(Subscription required) A retired California judge who is participating in the state's temporary assigned judges program should not accept a job as the government affairs director for another state's attorney general, an ethics panel has decided, because the role would constitute impermissible "practice of law."

To date, Native American lifetime judges have only served in six states (Arizona, California, Maryland, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington), in addition to four Native Hawaiian lifetime judges who have only served on the District of Hawaii.

A group of state supreme court justices and state court administrators from across the country will examine lawyer licensing and whether law schools are adequately preparing students for real-world practice.

According to the California Courts website, the state pays jurors $15 every day starting on the second day of service if they are not compensated by their employers. People who are employed by governmental entities receive full pay and benefits from their employers while on jury duty.