Federal Public Defender is hiring and moving into LA Times Building
The Office of the Federal Public Defender, Central District of California, is on an aggressive hiring campaign and will reloca...
Justice Sonia Sotomayor brings message of civic engagement to Los Angeles
Appearing before high school students, college audiences and law students in a daylong series of events organized by the Calif...
Why voir dire lessons can't wait until the first trial
Jury selection can determine a trial's outcome, yet most lawyers don't learn voir dire until they're in court. Southwestern La...
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Bar examiners, associations oppose move to multistate exam
A survey shows most Board of Trustees and Committee of Bar Examiners members favor developing a new California-specific exam, aligning them with bar associations but putting them at odds with law school deans.
Six law schools record perfect bar pass rates in July
The July bar exam results mark the first scores since California returned to the traditional multistate format following February's troubled rollout of a new exam.
Bar Exam pass rate rises to 3-year high -- but Kim Kardashian falls short
More than half of those who took the July 2025 California Bar Exam passed, marking the highest summer success rate in three years and the bar's first return to the national Multistate Bar Exam since February's troubled rollout of a state-specific test.