Christine W. Blanchette

Christine Blanchette is an associate in the firm’s Litigation department and a member of the firm’s Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation practice. Her work focuses on appellate matters and complex civil litigation.

She joined the firm in 2024 after clerking for Justice Kafker of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Christine served as a term law clerk for Justice Scott Kafker of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for the 2023-24 term. 

During law school, Christine served as managing editor of Boston College Law Review and interned in the Chambers of Justice Kafker of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Before law school, Christine taught eighth grade social studies in Springfield, Massachusetts.

• Co-Author, “The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Provides Greater Protections Against Cruel or Unusual Punishment for Juveniles and Young Adults: A Convergence of Science and Law,” 77 RUTGERS L. REV. 1089 (2025).
• Author, “Sufficiently Fundamental: Searching for a Constitutional Right to Literacy Education,” 64 B.C. L. REV. 377, (2023).