• AI-generated exam questions caused disproportionate problems, State Bar says

    Daily Journal
    May 1, 2025

    (Subscription required) California Supreme Court petition shows AI-written questions were more likely to be thrown out, confirming test-takers' complaints about February exam.

  • Commentary | Lawmakers might undermine California’s landmark public pension reform

    CalMatters
    May 1, 2025

    The legislation capped benefits, increased retirement ages, blocked maneuvers that artificially increased some pensions, created a two-tier system that maintained benefits for current workers but limited them for future hires, and required workers to pay for at least half of pension costs.

  • Law Day events held throughout California

    Daily Journal
    May 1, 2025

    (Subscription required) At events in San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego, attorneys and members of the judiciary spoke out about recent Trump administration actions.

  • ‘Hands off our courts’: S.F. lawyers protest Trump attacks on judges, attorneys

    San Francisco Chronicle
    May 1, 2025

    About 1,000 lawyers and supporters gathered outside the federal courthouse on Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco for a rally to commemorate Law Day, a national observance since 1958 that is typically low-key, and support the law firms and judges Trump has attacked for litigating and ruling against him. It was sponsored by the Bar Association of San Francisco and was one of more than 40 such events nationwide.

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