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The California Supreme Court has appointed Nisha K. Shah, deputy director of litigation at the California Habeas Corpus Resource Center (HCRC), as interim executive director of that agency effective Feb. 16.

"His unwavering commitment to justice and fairness has earned him the respect and admiration of his colleagues and the broader legal community," Chief Justice Guerrero said.

Highlights and key statistics from the 2022–2023 court year.

Court rejects proposed changes to moral character application process and for State Bar training programs; approves amendments to rule governing suspending attorney licenses for failure to pay child or family support.

The California Supreme Court revived a special tradition on Tuesday, filling its audience for oral argument with 80 students from San Diego high schools.

The Supreme Court will hold an oral argument session on June 27, with all justices and counsel participating remotely.

Court will host its first oral argument outreach session since the pandemic, to include students from high schools serving unhoused youth and those aspiring to be first-generation college graduates.

Justice Kelli Evans also sworn in as an associate justice of the California Supreme Court

Public hearing Aug. 26 will be broadcast live from the California Courts Newsroom.

By UCLA Law News

Former California Supreme Court Justice John A. Arguelles, a member of the Class of 1954, died at his home on April 10. He was 94.

Arguelles was the first UCLA Law alumnus to serve on the state’s highest court and only the second Hispanic Justice on the court.

Guerrero is the first Latina justice to serve on the state's high court. She was sworn in by Governor Newsom on March 28, 2022.