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Writ petition advances to require electronic recording of some court proceedings for indigent litigants

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The Supreme Court today said it would decide the merits of Family Violence Appellate Project v. Superior Courts , a writ petition seeking to add an exception to Government Code section 69957 (a), which prohibits in most cases the “use [of] electronic recording technology or equipment. Desta (2018) 5 Cal.5th ” ( Id.

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Path To Well-Being In Law Podcast: Episode 6 – Tim Carroll & Margaret Odgen

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Margaret Ogden serves as the Wellness Coordinator in the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, where she’s tasked with improving the mental health and wellbeing of Virginians in the legal profession through education, regulation and outreach. Bree, would you be so kind as to introduce our guests?

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“An argument for zero-based state constitutional interpretation”

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Nick Scheuerman writes on SCOCAblog , the online publication of the California Constitution Center at Berkeley Law and of the UC Law Journal , that “the California Supreme Court generally does not interpret the California constitution independently [of the federal constitution]. Instead, the state high court generally follows the U.S.