(Subscription required) The percentage of U.S. federal civil cases filed by self-represented litigants hit 16.8% in 2025, marking a jump from the 2005-2022 average of 11%, and many of these more recent pro se cases involve AI-generated filings. Experts say courts must act, or the mounting caseloads will add even more strain to a judiciary already fatigued by growing workloads and underfunding.

It was the first time any of the justices answered questions from lawmakers since 2019, and the discussion before House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees quickly moved to other topics, including the court’s emergency docket, ethics rules and harsh rhetoric targeting the justices. 

Testing vendor Meazure Learning has agreed to pay $5.25 million to the State Bar of California to settle a lawsuit the agency filed after its problem-plagued February 2025 bar exam, ​the state bar said Monday.

(Subscription required) Orange County Superior Court Commissioner Sharon M. Anderson has spent more than three decades working almost exclusively in probate law. Now assigned to the court's Probate and Mental Health Division, she draws on that experience to handle conservatorship, guardianships, and other protective proceedings, focusing on preserving as much personal autonomy as possible while safeguarding vulnerable individuals.