A Criminal Lawyer's Guide to Practice in the Massachusetts District Courts

You don’t want to take a criminal case unless you attend this seminar. Our distinguished faculty designed this program to educate practitioners on the journey of representing an individual accused of a crime in the district courts of Massachusetts. Topics include: 

• Arraignments and bail hearings;
• Revocation of bail requests and probation surrender hearings;
• Alternatives to bail-bracelets, pre-trial probation, civil commitments under Sec. 35;
• Discovery;
• Pre-trial conference reports;
• Bill of particulars;
• Motions to suppress;
• Motions to dismiss;
• Pleas;
• Trial issues (including voir dire and motions in limine); and
• Sentencing.