(Subscription required) Of the 3,931 people who completed this year's February exam, 1,211 passed. The pass rates among repeat test-takers from three California law schools stood out.

The updates help minimize gender bias and create a more welcoming environment for transgender jurors, nonbinary jurors, or other jurors that may not identify with the traditional gender binary.

(Subscription required) U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts ruled that ICE failed to justify policies allowing arrests at immigration courthouses and waiving limits on short-term detention, finding both arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act. 

(Subscription required) California's top court ruled Thursday that courts are not required to credit defendants for aggregate time served before sentencing in separate cases, reversing a state appellate court decision.