DEI Reports
- From the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being: (Click Here for the report) report Summarizing Affinity Bar Town Hall Meetings. Last week the SJC released a special report from the Standing Committee for Lawyer Well Being. The Report provides a summary of meetings 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. As Committee Co-Chairs Retired SJC Associate Justice Margot Botsford and current Massachusetts Bar Association President Denise Murphy describe: “This report is a reality check for those among us who think that all Massachusetts lawyers are treated equally and that our efforts to eliminate systemic bias are working. As difficult as it is to read this report and all that it contains, imagine having to live these experiences, every day. We need to understand and acknowledge this current reality in order to work meaningfully to improve the legal profession for the future. For more information about the Standing Committee: https://lawyerwellbeingma.org/news/for-immediate-release-a-report-summarizing-affinity-bar-town-hall-meetings
- From the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers (Click Here) – an important message about racial injustice: and the practice of law
- Click Here to see several reports and initiatives from the Massachusetts Trial Courts