The Tracy City Council will put more pressure on the state to release funding for a new courthouse that could serve south San Joaquin County. During Tuesday’s regular meeting, the council voted unanimously to send a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom in support of building a new courthouse in Tracy.

The California Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions (CJEO) invites public comment on a draft formal opinion addressing when former mentors in the California Judicial Mentor Program (CJMP) must disclose a past mentorship or disqualify themselves if a former mentee appears before them.

(Subscription required) While California law school deans want the state bar to adopt the National Conference of Bar Examiners' NextGen exam, some at the agency are watching with interest as Nevada prepares to launch its own test.

The Court of Appeal has reversed a portion of a judgment against the City of Norwalk in an action for catastrophic injuries suffered by a passenger on a bus who hit her head on a metal seat frame and dropped to the floor when the driver suddenly started up while she was walking to the front, holding that a $1.6 million award for future medical costs, stemming in part from expert testimony that was based on three phone calls, cannot stand.