Justice Amy Coney Barrett laid out in personal terms on Tuesday the reasons she said Congress should approve a roughly 10% annual budget increase for the U.S. Supreme Court to bolster security, telling lawmakers about threats that she and her family ​have recently faced.

In celebration of the council’s 100th anniversary, former California Chief Justices and Judicial Council Administrative Directors offered their perspectives on the importance of the council and its mission to enhance access to justice. Former California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye shares her thoughts on the successes and challenges of her tenure as part of the 100-year history of the council.

(Subscription required) Less than nine months after joining the State Bar Court, Judge Alison R. Worthington on Monday laid out a detailed roadmap for what could become one of the court's longest attorney discipline trials in recent years. She set a 35-day trial and imposed strict procedures designed to keep the sprawling disciplinary prosecution of four Downtown L.A. Law Group attorneys on schedule.

(Subscription required) California's state bar has settled its lawsuit with the vendor the agency accused of mishandling the rollout and administration of the botched February 2025 bar exam, the bar announced Monday. Alabama-based Meazure Learning will pay $5.25 million to resolve claims that it oversold its ability to deliver a largely remote lawyer-licensing exam to thousands of applicants and will waive $1.36 million in outstanding invoices submitted for work on the February 2025 test.