Search results

May 9-13 is Juror Appreciation Week, but courts are making the jury system better all year with check-in kiosks, text reminders, and web-based services.

Clara Shortridge Foltz was a trial lawyer and a pioneer of the Women’s Suffrage Movement. 

Did you know that May is National Foster Care Month? Learn about how one court-driven program makes an impact on the lives of foster youth.

Videoconference technology helps deliver self-help services remotely and increases a court's outreach.

California’s 75 teen courts let youth face a jury of their peers—and steer cases away from the juvenile justice system.

A paralegal in Los Angeles County Superior Court's self-help center receives recognition for her commitment to service.

Webcasts of the court’s oral arguments have been accessed more than 44,000 times since it began streaming them last year.

More than 150 judges, court managers and IT professionals came together in Sacramento last week to find new ways to harness technologies to offer better service and access to the public.

The Judicial Council on Thursday voted to proclaim November “Court Adoption and Permanency Month," when many California courts will dedicate extra courtrooms and judges to settling large numbers of adoption cases.

First held in Los Angeles in 2002, these events help court in several counties stay connected to their community.

With dozens of Santa Barbara court employees cut off by mudslides, an unusual partnership with a neighboring county helps keep the court running.

In the wake of wildfires that devastated parts of California’s Wine Country last October, nearly 100 civil lawsuits were filed against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. alleging the utility had a role in sparking the blaze. The answer to this influx was civil case coordination.