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Latest Council Action on Expedited Jury Trials

Feature - April 22, 2016

Making the Jury System More Efficient

The Judicial Council has revised rules of court and forms to help implement a statute that expands the use of expedited jury trials in California, effective July 1.

Judicial Council

Feature - May 10, 2016

Courts Use Technology to Improve Jury Service

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.

Feature - May 12, 2016

Courthouse Upgrades for Jurors

See how new and renovated courthouses are making jury service a more comfortable experience.

Courthouse Projects

Feature - May 8, 2017

Flexible Jury Duty

California courts are making jury service more convenient for jurors by working around their schedules when possible.

Jury Innovations

Plain-Language Jury Instructions

Feature - May 10, 2017

Plain-Language Jury Instructions Work

A recent study showed that test-jurors understood plain-language instructions better and reached a correct verdict significantly more often.

Jury Instructions Study

Peer Courts = Juror Training

Feature - May 14, 2018

Peer Courts = Juror Training

The Constitutional promise of being tried by a “jury of your peers” is taken to the extreme in peer courts, an alternative approach to the traditional juvenile justice system where teens judge other teens.

Jury Appreciation Week

Feature - May 23, 2018

Courts Celebrate Jurors

On May 14-18, courts celebrated the single largest cohort of court users in the nation—citizens appearing for jury duty.

Courts Use Technology to Improve Jury Service

One Day or One Trial

News Release - April 17, 2019

California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin H. Liu Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Founded in 1780, the academy is one of the nation’s most prestigious honor societies that recognizes global leaders across diverse fields who are addressing societal challenges and advancing the public good.

California Supreme Court

Feature - May 13, 2019

California Courts Appreciate Jurors

Juror Appreciation Week is one way the courts thank citizens for helping make the justice system work. See ways California courts aim to make the civic right and obligation of jury service more convenient.

One-day One-Trial Jury Service

Postponing Jury Service

Plain-language jury instructions

Technological Improvements