Friday, October 27, 2023

Chief chat

The Recorder has 'We Need Funding': CA Chief Justice Guerrero Says New Duties Come With Costs-- Former Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye praised the collegiality on the state's high court. "It's a commitment and a culture," she said.

  • California’s judicial branch will need more funding to handle the increased duties the Legislature and governor have given it, Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero said in a public question-and-answer session Thursday.
  • Guerrero was speaking at a Sacramento luncheon hosted by the Public Policy Institute of California. Cantil-Sakauye has been president and CEO of the think tank since leaving her post as head of the state judiciary in January. The audience included many law students, judicial officers and attorneys from the region.

California's new Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero said Thursday that one of her priorities for the state judiciary is to ensure judges understand the science of climate change, and explained why she believes artificial intelligence will never replicate the work of judges.
Chief Justice Guerrero said she doesn't know what the future of artificial intelligence will bring, but said she finds it fascinating, and that ChatGPT was "fun to try." "But I have not used it to write any of my opinions, nor do I intend to," the chief justice said. And addressing the audience of lawyers, she said, "Nor do I recommend that you do that for your briefs." 
The DJ has Moskovitz firm launches California Supreme Court Unit -- San Francisco-based Moskovitz Appellate Team has created a California Supreme Court Unit consisting of attorneys who have served as law clerks and research attorneys in the California Supreme Court.

The NLJ has The 2023 NLJ Awards: Professional Excellence—Appellate Hot List -- We salute these law firms and their lawyers for their success before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal appeals courts.

Blumberg Law has Seven Cases, Seven Different Attorneys for US at Supreme Court
An attorney from the Solicitor General’s Office is arguing in each of the seven cases scheduled to be heard during the November sitting that begins Oct. 30, and it will be a different one each time. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar will be at the lectern for a gun rights case on Nov. 7, which is typical in the highest profile arguments.

BASF's Appellate Law Section has two programs in November:

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