Massbar Beat

Listen to highlights and excerpts from the 2016 State of the Judiciary Address, hosted by the Massachusetts Bar Association at the John Adams Courthouse in Boston on Oct. 20. This year's installment of this annual event featured remarks from Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph Gants, Trial Court Chief Justice Paula Carey, Trial Court Administrator Harry Spence and MBA President Jeffrey Catalano. The speakers touched upon recent advances in the judicial branch, improved bench-bar relations and what's next for the courts in Massachusetts. Full remarks from the court speakers are available at http://www.mass.gov/courts/news-pubs/sjc/sjc-chief-justice-gants-delivers-annual-state-of-judiciary-address-2016.html. (Photo by Eric Haynes)