A new California Supreme Court ruling changes what happens when a court reporter is unavailable, allowing courts to use electronic recordings to ensure some low-income civil litigants can obtain a verbatim record for an appeal.

A State Bar investigation of the law practice of John Minnella of Tustin began in 2024 after a former client filed a complaint, alleging he paid $4,500 for a work permit through an asylum application, which he never received.

The California Supreme Court threw out a guilty plea from a woman who did not understand that a conviction would jeopardize her immigration status.

San Mateo County Superior Court is inviting local educators to schedule visits that will bring judges, attorneys and other law enforcement leaders into classrooms across the county as part of a statewide civic education initiative. The court will focus its visits during Constitution Month in September, with the goal of reaching at least 250 K-12 public school students by the end of 2026.