(Subscription required) The current pay ranges from $110 to $130 per hour. By comparison, the federal court system pays $172 per hour for panel attorneys to do this work. The State Public Defender's Office and county public defenders all offer more competitive pay. Compounding the problem is that today's young lawyers are typically saddled with debt and there is no mechanism for student loan forgiveness for working on a project panel.

The calendar includes cases involving the Indian Child Welfare Act, youth offender parole, a seven-figure discovery sanction, and an appellate procedure issue.

Our new mathematical analysis of the court’s decisions from the 2022-2023 session shows just how much it makes sense to think of this Supreme Court as a 3-3-3 court — one whose divides are driven not just by ideology, but a range of other legal considerations as well.

The project is part of a partnership between Napa County Health & Human Services, the city of Napa, and Mentis to provide additional housing for adults with severe mental illness and who are at risk of being homeless, according to a statement from Mentis, the effort's lead agency. The site will house six residents who will be referred to the program through Napa County as part of the new system known as CARE Court, said Mentis.