Today's DJ has:
- 4 nominated to seats on courts of appeal; 10 named to superior courts -- Justice Tracie L. Brown was nominated for presiding justice of the 1st District Court of Appeal, Division 4. Judge Tari Cody of Ventura County has been nominated to the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6. Los Angeles County Judge Audra Mori was nominated to serve on the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 4. Judge Julia Kelety, on the San Diego County Superior Court since 2003, was nominated for the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 1.
- Retired Court of Appeal justice joins ADR Services Inc. -- Justice Thomas L. Willhite Jr. spent 30 years as a jurist and authored more than 2,000 opinions.
Fluent in Italian, Willhite has been a guest lecturer in comparative law at two Italian universities. “In March I’m going to the University of Bologna. I’m truly honored because it’s the oldest law school in the world,” Willhite said. “My hope is to do that about twice a year, taking two weeks and doing some lecturing over there.”
The Record has Governor Turns to Big Law Alums, Legislature for Latest Round of Judicial Nominations
The Wall St. Journal has Only Bad Writers Should Fear ChatGPT -- A lot of what we read is terrible. How could the robots do worse? -- which concludes:
Whether you want them or not, the robot-writers are coming. Soon we will be able to generate solid writing as easily as we use internet search engines. We’ll get practical results that work for practical purposes. But when something new or weighty needs to be shared, we will turn to human writers who have the gift of conveying the unexpressed thought in words that are original and artful. That’s the kind of writing humans should do—and if that’s our destiny, we should embrace it, even if fewer of us do the work.
Read the latest message from the Los Angeles Superior Court: Nation’s Largest Trial Court Offers Substantial Incentives to Retain and Recruit Official Court Reporters Amid Staffing Shortage; The Recorder has LA Superior Rolls Out Five-Figure Incentives to Attract Court Reporters -- Los Angeles official court reporters can qualify for retention pay, employee referral bonuses and help with student loans under a new program.
And see Report: Drop Statute of Limitations in State Judicial Misconduct Cases
Eliminating the disciplinary time frame was one of a number of provocative suggestions made by the committee, which was created by the Legislature in 2021 to recommend potential changes to how the Commission on Judicial Performance operates.
And retired LASC Judge Benny Osorio has (in The Recorder) Supreme Court To Decide If Stay Is Required Pending Arbitration Appeal
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