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Celebrating 45 Years of Service to the
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Massachusetts Judiciary
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.  Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly"

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Letter From a Birmingham Jail (April 16, 1963)

" As judges, we must look afresh at what we are doing, or failing to do, to root out any conscious and unconscious bias in our courtrooms; to ensure that the justice provided to African-Americans is the same that is provided to white Americans; to create in our courtrooms, our corner of the world, a place where all are truly equal."

Letter of the Seven Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court (June 3, 2020)

OUR MISSION

Flaschner's mission is to meet the educational needs of both new and experienced judges with programs that reflect the priorities expressed by judges. Flaschner views judicial education in the broadest sense as encompassing not only substantive and procedural law, but also each judge's need to gain a deeper understanding of the human condition, the expanding horizons of knowledge in disciplines other than the law, the varied contexts in which the law is applied, and the constitutional and professional boundaries that judges must respect. Flaschner promotes excellence in judging for the benefit of the public and the administration of justice.

CUTTING-EDGE EDUCATION

The Flaschner Institute provides a balanced academic agenda with course offerings in the following key program areas: the Impact of Race and Implicit Bias in Society, Cutting-Edge Issues in Science and Technology, the Art of Judging, Responding to Societal Changes, and Bench/Bar Programs.

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March is Women’s History Month!

The Flaschner Judicial Institute celebrates the many pioneering women who have served or are serving as judges in Massachusetts. Click here to view a list of women “firsts” that we have compiled. If, through inadvertence, we have omitted to include anyone, we hope you will contact us at programs@flaschner.org.

Program recording now available!

The Flaschner Judicial Institute and the Justice Harry J. Elam Judicial Conference recently co-sponsored an important discussion of By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners with Professor Margaret A. Burnham (author) and Hon. Angel Kelley, U.S. District Court (moderator). Judges may access the video by logging in and selecting Programs/Past Programs: Review Materials and Videos in the Judges Area.

Welcome to the Bench

The Flaschner Judicial Institute wishes to congratulate the following judges on their recent appointments:

Hon. William F. Bloomer, Superior Court
Hon. Megan E. English Braga, Probate & Family Court
Hon. Jeremy C. Bucci, Superior Court
Hon. Michael A. Cahillane, Superior Court
Hon. Michael J. Callahan, District Court
Hon. Nicola E. Gioscia, District Court
Hon. Eduardo A. Gonzalez, Housing Court
Hon. Joseph M. Griffin, Jr., Boston Municipal Court
Hon. Christopher P. Hodgens, Appeals Court
Hon. Michelle L. Kelley, District Court
Hon. Kareem A. Morgan, District Court
Hon. Gloriann Moroney, District Court
Hon. Harold P. Naughton, Jr., District Court
Hon. Brian D. Palmucci, District Court

Chief Justice Diana H. Horan

Congratulations, Chief Justice Diana Horan!

Trial Court Chief Justice Jeffrey A. Locke has announced the appointment of Hon. Diana H. Horan as Chief Justice of the Housing Court for a five-year term, beginning March 25. Chief Justice Horan has served on the Housing Court since 1999 and was the first woman appointed to the court. She has succeeded Chief Justice Timothy F. Sullivan.

A former FJI Trustee, Chief Justice Horan is currently a judge in the Central Housing Court Division in Worcester, after serving as First Justice there for almost 20 years. The Housing Court Department is comprised of six divisions with 15 judges who hold sessions in 23 locations across the state.

Recorded Programs

Judges Get Access to Recorded Programs

Did you miss one of our latest programs? Want to go back and watch a program again? Judges can login and have access to video of many of our educational programs.
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