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Starting Monday, March 2, North County residents will no longer be required to drive to downtown San Diego to file their probate matters.

Court of Appeal in Fresno spearheads projects to modernize and expand access to justice for Californians appealing their cases.

To prepare for potential emergencies, the Orange County court collaborated with Cal State Fullerton to practice using the campus’s emergency operations center as a makeshift courtroom.

Video Series: Council members explain what the Judicial Council does and why it exists.

Hundreds of children awaiting adoption got their day in court and their forever families during the month of November.

A Q&A with Steve Binder, a 2018 Distinguished Service Award recipient from San Diego whose innovative court model started a nationwide movement.

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.

The Judicial Council at its November 29–30 meeting approved changes to rules of court that govern appointed counsel in death penalty appeals and habeas corpus proceedings.

At its Sept. 20–21 business meeting, the Judicial Council heard a report on how the judicial branch will help implement Senate Bill 10, recently signed legislation that will eliminate money bail for criminal defendants.

At its July 20 business meeting, the Judicial Council approved funding for the state’s 58 trial courts, including $47.8 million in new funding to boost the budgets of the neediest courts.

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye has appointed three new voting members and four new advisory (nonvoting) members to the Judicial Council, the policymaking body of the California courts.