June 2022
Evidence: You be the Judge 2022
Civil Mop Up: The Post-Verdict Work of the Trial Judge
State Constitutional Law
Co-sponsored with the Social Law Library
Justice Harry J. Elam Judicial Conference – Virtual Spring Conference 2022
Co-sponsored with the Justice Harry J. Elam Judicial Conference
May 2022
Crimmigration
Anatomy of a Wrongful Conviction
April 2022
Restorative Justice: Opportunities & Obstacles
A Conversation with NYU Professor Anna Harvey – The Adverse Consequences of Misdemeanor Prosecutions
March 2022
Issues Involving Individuals with Diminished Capacity
Jury Trial Management
A Conversation with Harvard Law Professor Martha Minow (author of When Should Law Forgive?)
Alternative Dispute Resolution
February 2022
Race and Property Law
December 2021
Anatomy of a Wrongful Conviction
The Disappearance of Dr. Parkman: Blood and Ivy at the Harvard Medical School
November 2021
Hon. Haskell C. Freedman Retreat for Probate and Family Court Judges
October 2021
Abraham Lincoln and Massachusetts
Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
Search and Seizure Trends in a Digital World
How to be an Upstanding Judge: Courtroom Management for Judges
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
Fourth Amendment U.S. Supreme Court and Supreme Judicial Court Cases 2021
Co-sponsored with the Social Law Library
September 2021
Will There Be a State Constitutional Response to the New Supreme Court’s Reshaping of Federal Constitutional Law? If So, How?
Like War: The Weaponization of Social Media
Justice Harry J. Elam Judicial Conference – Virtual Fall Conference 2021
Co-sponsored with the Justice Harry J. Elam Judicial Conference
June 2021
The Charles Stuart Story: White Lies and Black Lives
Part of the Confronting Racial Injustice Panel Series with Northeastern University School of Law, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and co-sponsored by Boston-area organizations
Jim Crow in the 21st Century: Policing-Based Housing Policies and Racial Segregation
May 2021
The War on Drugs in Massachusetts: The Racial Impact of the School Zone Law and Other Mandatory Minimum Sentences
Part of the Confronting Racial Injustice Panel Series with Northeastern University School of Law, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and co-sponsored by Boston-area organizations
April 2021
Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding
Boston School Desegregation through the Rearview Mirror
Part of the Confronting Racial Injustice Panel Series with Northeastern University School of Law, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and co-sponsored by Boston-area organizations
Bankruptcy for State Court Judges
“In Case You Missed It” Law Update
March 2021
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
Satan and Salem: The Witch-Hunt Crisis of 1692
Redlining: From Slavery to $8 in 400 Years
Part of the Confronting Racial Injustice Panel Series with Northeastern University School of Law, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and co-sponsored by Boston-area organizations
MBA/FJI Bench-Bar Discussion
Co-sponsored with the Massachusetts Bar Association
February 2021
The Treasures of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Slavery, Wealth Creation and Intergenerational Wealth
Part of the Confronting Racial Injustice Panel Series with Northeastern University School of Law, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and co-sponsored by Boston-area organizations
January 2021
Media and the Courts: Judicial Transparency and the Right to Privacy
This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving
The Boston Massacre: A Social History
December 2020
An American Tragedy: The Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons
November 2020
What is Good Treatment for Substance Use Disorders?
Co-sponsored with the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior
Understanding the Harvard Study on Racial Disparities in Massachusetts Criminal System
Evidence for Probate and Family Court and Juvenile Court Judges
October 2020
A Conversation with Linda Greenhouse
Adolescent and Young Adult Neurodevelopment
Co-sponsored with the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior
Race and Developing Criminal Law in Massachusetts
Mental Illness in the Courtroom: Protecting Litigants and the Judicial Process
Co-sponsored with the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior
Addressing Homelessness in Specialty Court Sessions
September 2020
Sentencing and Neuroscience: The Legal Framework, its Evolution, its Direction
Co-sponsored with the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior
The Partisan Republic: Democracy, Exclusion, and the Fall of the Founders’ Constitution,
1780s–1830s
Taking Back the Constitution: Activist Judges and the Next Age of American Law
August 2020
“Why Bob Dylan Matters”
July 2020
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi