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The Judicial Council of California is the rule-making arm of the California court system. [1] In accordance with the California Constitution and under the leadership of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California, the council is responsible for "ensuring the consistent, independent, impartial, and accessible administration of justice."
The Judicial Council of California is the rule-making arm of the judiciary of California. [14] [15] Pursuant to this role, they have adopted the California Rules of Court as their regulations. The Judicial Council's staff is responsible for implementing council policies. [15]
In 1947, the state legislature directed the state judicial council to study the structure of the state's inferior courts. [15] The council's 1948 study found: "There are six separate and distinct types of inferior courts, totaling 767 in number, created and governed under varied constitutional, statutory, and charter provisions."
In 1998, California's municipal courts were merged into the superior courts. [1] [4] In 2000, the California Judicial Council, the policy making body of the California court system, [5] established Complex Civil Litigation Pilot Programs in a number of California county superior courts, including Orange County. The complex civil litigation ...
In 2002, the California Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) started the Second-Generation Electronic Filing Specification (2GEFS) project. [5]After a $200,000 consultant's report declared the project ready for a final push, the Judicial Council of California scrapped the program in 2012 after $500 million in costs.
On September 28, 2022, the Public Policy Institute of California announced that Cantil-Sakauye would become its president and chief executive officer, effective January 1, 2023. [4] On September 21, 2023, the Judicial Council of California voted unanimously to name the new Sacramento County courthouse after former Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye.
The California Commission on Judicial Appointments is a body of the government of California established in its current form in 1979 that is responsible for reviewing and confirming justices appointed by the Governor of California to the Supreme Court of California and judges appointed by the Governor to the California Courts of Appeal. [1]
Judicial Council may refer to: Canadian Judicial Council; Judicial council (United States) Judicial Council of California; New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct; Judicial Councils Reform and Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980; Kosovo Judicial Council; Supreme Judicial Council of Libya; Muslim Judicial Council; Supreme Judicial ...