(Subscription required) Drawing on more than two decades in dependency court, Superior Court Commissioner Caitlin C. Taylor approaches juvenile justice with an emphasis on listening, education and accountability, encouraging minors to think about school, careers and life beyond the courtroom.

“We focus on some of the nitty-gritty work of democracy that's not as election-focused,” Joel Snyder said of his curriculum. “Then hopefully we are able to turn those skills into an argument for why their legislators matter, which translates to voting in the future.”

On April 20, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc. Sacramento Chapter and the Wiley W. Manuel Bar Association hosted High School Legislative Day, an immersive civic engagement program designed to help students understand how ideas become laws and why their voices matter in the political process.

(Subscription required) The Commission on Judicial Performance has now disciplined Superior Court Judge Thomas Griego twice in two years for "demeaning, impatient and undignified" behavior.