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Revised budget proposal includes funding for a Judicial Council unit to provide training, technical assistance, and legal support to California’s trial courts on environmental and climate change issues.

Guide addresses more than 200 questions and topics related to facilities, personnel, jury management, case management and processing, and communications.

The formula forms the basis of the Judicial Needs Assessment, which estimates California needs an additional 173 judges.

The Judicial Council on Friday awarded millions of dollars to fund pretrial projects in 16 trial courts throughout the state.

The Judicial Council received a report on how the state’s trial courts used additional funding included in this fiscal year’s judicial branch budget to expand hours, reopen closed locations, and invest in new technology to increase access to justice for the public.

At its March 15 business meeting, the Judicial Council approved recommendations for updating guidelines for video remote interpreting (VRI) and voted to have its staff coordinate a new VRI program for the judicial branch.

Los Angeles County's effort to clear a backlog of children awaiting adoption more than 20 years ago is an annual event and started a national movement.

A Q&A with Judge Donna Groman, a 2018 Distinguished Service Award recipient, who overcame a tough childhood to become an advocate for California's at-risk youth.

Facing growing numbers of civil and family law litigants representing themselves, courts are expanding services offered through “self-help” centers.

In 2018, a number of new laws were created in the hope of expanding the rights of Californians through the court system.

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