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The Joint Supreme Court/State Bar Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the California Bar Exam will develop recommendations on whether to make changes to the California Bar Exam.

"We can no longer abide the invisibility of Asian Americans in our nation’s discourse on racism and discrimination," Justice Goodwin Liu writes in the Los Angeles Times.

"We have continued to strive and struggle to balance equal access to justice with a safe physical and remote court environment, and to continue to conduct the people’s business amid the pandemic," the Chief Justice said.

Los Angeles County judges mentor attorneys through the process of applying for a judgeship, part of an effort to grow and diversify the bench locally and throughout California.

Supreme Court committee issues expedited guidance about a judge serving as a member of a governmental task force with a broad agenda.

Data show steady increase in women, and justices and judges of color over 15 years

A state Supreme Court committee issued an advisory opinion explaining when a judge may accept campaign contributions from a political action committee when the contribution includes funds from another political action committee organized and funded by court employees.

A state Supreme Court committee issued an expedited opinion providing guidance for judges who wish to exchange gifts with staff to celebrate holidays, birthdays, or other occasions.

A state Supreme Court committee issued expedited advice regarding whether an appellate court justice may accept the services of an attorney, who is an employee and incoming associate of a law firm, to temporarily work in the justice’s chambers. 

Draft opinion provides guidance to judges on advising family members on matters that implicate legal issues. Deadline to comment is March 22.

Thousands more law school graduates with qualifying prior bar exam scores will be able to work as fully licensed attorneys after completing supervised practice hours.

How the judicial branch kept courthouses open during a year of unprecedented challenges.