(Subscription required) Despite the first round of incentives in February, court reporter vacancies “have remained relatively unchanged, with the number of court reporters leaving court service continuing to outpace the number of new court reporters entering court service,” the court stated.

In 2023, white justices made up 81% of state high court benches. But given the nation’s changing makeup, the figure means they are now overrepresented by 22 percentage points.

(Subscription required) Embattled constitutional scholar John Eastman on Tuesday returned to the California State Bar Court stand, where prosecutors in his professional misconduct case confronted him for more than four hours on his claims that the 2020 election was rife with illegalities.

(Subscription required) If a potential juror works in a restaurant the judge might ask: "What type of restaurant is it?" "What's your best dish?" or "Do you have a secret you can tell us?" That way, Carter said, "They relax, they get to talk, and the attorneys get a chance to actually know the person."