Div. Three of the First District Court of Appeal held yesterday that a defendant seeking discovery from prosecutors under the Racial Justice Act—including requests for the date, name, race, and addresses of persons charged with similar offenses and allegations to those found in his charging documents—may meet the good cause standard for ordering such disclosures based on county-wide statistical information without any case-specific evidence of bias.

His journey from under-performing on the Contracts section of the bar to being a California Supreme Court justice was a great “even we giants struggle” moment that may help some students push through roadblocks in their bar prep.

The June 10 lecture is expected to include a discussion of “the role of the courts in these turbulent times — in particular, how the judiciary can perform effectively in the face of difficult political constraints and threats, as well as the important role that non-legal factors — including institutional norms and civic activism — must play in safeguarding the rule of law.”

When provided with minimal demographic information on their opponents, AI chatbots — known as large language models (LLMs) — were able to adapt their arguments and be more persuasive than humans in online debates 64 percent of the time, according to a study published in Nature Human Behavior.