The four South Bay students are part of Justice For All, a court-watching endeavor they started as freshmen and sophomores — Corbu at Evergreen Valley High, and the other three at Leland High — to get acclimated to what was going on in the halls of justice, or as is the case in San Jose, the Hall of Justice. The students are not merely watching.

(Subscription required) San Diego County Superior Court Judge Lilys D. McCoy brings compassion, patience and a lifelong commitment to learning to juvenile dependency court, where she balances protecting children with helping families find a path toward reunification.

As part of the 2026 Judicial Workload Study, the updated parameters adjust the judicial work year, the judicial workday value, and caseweights - the amount of judicial time certain types of cases require. The parameters are periodically updated to accurately reflect judicial workload.

(Subscription required) A handful of states so far have successfully passed laws addressing transparency disclosures on employers’ use of artificial intelligence, and a subset of those also call for human oversight. The measures are intended to help prevent algorithmic discrimination and ensure data privacy protections. California’s legislative session gave the human-in-the-loop concept a significant boost, with an upfront mandate for human input.