Associate Justice Ralph D. Gants' first year on the Supreme
Judicial Court hasn't left him much free time. He likens it to a
different kind of footrace than his 11 years of service as a
Superior Court judge. "The Superior Court is more of a fast jog
with occasional sprints. This job is much more of a sprint-jog
cycle," he says.
Gants and his six fellow justices, adhering to a 2010-11
schedule set up in advance, sprint to prepare for sitting week,
which occurs at the beginning of every month, and again during the
two- to three-week period in which they write their cases, and then
again as they prepare edits of each other's cases before a midweek
consultation. Lawyers Journal caught him in a recent
jogging week.