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News Release - October 23, 2019

Chief Justice Receives Sandra Day O'Connor Award

Chief is recognized for her leadership on advancing civics education for all California students.
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News Release - January 14, 2021

Commission Confirms Appointment to Court of Appeal

Justice Truc T. Do is the first Asian American woman justice on the Fourth District Court of Appeal. 
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News Release - August 23, 2018

Commission Confirms Appointments to Courts of Appeal

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced that the commission today confirmed six appointments by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. to the Courts of Appeal.
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News Release - July 26, 2018

Commission Confirms Appointments to Courts of Appeal

SAN FRANCISCO—Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced that the commission today confirmed four appointments to the Courts of Appeal.
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News Release - February 28, 2019

Chief Justice Announces Winners of 2019 Civic Learning Awards

California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye announced today the recipients of the 2018-2019 Civic Learning Awards to 92 schools, the most award recipients in the program’s history.  
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The Chief Justice congratulates students at Orange County's Lexington Junior High School, one of three winners of the top civics award.

News Release - December 13, 2018

Educators Bring Judges into the Classroom

When Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye started her Civic Learning Initiative in 2013, she discovered that little time was devoted to teaching civics in California K-12 public schools, with no plans to bring it back.
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Shasta County Judge Stephen Baker showed teachers the resources available for creating lessons about the courts.

News Release - November 26, 2018

Commission Confirms Five Appointments to Courts of Appeal

Appointments were confirmed to the First, Third and Fourth Appellate Districts.
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Justice Stuart Pollak, as Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Four (San Francisco)

News Release - February 21, 2018

Los Angeles and San Diego County Schools Receive Top Awards for Their Civic Education Programs

Over 70 California public schools from throughout the state also honored by this year’s Civic Learning Awards, co-sponsored by Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye.
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News Release - January 17, 2018

Chief Justice Designates Elwood G. Lui as Administrative Presiding Justice of Second Appellate District

Lui becomes California's first Asian-American administrative presiding justice.
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Justice Elwood Lui is sworn in by Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye.

News Release - September 21, 2017

Federal and State Courts Collaborate on Civic Education for Constitution Day

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye was the keynote speaker at a Constitution Day event held at the U.S. District Court in Sacramento.
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News Release - March 5, 2020

Civic Learning Awards Honor 75 California Schools

Seventy-five public schools were honored with Civic Learning Awards, which are co-sponsored by the Chief Justice and State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond

News Release - November 25, 2019

Chief Justice Appoints New Members to Power of Democracy Steering Committee

Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye appointed five new members to the Power of Democracy Steering Committee, the governing body of her Civic Learning Initiative that aims to improve civic learning and engagement in California.
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