(Subscription required) The California Judicial Council approved measures Friday to address a growing shortage of courtroom interpreters, despite objections from interpreters who warned that inadequate pay and increasing reliance on artificial intelligence threaten both their profession and access to justice. California courts face a workforce crisis similar to the shortage of court reporters: an aging profession, too few new entrants and competition from private employers offering higher pay. 

(Subscription required) Women of color are the fastest-growing group of new California attorneys but report the legal profession's lowest workplace satisfaction, according to the State Bar of California's 2026 diversity report card. The report on roughly 201,000 active attorneys found record diversity among new lawyers has not produced equal workplace experiences.

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge Monday by Serranus C. Hastings’ descendants to the removal of his name from San Francisco’s 148-year-old law school after revelations that he ordered troops to slaughter thousands of Native Americans in the 1860s.

Unlike most court proceedings, everyone in a CARE Court courtroom — judges, participants, family members, providers and county agencies — works toward the same objective: helping someone find a path to stability and hope, where perhaps that path previously was lost or difficult to find.