Update: Summer Happy Hour is On!

The Superior Court Law Clerk Society Summer Happy Hour is on! It will take place at Carrie Nation, 11 Beacon Street, Boston, just behind the John Adams Courthouse, on Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 6 pm. Please RSVP by e-mail to Jennifer Sunderland (jennifersunderland@gmail.com) by Tuesday, June 23, 2014. Spread the word and see you there!

Save the Date for the Summer Happy Hour!

The Superior Court Law Clerk Society will be holding Summer Happy Hour on Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 6 pm. Venue TBD. Please RSVP by e-mail to Jennifer Sunderland (jennifersunderland@gmail.com) by Tuesday, June 23, 2014. More details to follow!

Winter Happy Hour!

Don't let the winter doldrums get you down. Join us at the next Law Clerk Society Happy Hour! We'll be meeting on Thursday, January, 23, 2014 at 5:30 pm, at Sip Wine Bar + Kitchen, 581 Washington Street, Downtown Crossing, Boston. We will have light appetizers and there will be a cash bar. Please RSVP to Jennifer Sunderland at jennifersunderland@gmail.com by Tuesday, January 21, 2014. See you there and please spread the word!

Kickoff Event: Superior Court Judges Offer Lessons from their First Year on the Bench

Happy Hours are great, but isn't it time for a major gathering of past and present Superior Court Law Clerks? If you agree, please join us at our "2013-14 Kickoff Event: Superior Court Judges Offer Lessons from their First Year on the Bench," taking place on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 5-7 pm, at the Boston Bar Association, 16 Beacon St., Boston, MA. Chief Justice Barbara J. Rouse will start the evening by sharing recent developments in the Superior Court. A distinguished panel of Superior Court judges -- Judge Mary K. Ames, Judge Brian A. Davis, Judge Shannon Frison, and Judge Paul D. Wilson – will share what they have learned about effective advocacy from their first year on the bench. Come learn about best practices and effective advocacy in the Superior Court from the perspective of judges who, not too long ago, were practicing attorneys themselves. The event is free and includes a networking reception. Please RSVP using the following online form:

http://tinyurl.com/p5oz6zo

This event is co-sponsored by the Diversity and Inclusion Section of the Boston Bar Association. It is open to all attorneys, so please feel free to spread the word and bring your friends!

Judge Bios:

Hon. Mary K. Ames - Before her appointment to the court in January 2013, Judge Ames had 30 years of litigation experience in both criminal and civil matters. She joined the Suffolk District Attorney's Office in 1982 as an Assistant District Attorney and became the Senior Trial Counsel and Deputy Chief of the Homicide Division. She left to begin her private practice in 1996, in which she maintained an active litigation practice that included serious felony trials as well as a wide variety of civil cases.

Hon. Brian A. Davis - Judge Davis joined the Superior Court in May 2013. Before then, he spent his entire legal career with the firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, as an associate from 1985 to 1992 and as a partner since 1993. His practice included complex commercial disputes, torts, product liability defense, fraud and insurance litigation, and corporate governance matters. Judge Davis served as chair of Choate's Litigation Department as well as chair of the the firm's Major Commercial Litigation Practice Group.

Hon. Shannon Frison - Judge Frison served as an officer and a lawyer in the United States Marine Corp, where she handled both criminal and civil litigation assignments. She also worked as a senior litigation associate at Dwyer and Collora and as a sole practitioner specializing in criminal defense, employment litigation, and military justice cases. She was appointed to the Boston Municipal Court in 2009, and then to the Superior Court in March 2013.

Hon. Paul D. Wilson - Judge Wilson has served on the Superior Court bench since September 2012. Before then, he served as a law clerk for the Hon. Orinda Evans at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, before joining the firm of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo in 1982. Judge Wilson rose to become one of the senior partners of the firm, with an active litigation and pro bono practice.

Spring 2013 Happy Hour Photos!

Check out the photos from the latest Happy Hour at Sips Wine Bar + Kitchen on April 10, 2013. Thanks to all who attended and visit our Photo Gallery for photos from our previous events!

Save the Date for the Next Happy Hour!

Save the Date! The next Law Clerk Society Happy Hour will be on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at 5-7 pm, at Sips Wine Bar & Kitchen, 581 Washington Street, Boston. More details to follow. In the meantime, mark your calendars and please spread the word!

Summer 2012 Happy Hour

We're belatedly posting the photos from the Summer 2012 Law Clerk Society Happy Hour, which took place on June 20, 2012, at Scholars Boston Bistro. Check 'em out here!

Photos from Fall Happy Hour

Photos from the Law Clerk Society Fall Happy Hour have been posted (belatedly) on our Photo Gallery. Thanks to the over 30 past and present law clerks who attended the event at Les Zygomates on October 26, 2010! We hope to have more Happy Hours through the course of the year. Stay tuned for more info!

Fall Happy Hour, October 26, 2010

Please join us for a Law Clerks Society social and networking event on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 6 pm, at Les Zygomates, located at 129 South Street, Boston. No formal agenda, just a fun and casual gathering among old and (hopefully) new friends and colleagues. To RSVP, please send an e-mail to masslawclerks@gmail.com by Friday, October 22, 2010. Please spread the word to any and all past or present law clerks you may be in touch with. We look forward to seeing you all there!

Superior Court Law Clerks Society: We're Finally Here!

For years, former Superior Court law clerks have talked about forming a Law Clerk Society of the Massachusetts Superior Court. Now, we are finally on our way!

On June 1, 2010, over 80 past and present law clerks attended a seminar entitled "Massachusetts Guide to Evidence -- What You Need to Know," hosted by the Flaschner Judicial Institute and the Social Law Library. Hon. Peter W. Agnes, Jr. and Hon. David A. Lowy, both of the Superior Court, discussed what practitioners need to know about the latest issue of the Massachusetts Guide to Evidence, issued by the Supreme Judicial Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law. The panel discussion was moderated by Appeals Court Clerk, Joseph F. Stanton, and followed opening remarks from Superior Court Chief Justice Barbara A. Rouse and Robert J. Brink, Executive Director of the Social Law Library and Executive Vice President of the Flaschner Judicial Institute.

The seminar was followed by a reception at which the participants met up with old friends, reconnected with former colleagues, and made new connections. Everyone was excited by the prospect of a Law Clerk Society for the Superior Court. Much work remains to be done and organizers announced plans for a general meeting for all interested persons to take place in mid-July.

Thanks to everyone who helped with the event, including the panelists and speakers above, as well as the organizers: Elissa Flynn-Poppey (LC '00), Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC; Joseph Stanton (LC '94-'96), Appeals Court; Jennifer Sunderland (LC '08-'09), Supreme Judicial Court; and Romeo Camba (LC '94-'96), Superior Court.

Top photo: Hon. Peter W. Agnes, Jr., Superior Court; Chief Justice Barbara A. Rouse, Superior Court; Hon. David A. Lowy, Superior Court. Bottom photo: John Hitt (LC '94-'96), Cosgrove, Eisenberg, & Kiley PC; Margret Cooke (LC '95-'96), Office of the Attorney General; Tricia Sheehan-Mullen (LC '93-'96), Executive Office of Health and Human Services. More photos of the event are posted at the Social Law Library website, here.