NOW AVAILABLE!
2025 Edition
Official Print Edition of the Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law
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, 2025 Edition. It is the only print edition with the exact same pagination, index and table of authorities as the version all Massachusetts state judges receive.
The Guide assembles existing Massachusetts evidence law in an easy-to-use document organized similarly to the Federal Rules of Evidence, with extensive explanatory notes and citations. Everything in the Guide has been approved by the SJC as a valid statement of Massachusetts evidence law.
Publisher: Flaschner Judicial Institute (2025)
Spiral-bound, lay-flat edition: 567 pages
Dimensions: 9 x 11 inches
Appeals Court Justice Gregory I. Massing chairs the SJC Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law and serves as editor-in-chief of the Guide. The other members of the Advisory Committee are Hon. Mark S. Coven (editor), of the District Court; attorney Elizabeth N. Mulvey (editor); Hon. David A Lowy (ret.); Hon. Sarah Ellis and Hon. Hélène Kazanjian of the Superior Court; Hon. Barbara M. Hyland of the Probate and Family Court; Chief Justice Dana Gershengorn of the Juvenile Court; Hon. Lisa Ann Grant of the Boston Municipal Court; Hon. Marguerite Grant and Hon. Sookyoung Shin of the Appeals Court; Supreme Judicial Court Executive Director and General Counsel Timothy E. Maguire; Boston College Law School Professor R. Michael Cassidy; attorney Edmund P. Daley III; New England Law | Boston Professor Benjamin K. Golden; Boston University School of Law Professor Jasmine Gonzales Rose; Appeals Court law clerks George E. Clarke and Sara Levien; and Hon. R. Marc Kantrowitz and Hon. Peter W. Agnes, Jr. (editors-in-chief emeritus).
Throughout the year, the SJC Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law convenes to discuss recent developments in the law of evidence and how to reflect these developments in the Massachusetts Guide to Evidence. From time to time, the Committee posts updates to the Guide online. These additions can be found on the Massachusetts Guide to Evidence page on the Trial Court's website, in the Significant Updates section.
Judges and lawyers with an interest in the law of evidence are encouraged to suggest improvements to the Guide. Comments and questions should be directed to: Mass.G.Evid@jud.state.ma.us.
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Massachusetts judges who have not received a copy of this benchbook may request a copy:
The SJC Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law makes the Guide available on the court's website.
