Massachusetts judicial elections

• Courts in Massachusetts
  • Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
  • Massachusetts Appeals Court
  • Massachusetts Superior Courts
  • Massachusetts District Courts
  • Massachusetts Housing Courts
  • Massachusetts Juvenile Courts
  • Massachusetts Land Courts
  • Massachusetts Probate and Family Courts
  • Boston Municipal Courts, Massachusetts
  • United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • United States bankruptcy court, District of Massachusetts
• Judicial selection in Massachusetts

Justices and judges in Massachusetts do not participate in judicial elections. Instead, they are chosen via gubernatorial appointment and confirmed by the Governor's Council. Judges are not subject to terms, but instead serve until the age of 70.

Massachusetts is one of seven states that does not use judicial elections as a selection method. Instead, judges are selected by one of the appointment methods. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.

See also

Massachusetts	Judicial Selection	More Courts
Courts in Massachusetts Massachusetts Appeals Court Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court	Elections: 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 Gubernatorial appointments Judicial selection in Massachusetts	Federal courts State courts Local courts

External links

• American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Massachusetts," archived October 6, 2014

Footnotes

Massachusetts courts

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Federal courts:

First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Massachusetts • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Massachusetts

State courts:

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court • Massachusetts Appeals Court • Massachusetts Superior Courts • Massachusetts District Courts • Massachusetts Housing Courts • Massachusetts Juvenile Courts • Massachusetts Land Courts • Massachusetts Probate and Family Courts • Boston Municipal Courts, Massachusetts

State resources:

Courts in Massachusetts • Massachusetts judicial elections • Judicial selection in Massachusetts