Making the 9th Cir. a better place to work

See yesterday's Ninth Circuit Committee Issues Workplace Environment Report

And see today's DJ article: 9th Circuit issues workplace relations report -- A committee established by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals charged with investigating workplace conditions released a report Tuesday outlining changes it has implemented following a 2017 sexual harassment scandal that mired the court in controversy.

See also from the NLJ: 'Order in the Court!' New Federal Clerk Hiring Plan Is Off to Busy Start -- This week marks the beginning of a two-year pilot Federal Clerk Hiring Plan, under which participating judges will wait until June after a candidate's second-year of law school to interview and hire them as clerks. It replaces a previous plan that dissolved in 2014.

The MetNews reports on an odd en banc occurrence: Ninth Circuit Judges Get a Surprise at Argument: Deputy A.G. Agrees With Position of Inmate

Members of En Banc Panel Question Whether There Is Anything for Them to Decide