BLS installs permanent equipment for electronic evidence
The Massachusetts Superior Court recently announced that both Business Litigation Session (BLS) courtrooms (Suffolk 1015 and 1017) now have permanent equipment to display or project exhibits or chalks during trials and hearings.
Evidence may be displayed on monitors mounted inside the jury box, at the witness stand, on two large (85-inch) displays mounted on the courtroom walls (one opposite the jury box, and the other in the front of the courtroom where it can be seen by the audience), on the judge’s bench, at a new attorney presentation podium, and on each of the four counsel tables. Still images, as well as video or audio recordings, may be displayed on these monitors and heard through the courtroom speaker system.
Attorneys may display exhibits from any laptop, tablet or other electronic device using their own software.
HDMI cables that will transmit still images, video and audio to the courtroom systems are available at all four counsel tables and at the new presentation podium.
Each courtroom also has an overhead document projector (at the presentation podium) to permit display of paper exhibits.
Both BLS sessions are also equipped with cameras and better microphones that will improve the courts' ability to broadcast proceedings over Zoom and have the capacity (when appropriate and approved by the judge) to permit remote participants to be seen and heard in the courtroom.
Click here to read the full announcement.
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U.S. Court of Appeals seeks applications for CJA Panel
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is accepting applications to serve on the court's Criminal Justice Act (CJA) Panel, including applications from attorneys not currently on the panel and reapplications from panel members whose terms expire on Sept. 30, 2025.
Instructions and application forms may be downloaded from the court's website at www.ca1.uscourts.gov under the "CJA Materials" tab. They may also be obtained from the Clerk of Court, John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse, One Courthouse Way, Suite 2500, Boston, MA 02210. Three paper copies of the completed form and attachments
should be mailed to the clerk and must be received no later than June 13 at 5 p.m.
For additional information, contact Zuleen Nova at (617) 748-9380 or CJA Coordinator Kaitlin Copson at (617) 748-9066.