Cheryl Miller

Sacramento

Senior Writer at The Recorder (California)

A chronicle of the intersection of state politics and legal policy by Cheryl Miller of The Recorder and http://t.co/UbhcvNhtiH

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Articles

Ex-Court Commissioner Disciplined for Ex Parte Chats, Talks

3 days ago | law.com | Cheryl Miller

A former court commissioner was admonished by California's judicial watchdog agency for improper ex parte conversations with litigants during his brief tenure at the Calaveras County Superior Court. Bradley W. Sullivan violated several canons when he texted a litigant with a pending case before him and talked to other parties inside the court's self-help center while he was wearing his judicial robe, the Commission of Judicial Performance said in an admonishment order released Friday.
Bar Leaders Want to Provisionally License Those Who Withdrew From or Failed February Exam

6 days ago | law.com | Cheryl Miller

California bar trustees on Friday endorsed provisionally licensing 1,700 people who failed the February bar exam—plus another 1,300 who withdrew before it started—and opened the door to other potential remedies for those who took the botched test. In an 8-3 vote, trustees backed a committee of examiners' recommendation to give the targeted test takers a restricted license to practice law under supervision for up to two years or until they pass the bar exam.
Newsom Chooses Three to Fill Appellate Court Vacancies, Names 12 Trial Court Judges

1 week ago | law.com | Cheryl Miller

Gov. Gavin Newsom tapped the ranks of court and government lawyers for his latest round of judicial picks, which include three nominees to the state's courts of appeal. Newsom will seek to promote Associate Justice Helen Zukin of the Second District Court of Appeal's Division Four to presiding justice of that same Los Angeles-based division. Zukin has served as an appellate justice since 2023 and was previously a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge for five years.
California's Bar Exam Debacle Carries High Price Tag

1 week ago | law.com | Cheryl Miller

California's move to a remote bar exam, once touted as a budget-saving move, will end up costing the state bar millions of dollars more than expected this year in the aftermath of the botched February test.
California State Bar Sues Testing Vendor Over Botched February Exam

1 week ago | law.com | Cheryl Miller

California's state bar on Monday sued the vendor that administered its disastrous February 2025 bar exam, accusing the testing company of misleading agency leaders about its technical and proctoring capabilities. The complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, said ProctorU Inc., doing business as Meazure Learning, impressed state bar officials last year with assurances from company executives that its platform had handled much larger exams.
Pass Rate on California's February 2025 Bar Exam Hits Historically High 56%

1 week ago | law.com | Cheryl Miller

Nearly 56% of those who took California's calamitous February 2025 bar exam passed, setting a historically high pass rate for the winter administration of the test. The success rate, posted by the state bar Monday morning, rivals those set on past July exams, which include far more first-time test-takers who traditionally score higher on the notoriously difficult test. By comparison, fewer than 34% of applicants passed California's February 2024 exam.
California Supreme Court Lowers Passing Score on February Bar Exam, Orders Return to Multistate Exam in July

1 week ago | law.com | Cheryl Miller

Citing the "particular issues" that created a chaotic Feburary 2025 bar exam, California's Supreme Court on Friday lowered the raw score needed to pass the test and ordered the state bar to return to using the National Conference of Bar Examiners' Multistate Bar Exam for the upcoming July exam. Those who took the general bar exam will need at least 534 points on the essay, performance test and multiple-choice sections of the exam to reach a passing scaled score of 1390, the one-page order said.
Leah Wilson to Step Down as State Bar Executive Director

2 weeks ago | law.com | Cheryl Miller

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
State Bar Defends AI Use on Bar Exam, Asks Calif. Supreme Court to Lower Passing Score

2 weeks ago | law.com | Cheryl Miller

In a late-night filing, the state bar asked the California Supreme Court on Tuesday to reduce the raw score needed to pass the February bar exam, acknowledging that test takers experienced "unacceptable technological issues." The 65-page petition did not address key issues, however, about the bar's use of generative artificial intelligence to craft some test questions, even after the high court demanded answers last week.
State Bar May Delay Release of February Exam Results

2 weeks ago | law.com | Cheryl Miller

California's state bar late Monday warned those who took the February bar exam that the agency may not post their test results on Friday, a release date scheduled months ago. In an email to applicants, the bar's admissions office noted that the agency has not yet filed its response to the California's Supreme Court April 24 order for information on how and why artificial intelligence was used to develop some of the questions on the February test.