaders for a conversation about how we can work together to achieve justice for all in the Massachusetts Court System.

Today we release our Report Summarizing Affinity Bar Town Hall Meetings. The Report provides a summary of seven meetings the Committee conducted in the second half of 2020 to hear from attorneys and law students from underrepresented, historically excluded, and systemically oppressed populations about their recent experiences of Massachusetts law practice and culture. 

Exciting updates from our Committee, including the release of our First-Year Report!

We’ve released our First-Year Report. We are excited to report many accomplishments and look forward to working with you to continue to improve lawyer well-being in 2021!

Join the SJC Standing Committee, Mindfulness in Law Society, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, and lawyer parents to talk about the challenges of parenting during these unprecedented times.

The Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys (MBWA) and South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston (SABA GB) will be co-hosting a virtual panel event entitled "Pathways to the Bench: Becoming a Judge as a Woman of Color".

Join the Talk to the Hill for Civil Legal Aid! Hundreds of lawyers and advocates will gather to urge state legislators to provide funds for civil legal aid in Massachusetts.

Join Mass Black Women Lawyers for an open and honest conversation about mental health and wellness with two experts in the field!

We invite you to sign up for Massachusetts’ first statewide legal mentorship program. We are seeking both mentors and mentees from diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Read our December Committee updates! DEI Statement, Advocacy for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, Vicarious Trauma Programming, Mentorship Database, and more.

Recently, we submitted a letter to the Biden Education Transition Team to request negotiated rule making on Public Service Loan Forgiveness to recognize eligibility for private bar advocates and counsel.

November updates from the SJC Standing Committee on Well-Being and from the legal community.

We are excited to announce our first-ever Standing Committee Fellow, Gavin Alexander. Gavin is a corporate associate at Ropes & Gray LLP and through the support of the firm will take the next year off to work for our Committee.

The burden of student loans is a significant source of stress for young practitioners. We’ve partnered with AccessLex to provide a pilot program to alleviate this stress through education, resources, and coaching. We seek participants to join our pilot.

Proposed changes to SJC Rule 4:02 re Periodic Registration of Attorneys. Read our explanation and purpose behind these changes.

Last week, we lost two great leaders in our community, our own Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph Gants and United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

As we move forward, we are driven by the ideals that the Chief fought for and embodied, and as we continue to pursue well-being in our profession, we will honor his legacy.

Join the Mass Black Lawyers Association, Mass Association of Hispanic Attorneys, and Mass Black Women Lawyers for a Walk in Solidarity for Social Change on September 16 at 1pm.

We will be hosting a series of Town Halls with each of the individual Affinity Bar Associations to learn more about particular challenges facing each of your communities and ideas you might have for what the SJC Standing Committee in partnership with your Associations could do to help.