Reports and Guidelines

Joint Committee Genetic Testing Guidelines, Biomedical Ethics (January 28, 2009)

LACBA Pro Bono Policy

Judicial Evaluations (2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006)

Guidelines for Forgoing Life-Sustaining Treatment for Adult Patients:

• March 2006 (pdf format)
• Addendum: Guidelines for Minor Patients, (PDF format)
• Participation in Clinical Drug or Device Trials: Guidelines for the Community Physician

Supervising Judges speak on Recent Developments in the Court's Family Law Program, and in the Central Civil Court at January 2004 Bench-Bar Committee Meeting. (PDF format)

Bench Bar Committee Meeting with Judge Wendell Mortimer   (PDF format) (Minutes of the Bench Bar Committee, Sept. 24, 2003) 

Bench-Bar Committee Meeting with Judge William McLaughlin (Minutes of the Bench Bar Committee, May 20, 2003)

Judicial Branch Budget Crisis - A joint letter from the Los Angeles County Bar Association and other Los Angeles area associations. (in PDF format)   (May 16, 2003)

Blue Ribbon Task Force Report on Rampart: (PDF format)Recommendations for Improving the California Justice System in the Wake of the Rampart Scandal (April 2003) (in PDF format, 30 pages)

Minimum Standards for Los Angeles Legal Employer Support of Jury Service (Adopted March 26, 2003) 

Guidelines for the Community Physician re Participation in Clinical Drug or Device Trials 

Guidelines for the Conduct of Campaigns for Judicial Office (October 2002)

Superior Court Addresses Budget Crunch and Court-Ordered Mediations    (Minutes of the Bench Bar Committee, October 3, 2002)

Guidelines for the Judiciary Committee

Blue-Ribbon Commission Superior Court Improvement Initiative (2000 Final Report) (in PDF format, 16 pages)

Guidelines for Neutrals (1999)

Blue-Ribbon Commission Superior Court Improvement Initiative (1998 Interim Report) (in PDF format, 27 pages) 

Professionalism Guidelines for Family Law Practitioners (in PDF format) (January 1996)

Litigation Guidelines (in PDF format (April 1989)