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2026 Edition
Official Print Edition of the Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law
The Flaschner Judicial Institute has once again collaborated with the Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law to produce the Official Print Edition of the Massachusetts Guide to Evidence, 2026 Edition. This is the only print version that matches the exact pagination, index, and table of authorities provided to all Massachusetts state judges.
The Guide compiles Massachusetts evidence law into a user-friendly format, organized similarly to the Federal Rules of Evidence, with detailed explanatory notes and citations. Everything in the Guide has been approved by the Supreme Judicial Court as a valid statement of Massachusetts evidence law.
The 2026 edition of the Guide incorporates dozens of opinions issued by the Supreme Judicial Court and the Appeals Court between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2025, and a number of additional appellate court decisions that did not appear in prior editions.
Publisher: Flaschner Judicial Institute (2026)
Spiral-bound, lay-flat edition: 578 pages
Dimensions: 9 x 11 inches
Appeals Court Justice Gregory Massing chairs the Advisory Committee and serves as editor-in-chief of the Guide. The other members of the Advisory Committee are Hon. Mark Coven (editor), of the District Court; attorney Elizabeth Mulvey (editor); Hon. David Lowy (ret.); Hon. Sarah Ellis and Hon. Hélène Kazanjian of the Superior Court; Hon. Jennifer Ulwick of the Probate and Family Court; Hon. Daniel Roache of the Juvenile Court; Hon. Lisa Ann Grant of the Boston Municipal Court; Hon. Marguerite Grant of the Appeals Court; Supreme Judicial Court Executive Director and General Counsel Timothy Maguire; Boston College Law School Professor Michael Cassidy; attorney Edmund Daley III; New England Law | Boston Professor Benjamin Golden; Boston University School of Law Professor Jasmine Gonzales Rose; Appeals Court law clerks Sara Levien and Laura Kern; and Hon. Marc Kantrowitz and Hon. Peter Agnes (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.
