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

Students of color learn about Justice Patricia Guerrero’s path to the bench and her role as a member of the state’s high court

Juror Appreciation Week this year is May 9–13, one way the California courts thank these citizens for fulfilling their obligation and making the justice system work. Learn about judicial branch initiatives to improve the jury system in California.

Justice Guerrero will participate in the court’s next oral argument session beginning April 5.

Strategies include providing court users with remote options at various stages of jury service

On Jan. 1, hundreds of new laws go into effect, including many that will protect the public and improve access to justice for all Californians. Here are a few worth noting.

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

The California Supreme Court on June 2 honored the life of Justice Cruz Reynoso, the first Latino state Supreme Court justice in California history.

Hundreds of new laws went into effect Jan. 1, including many that will protect the public and improve access to justice for all Californians.

Highlights and key statistics from the 2019-2020 court year.

Over the past week, justices of the California Supreme Court have reflected on the personal impact U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had on their lives and careers.

"It feels impossible to overestimate the importance that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had on my generation of female lawyers and jurists," wrote Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye. "She was one of ours."

Fellow California Supreme Court justices paid tribute to Justice Chin before his last oral argument, which was held by videoconference.