Juror Appreciation Week this year is May 11-15. It’s one way California courts recognize citizens for making the justice system work. Learn about initiatives to improve the juror experience in California.

(Subscription required) By any measure, civil discovery is supposed to be the engine of truth in American litigation. In practice, however, over many years it has become something else entirely: bloated, combative, expensive and often untethered from the merits of the case. Now, a coalition led by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lawrence P. Riff is attempting something far more ambitious than another round of calls for civility. They are trying to change the culture itself.

(Subscription required) A California appellate court declined to review bids by the City of Los Angeles and the state seeking to block key Palisades Fire liability claims, allowing broader discovery to proceed in the coordinated litigation involving more than 10,000 residents, businesses and insurers.

The American Bar Association is poised to eliminate or pare down three separate diversity and non-discrimination requirements from its law school accreditation standards, saying those provisions threaten both the organization’s federal recognition and the national ​system of law school oversight.