Section 16. The chief justice for administration and management shall establish a judicial institute, to provide for the training of the judicial and nonjudicial personnel of the trial court, the appeals court and the supreme judicial court. Said institute shall perform and continually update a comprehensive analysis of the training needs of such personnel, and ensure that such needs are met through programs of the institute provided directly or by contract or through programs of other institutions. Programs of the institute shall include but not be limited to pre-service training for judges through seminars and through a mentor judge program, and frequent in-service training for judges and clerks, and continuing education for all court personnel. The institute shall be provided with suitable offices in the Suffolk county courthouse or elsewhere. The chief justice for administration and management may, within the limits of the amount appropriated therefor, appoint an executive director for said institute and such professional staff, clerks and assistants as it may require and may make such expenditures as may be necessary to execute effectively the functions of said institute. The chief justice for administration and management may further appoint an advisory committee for the purpose of assisting him in matter pertaining to the institute. The composition of the committee, the terms of its members, and the scope of its responsibilities shall be determined by the chief justice for administration and management.
The institute, in consultation with the bureau of substance addiction services within the department of public health, shall provide substance abuse training to personnel that helps personnel identify substance abuse treatment resources for persons charged with or convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent who could benefit from those resources.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers
Chapter 211b - Trial Court of the Commonwealth
Section 2 - Number of Trial Court Justices; Appointments
Section 3 - Justices Assigned to Other Departments; Powers and Duties
Section 4 - Salaries; Practice of Law; Expenses; Vacation and Sick Leave; Special Justices
Section 5 - Chief Justices; Appointment; Term; Removal
Section 6 - Chief Justice of the Trial Court; Appointment; Term; Removal
Section 6b - Office of Court Management; Court Administrator
Section 7 - Vacancies in Office
Section 8 - Advisory Committee on Personnel Standards
Section 9 - Chief Justice of the Trial Court; Powers and Duties
Section 9a - Employees of Chief Justice for Administration and Management; Powers and Duties
Section 9b - Domestic and Sexual Violence Training for Court Personnel
Section 10 - Chief Justice and Deputy Court Administrators; Powers and Duties
Section 10a - First Justices; Powers and Duties
Section 10b - Appointment of Assistant Clerks
Section 10c - Limitation of Powers, Duties or Responsibilities of Clerks or Registers of Probate
Section 12 - Office of Court Management; Court Administrator
Section 13 - Estimates of Expenses, Costs and Revenue
Section 14 - Services of Retired Justices
Section 16 - Judicial Institute; Training Judicial and Nonjudicial Personnel
Section 19 - Mandatory Alternative Dispute Resolution Program
Section 20 - Leave of Absence; Restrictions
Section 21 - Publication of Notice in Newspaper; Notice Requirements Deemed Met
Section 22 - Delivery of Criminal Case Disposition Information to Department of State Police