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Supreme Court will conference a day early and close on Thursday and Friday

Conference recap — Part II

Supreme Court grants review in litigation-costs-waiver case — Part I of conference recap

Another dissenting statement in a Racial Justice Act/systemic racism case

Is a Supreme Court amicus brief application ever premature after review is granted?

Justice Kruger judges Harvard moot court finals

Supreme Court sets up possible trials on systemic racism in California’s criminal justice system

December calendar has only two cases [Updated with pro tem assignments]

Supreme Court will decide water quality case [Updated]

Pro tems are rare at Supreme Court conferences

Supreme Court posts AI warning

6-1 Supreme Court strikes down statute that could inhibit complaints against police officers

Supreme Court is closed Tuesday for Veterans Day

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Supreme Court will conference a day early and close on Thursday and Friday

Conference recap — Part II

Supreme Court grants review in litigation-costs-waiver case — Part I of conference recap

Another dissenting statement in a Racial Justice Act/systemic racism case

Is a Supreme Court amicus brief application ever premature after review is granted?

Justice Kruger judges Harvard moot court finals

Supreme Court sets up possible trials on systemic racism in California’s criminal justice system

December calendar has only two cases [Updated with pro tem assignments]

Supreme Court will decide water quality case [Updated]

Pro tems are rare at Supreme Court conferences

Supreme Court posts AI warning

6-1 Supreme Court strikes down statute that could inhibit complaints against police officers

Supreme Court is closed Tuesday for Veterans Day

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Conference recap — Part II

Supreme Court grants review in litigation-costs-waiver case — Part I of conference recap

Supreme Court will decide water quality case [Updated]

A no-straight-grant conference

Wednesday’s conference recap — Part II

Supreme Court will hear prison credits, condemned prisoner resentencing cases — Part I [Updated]

Fourth straight no-straight-grant conference

Yet another no-straight-grant conference

Another no-straight-grant conference

Conference recap wrap up

No straight grants at this week’s conference

Supreme Court un-holds and agrees to decide another forum selection case

No straight grants at the term’s last conference

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Is a Supreme Court amicus brief application ever premature after review is granted?

Warning to grant-and-hold counsel: lead-case remittitur may be closer than it appears

“The California Supreme Court’s average time from briefing to oral argument 2023–24”

The Chief Justice on remote arguments, issue percolation, rescue missions, and opinion length [Updated with photo]

Supreme Court affirms and also disapproves Court of Appeal decision in wobbler case

Supreme Court wants you to not incorporate prior briefing

“Rescue missions”: the Supreme Court sometimes is an error-correction body

Don’t split your oral argument time — a caveat

Don’t split your oral argument time [Updated]

Former Chief Justice talks about inter-branch tensions, gives practice tips, and advocates for raising State Bar dues at bar association program

Captioning Supreme Court documents

The necessity — or not — of preserving issues for Supreme Court review

UC Law SF offers moot courts to prepare for Supreme Court arguments

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