(Subscription required) Since taking the bench in January 2021, Djemal has mainly worked on criminal matters and is currently one of two judges handling collaborative courts. These help people with drug and alcohol addictions get into treatment and out of the justice system.

(Subscription required) JAMS President Kimberly Taylor said she was initially surprised to hear that the court’s case filings were down based on the healthy growth the ADR provider has seen nationally in both mediation and arbitration. In the San Francisco Bay Area, in particular, Taylor said, arbitrations are “up a lot.”

The Judicial Council at its November 17 meeting will receive a report summarizing the activities of a working group established to identify, refine, and enhance successful court practices that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Subscription required) Jurors are motivated by a combination of “core values,” which are the fundamental beliefs and highest personal priorities that motivate us to decide an issue of major consequence, including who prevails at trial, according to IMS Expert Services' Chris Ritter.