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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Interim Guidelines for Use of Generative AI
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Massachusetts
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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
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
| Version | Date | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interimcurrent | 2025-12-01 | Announced 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 1st | official |
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 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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