Selma Moidel Smith died Friday at the age of 106. She became a member of the California bar over 82 years ago, in January 1943. Of relevance to California’s high court, was Selma’s special contributions to the California Supreme Court Historical Society. A long-time member of the board of directors, she took on the demanding jobs of editing both of the Society’s publications — its Journal and its Review (formerly the Newsletter) — and she started the Society’s student writing competition, which is now named for her.

Can youths who commit murder or other extremely violent crimes in California be sentenced to spend most of the rest of their lives in prison? The state Supreme Court will decide that issue — but without one of its usual participants, Attorney General Rob Bonta, who has abruptly withdrawn his support for longer sentences.

A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected claims that California violated the free speech rights of doctors who teach continuing medical education courses by mandating that they include information on implicit bias.

A woman has no right to be heard in her appellate challenge to a restraining order imposed on her, Div. One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has declared, invoking the doctrine of disentitlement based, atypically, on criminal misconduct on the part of the appellant rather than on actions or inaction directly in connection with the litigation.