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Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall

Bench-Bar Symposium

On Oct. 11, 2007, the MBA presented the second annual Bench-Bar Symposium at the John Adams Courthouse in Boston

The afternoon began with Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall's Annual Address to the Legal Community. The program also featured a two-part panel discussion segment based on the crucial issue of jury communication, with questions and answers at the end. MBA President David W. White Jr. moderated the conversations. Both panels included two attorneys and four judges, all of the Superior Court – Hon. Peter W. Agnes Jr., Hon. Carol S. Ball, Hon. Kenneth J. Fishman and Hon. Margaret R. Hinkle.

Click the links below to read Lawyers Journal coverage of the event:

 

A successful Second Annual Bench Bar Symposium

by David W. White Jr., MBA president

Second Annual Bench-Bar Symposium tackles voir dire, jury instruction

by Bill Archambeault

Chief Justice Marshall lauds progress of court system, announces new initiatives in Annual Address to the Legal Community

by Bill Archambeault

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