(Subscription required) After more than a decade handling family law cases, Commissioner James T. Atkins knows the limits of judicial intervention but remains committed to helping families navigate their most difficult conflicts.

Although substantial disparities remain, California’s attorneys continue to become more representative of the state population, with newly admitted attorneys the primary driver of this gradual progress.

(Subscription required) The appeals court ruled that California cannot require federal law enforcement officers to display their agency and badge numbers, finding that the law violates the constitutional principle of intergovernmental immunity.

The Commission on Judicial Appointments will hold public in-person hearings in San Francisco on Nov. 16 to consider two appointments to California’s Court of Appeal in San Francisco.