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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Interim Guidelines for Use of Generative AI

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Massachusetts

last revised 2025-12-01last verified 2026-09-041 versioncountry page →

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Massachusetts' first judicial AI instrument. The SJC's interim guidelines let court personnel use generative AI for administrative work using only public information, bar tools that retain or train on entered information, and deliberately leave attorney conduct untouched pending possible later rules.

Applies to
judges, court-staff
Effective
See version history
Current version
Interim · 01 Dec 2025
Last verified
04 Sept 2026
Official text
www.mass.gov/guidance/interim-guidelines-for-use-of-generative-ai

What the document requires

  • Apply to court personnel only: judges, clerks, registers, recorders, employees, law clerks, interns and contractors
  • Permit generative AI for administrative tasks using only public information
  • Prohibit tools that retain or train on entered information
  • Do not govern attorney conduct and do not require attorney AI disclosure in filings
  • Described by Chief Justice Budd as a modest first step; subject to revision

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Interimcurrent2025-12-01Announced in the December 2025 State of the Judiciary address; the source gives a month only (announced December 2025), so the day is recorded as the 1stofficial

Sources

Cite this record

SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Interim Guidelines for Use of Generative AI" (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Interim, 2025-12-01), safelegalai.com/regulation/us-state/us-ma-sjc-interim-genai-guidelines (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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