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Highlights and key statistics from the 2021–2022 court year.

State's top jurist to leave bench after 32 years—12 as chief justice—and 38 years of public service

Deadline to comment is August 1.

Supreme Court ethics committee issues guidance for judges about commenting on or endorsing legal education books written by others.

Tami Fisher named director; Steven Rosenberg to retire after nine years as director

Longtime director of Supreme Court’s Criminal Central Staff steps down; first Latina to head a court central staff named as successor.

California Supreme Court ethics committee issues expedited guidance for judges engaged in civics education activities about disqualifying from cases about school district mask and vaccine mandates.

On October 21, Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) hosted a virtual Conversation with Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye.

Highlights and key statistics from the 2020–2021 court year.

Link to Commission materials here. 

SAN FRANCISCO—The Commission on Judicial Appointments will hold a hearing today starting at 1 p.m. to consider the appointment of Justice Martin J. Jenkins (Ret.) to the Supreme Court of California.

Praised for his "brilliant intellect, first-class temperament, and boundless humanity," Justice Jenkins makes history as the first openly gay California Supreme Court justice and only the third African American man to serve on the state’s highest court.