Commission Confirms Appointments to Courts of Appeal

April 17, 2018

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced that the commission today confirmed three appointments to the second and sixth appellate districts.

Community Outreach Meeting on Language Access in California Courts

April 17, 2018

The Judicial Council’s task force on language access will hold a public meeting on April 24 in Sacramento to listen to community members and report on efforts to increase language access to the courts for limited English proficient (LEP) court users.

Categories: Access 3D

Strengthening Connections Between Native American and Legal Communities

April 16, 2018

More than 100 lawyers, judges social workers, educators and students gathered on Friday to participate in the first annual San Francisco Bay Area Indian Child Welfare Act Symposium.

Categories: Judicial Council

Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, to Hear Oral Argument at Las Plumas High School

April 16, 2018

Administrative Presiding Justice Vance W. Raye announced that as part of its award-winning community outreach program, the Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, will hear oral argument at Las Plumas High School in Oroville.

Wildfire Litigation Spotlights Civil Case Coordination

April 12, 2018

In the wake of wildfires that devastated parts of California’s Wine Country last October, nearly 100 civil lawsuits were filed against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. alleging the utility had a role in sparking the blaze. The answer to this influx was civil case coordination.

Chief Justice Presses for Expedited Court Rule on Disclosure of Sexual Harassment Claims

April 10, 2018

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye today announced that she is asking the Judicial Council to take immediate action to revise court rules on public records to ensure that all levels of the state court system be required to disclose the names of judicial officers who entered into settlement agreements to resolve sexual harassment or sexual discrimination complaints.

Wed., 4/11: Court of Appeal to Hold Education Program for Modesto High Schoolers

April 06, 2018

Faculty and students from Modesto City Schools have been invited to attend an outreach event by the justices of the Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District, who will hear oral argument in two criminal cases.

Supreme Court Committee Seeks Public Comment on Draft Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinion

March 28, 2018

The California Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions invites public comment on a draft opinion on whether a judge may give an educational presentation to a specialty bar association.

Categories: CA Supreme Court

Civil Justice Reform in California Courts

March 20, 2018

Excerpted from the State of the Judiciary Address, presented to the Legislature on March 19, 2018.

2018 State of the Judiciary Address: Chief Justice calls for Civil Justice Reform Initiative

March 20, 2018

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye presented her annual State of the Judiciary Address to the Legislature on March 19, 2018.

Categories: Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye