She is the Co-Chair of the Trial Court Race and Implicit Bias Advisory Committee, Chair of the District Court Working Group on Alternative Dispute Resolution, a Judicial Mentor and a member of the District Court Race and Ethnic Fairness Committee. She previously served as First Justice of the Brockton District Court. Julie Bernard, first appointed to the bench in 2002, currently serves as an Associate Justice of the District Court. The new Access to Justice Commission members are:
Each of these new members lends an important and unique perspective to the Commission’s ongoing efforts to ensure equal access to justice.” They include judges from the District Court and Housing Court, key administrators managing access to justice initiatives within the courts, an associate general counsel for an internationally renowned hospital, a partner at a leading law firm, and an attorney with a statewide legal advocacy organization. Gants, my long-time co-chair at the Commission, and they are already engaged and contributing to the important work of the Commission. “These new members were nominated during the tenure of the late Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph D. “We are delighted to welcome these new members to the Commission,” said Susan Finegan, who co-chairs the Commission. The Supreme Judicial Court announced the appointments of seven new members to the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission, on December 23.įirst established by the Supreme Judicial Court in 2005, the Access to Justice Commission seeks to improve access to justice for people who are unable to afford an attorney for essential civil legal needs, such as cases involving housing, consumer debt, and family law.
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