Starting next month, each of California’s 286,000 attorneys will have to swear each year to “strive to conduct myself at all times with dignity, courtesy and integrity” or risk losing their license to practice law. Unless, that is, the oath is found to unduly restrict freedom of speech, an argument that may find some support in the state Supreme Court, which would have the last word.

(Subscription required) A group of Apache women has filed an emergency request to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to stop the development of a Native religious site for a large new copper mine, calling it a last chance to "prevent this generational tragedy."

After studying a nationally recognized program in Nashville, Tennessee, San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus and his department are finalizing plans for a new program at the Glen Helen Rehabilitation Center that will connect inmates afflicted with mental health and substance use disorders to essential services and housing after they are released.

The Judicial Council has prepared a Notice of Preparation (NOP) to provide an opportunity to comment on the scope and proposed content of the Environmental Impact Report. The NOP provides the location, a brief description, and a summary of the potential environmental impacts of the proposed project.