Now that exams are over it’s time to relax and watch all those legal programs you didn’t have time for during the semester.
If you want to see what real trials are really like, you should check out the Open Court Project Archive. You do need to register and sign in to see the archives, unlike the live courtroom, but I’m pretty sure they aren’t having a session on Christmas Day.
If your preference is for appellate work, you can watch webcasts of past SJC oral arguments courtesy of Suffolk Law School.
Of particular interest to TV fans are the November 8 oral arguments of two separate cases, one brought by the DA’s office and one by the public defenders, which deal with the propriety of an experimental project allowing Internet streaming of proceedings in the First Session of the Quincy District Court, sometimes known as the Open Court Project.
Those of you hoping to watch the U.S. Supreme Court from the comfort of your own homes will be happy to know that bipartisan legislation to open up that court’s proceedings has been introduced (S. 1945 and H.R. 3572).
While this legislation is still pending you can watch the December 6 Hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, “Access to the Court: Televising the Supreme Court.”
Happy watching and
Happy Holidays
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