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Celebrating 45 Years of Service to the Massachusetts Judiciary
Cutting-edge education
Celebrating 45 Years of Service to the
Celebrating 45 Years of Service to the
Massachusetts Judiciary
Massachusetts Judiciary
1978-2023
"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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Recently moved or moving soon?

Please send us your change of address. Flaschner periodically mails complimentary publications to sitting judges, and we do not want you to miss out on our latest guides and benchbooks.

 

Congratulations, Judge Myong Joun!

A big congratulations to Boston Municipal Court Judge Myong J. Joun on his confirmation to the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts.

A Flaschner Trustee since 2019 and an important contributor to the development of FJI programs, Judge Joun will be the first Asian American man to serve as a judge in the District of Massachusetts.

Best wishes, Judge Joun!

National Judicial College Programs

National Judicial College

The Anti-Racist Courtroom: Theory and Practice
October 30, 2023 to November 2, 2023

Montgomery, AL

This is a course for every judge, court administrator or lawyer who wants to take proactive steps to ensure that their courtroom is anti-racist. Judges across the country grapple daily with how to ensure the scales of justice are balanced while working to end systematic racism in our judicial system. This course, incorporating embodied experience along with jurisprudence, is about eliminating systemic racism by taking practical steps in your own court to prevent unfair outcomes based on race. The curriculum includes history, experiential learning, cognitive science, and psychological and sociological research. Special arrangements have been made for one entire day of the course to take place at the Equal Justice Initiative Museum and Memorial. Participants will also visit Selma, Alabama.

To register, please visit: judges.org/arc-2023 


Advanced Skills for Appellate Judges
October 30, 2023 to November 2, 2023

Washington, D.C.

This course is designed to provide appellate judges with advanced topics in opinion writing, small group dynamics and collaborative decision-making, law clerk/staff management, how to get the most during oral argument, ethics as they pertain to appellate judges, and other topics of interest to the experienced appellate judge. In addition to structured, interactive presentations from faculty, participants will have several opportunities for peer-to-peer learning.

Justice Serge Georges, Jr. is a faculty member for this course.

To register, please visit: judges.org/courses/advanced-skills-for-appellate-judges/

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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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Massachusetts Guide to Evidence, 2023 Edition is Now Available!

The Flaschner Judicial Institute has once again worked with the Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law to produce the Official Print Edition of the Massachusetts Guide to Evidence, 2023 Edition.

To learn more and to purchase this guide, please click here.

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