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Bench & Bar: August 6

Aug. 6, 2026




Bench & Bar: July 30

Jul. 30, 2026

California's latest jury selection reforms, mounting judicial shortages, and new limits on blanket judicial challenges are res...





Bench & Bar: July 23

Jul. 23, 2026

This week's perspectives: patchwork resentencing under scrutiny, a $6.5 million judgment undone by one letter, and ten steps t...




Bench & Bar: July 16

Jul. 16, 2026

This week's episode examines transgender rights at the Supreme Court, inadvertent disclosure and attorney disqualification, an...





Bench & Bar: July 8

Jul. 8, 2026

Citation wars, a ghost lawyer and an AI confession -- all in this week's Bench & Bar.




Bench & Bar: July 2

Jul. 2, 2026





Bench & Bar: June 24

Jun. 24, 2026

The legal profession's reputation, a Shakespeare misquote and the hidden cost of a landmark deal -- all in this week's Bench &...




Bench & Bar: June 17

Jun. 17, 2026

This week's Bench & Bar covers courtroom rhetoric, construction defect reform, and the hidden labor of caregiving.





Bench & Bar: June 11

Jun. 11, 2026

This week's Bench & Bar covers discovery reform, legal malpractice, and the financial reckoning facing college football.



Three columns from the Daily Journal's Perspectives section examine why judges who sign proposed orders with unverified AI cit...




Three columns from the Daily Journal's Perspectives section examine why a child safety conference was dominated by corporate l...



Three columns from the Daily Journal's Perspectives section examine where AI verification obligations land on the bench, how h...