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Feature - May 19, 2020
Since April, the state Supreme Court rolled a large screen television into its San Francisco courtroom to conduct oral arguments.
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Feature - April 22, 2020
State Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar joined Butte County high students on a mock trial presentation and discussion about careers in the law.
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Feature - December 23, 2019
Forty attorneys from the California Supreme Court and First Appellate District in San Francisco joined forces this year to log hundreds of hours of volunteer legal work.
Feature - November 19, 2019
KRON4 journalist Pam Moore takes a look at the Chief Justice's tenure leading California's judicial branch.
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Feature - October 7, 2019
A look back at highlights of the court's 2018-2019 year.
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Feature - June 17, 2019
In a commentary, Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar reflects on growing up in the Imperial Valley and progress achieved through the Keeping Kids in School and Out of Court Initiative.
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Feature - July 28, 2020
Fellow California Supreme Court justices paid tribute to Justice Chin before his last oral argument, which was held by videoconference.
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Feature - December 13, 2016
The Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions (CJEO) issued oral advice that judges must follow a new law prohibiting compensation for solemnizing a marriage--legislation effective January 1, 2017, changes the law.
Feature - November 30, 2016
The Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions (CJEO) issued oral advice that a judge may administer the oath of office to a newly elected district attorney. CJEO Oral Advice Summary 2016-018 concludes that because judges are authorized by law to administer the oath of office that all public office holders are required to take under the California Constitution, doing so is an official function of judicial office.
Feature - November 17, 2016
The full text of the order contains a preamble, the order, and reads:
PREAMBLE The court has reviewed the request of the State Bar of California for a special regulatory assessment, filed September 30, 2016; the supplemental submission...
Feature - July 7, 2016
Recent U.S. Supreme Court's Williams v. Pennsylvania case applies a disqualification standard for former prosecutors similar to earlier California Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions (CJEO) advice—CJEO extends its advice to service in a prior conviction.
Feature - May 20, 2016
Public comment helps the Supreme Court of California’s Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions draft advisory opinions on ethics issues of importance to California’s judges—it also helps them decide whether to publish an opinion or redraft based on the comments received.
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