Category Archives: Style

San Francisco Collaborative Courts Celebrate Graduates, Give Hope to Families

Specialty courts offer treatment, social services, and educational support to defendants dealing with drug addiction, mental illness, and other challenges By Blaine Corren Mar 17, 2025 One late afternoon recently in San Francisco, a modest auditorium slowly filled with people eager to find their seats. Some wore suits or uniforms, but most wore long black robes […]

California High School Students Compete to Become 2025 State Mock Trial Championship Team

32 counties to participate in finals March 14-16 in Los Angeles for shot at national championship By Karen Datangel Mar 11, 2025 Update (Mar. 17, 2025): Trinity Pacific Christian School in Ventura County will once again represent the state of California as the winner of the statewide finals and will advance to the National High School […]

Women’s History Month: Celebrating the First Female Judicial Officers in California

This month, California courts and the Judicial Council of California join the nation in recognizing Women’s History Month by commemorating the first women judges and justices at each state court level By Karen Datangel Mar 3, 2025 In our first Women’s History Month feature, read profiles of four women who helped advance equality in the state of […]

Women’s History Month: Recognizing the Suffragettes of California

Paying tribute to four women who made history in the legal field and helped advance women’s rights in California By Karen Datangel Mar 4, 2024 Read our second Women’s History Month feature on the female judicial officers that broke barriers in California. This month, California courts and the Judicial Council of California join the nation in recognizing […]

USCIS Waives COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Adjustment of Status Applicants

Release Date  01/22/2025 Effective Jan. 22, 2025, USCIS is waiving any and all requirements that applicants for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident present documentation on their Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, that they received the COVID-19 vaccination. USCIS will not issue any Request for Evidence or […]