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Courtroom information posted for Department 512 (Stanley Mosk Courthouse); the sheet itself is headed “Department 54”: general information (remote appearances except for trials); law and motion (tentative rulings posted online the afternoon before); discovery motions and informal discovery conferences; ex parte applications (each day at 8:30 am; filed by 10:00 am the court day before); case management; and trial procedures (final status conferences generally on a Friday at least 10 days before trial, and the documents to be provided before them).
Department 513's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse; formerly Department 53): civility and professionalism; settlement; motions (hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System); ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers; Local Rule 3.4(l)); court reporters; discovery disputes; the trial preparation order; electronically lodged documents that require the court's action; and less experienced attorneys - with the department's Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring; trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; a joint statement to be read to the jury; joint and contested jury instructions; verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; the trial binder).
Department 515's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): courtroom hours; civility; case management conferences (8:30 a.m.); scheduling motion hearings (reserved on the Court Reservation System); ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers); discovery disputes (informal discovery conferences at 11:00 a.m., Monday through Friday); the trial preparation order; less experienced attorneys; interpreters; and court reporters.
Department 516's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): civility and professionalism; mandatory e-filing; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, after the morning calendar; e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); hearings in general; case management conferences; law and motion (reserving the hearing date; text-searchable, bookmarked papers; withdrawing motions; motions to compel further responses; motions for summary judgment or adjudication); settlement and the court's settlement programs; non-compliance; tentative rulings (usually online by 4:00 p.m. the court day before); court reporters; final status conferences (frequently Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m., six days before a Monday trial); trial procedures (trials usually set on Mondays at 9:00 a.m.; meeting and conferring; trial briefs, motions in limine, the statement of the case, witness and exhibit lists, jury instructions, the verdict form, exhibits and digital devices); and trial (jury selection, jury fees, court reporters) - with the department's Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring; trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; a joint statement to be read to the jury; joint and contested jury instructions; verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; the trial binder).
Department 529's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): pre-trial information - ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.), telephonic and remote appearances through LACourtConnect, motions (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.; tentative rulings the afternoon before), informal discovery conferences (not required before a discovery motion); trial procedures (trials set for Mondays at 9:30 a.m.; final status conferences usually the Friday ten days before; a joint summary of testimony where no court reporter is provided); the final status conference; trial witnesses and the joint witness list; exhibits and the joint exhibit list; jury instructions; courtroom decorum; and alternative dispute resolution (the court's mediation programs).
Department 531's final trial preparation requirements (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), under S.C.L.A.C. Rule 3.25(f)-(h): general decorum; the statement of the case; jury selection (hardship and comfort questions prohibited; selecting fourteen jurors on stipulation; jury questionnaires); the exhibit list; motions in limine (with examples of impermissible ones); jury instructions; the witness list; direct and cross examination; closing argument; the verdict form; and post-verdict issues.
Courtroom information posted for Department 532 (Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 5th Floor, Room 532); the sheet itself is headed “Department 89”: courtroom hours; pre-trial information - filings (mandatory electronic filing since January 2, 2019), ex parte applications (filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before), continuances, case management, mediation and ADR, telephonic and video appearances, law and motion (hearing dates through the judicial assistant), tentative rulings (not posted online) and discovery; trial procedures (the jury typically at 9:00 a.m., counsel at 8:30 a.m.; a long cause trial package - time estimates, motions in limine, the joint witness list, joint exhibits list and exhibit books, jury instructions and verdict forms); and jury fees.
Department 534's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), the Supervising Judge of Civil Courts' master calendar department: the master calendar and trial court assignments; cases assigned to the judge for all purposes; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday); master calendar motions (every Thursday at 8:30 a.m.) and the motions that may be scheduled there; notices of related cases; reassignment of cases; temporary judge and judicial reference stipulations; vexatious litigants; submitting trial-ready cases for assignment to a trial court; voter confidentiality petitions; Safe at Home name change applications; inspection warrants; complex cases; and complaints about judicial officers.
Department 617's order for trials (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), an unlawful detainer trial order under Local Rules 3.37 through 3.193 that directs compliance with the Fifth Amended Standing Order (effective as of June 1, 2021), paragraphs 14 to 17: the civil trial rules; exhibits (pre-numbered and exchanged, binders for each party, the clerk, the judge and the witness stand; plaintiffs from Exhibit 1, defendants from Exhibit 101); jury instructions and the verdict form; jury size; motions in limine (in writing, with a Local Rule 3.57 declaration); witnesses and objections; admission of exhibits; trial briefs; presentation by counsel; and civility.
Department 621's online courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): electronic filing and courtesy copies (with tabbed exhibits); meeting and conferring before any motion; stipulations to continue hearings; the court's discretion to move hearing dates; and firm trial dates - with the department's Case Management Conference Order (final status conference orders: the pretrial report, the jury statement, voir dire, witness and exhibit lists, depositions and discovery responses, jury instructions and the verdict form; pretrial motions including motions in limine; litigation conduct; and sanctions).
Department 633's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), an unlawful detainer department: courtroom and telephone hours; interpreters; access for persons with disabilities; court reporters and recorded proceedings; filings; law and motion hearings (regularly noticed motions on Mondays at 1:30 p.m.); ex parte applications (under the Fifth Amended Standing Order (effective June 1, 2021): noticed for 1:30 p.m.; self-represented parties may file by 11 a.m. the same day); proposed orders; settlement and mediation services; and the clerk's office and court support services.
Department 635's order for trials (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), an unlawful detainer trial order under Local Rules 3.37 through 3.193 that directs compliance with the Fifth Amended Standing Order (effective as of June 1, 2021), paragraphs 14 to 17: the civil trial rules; exhibits (pre-numbered and exchanged, binders for each party, the clerk, the judge and the witness stand; plaintiffs from Exhibit 1, defendants from Exhibit 101); jury instructions and the verdict form; jury size; motions in limine (in writing, with a Local Rule 3.57 declaration); witnesses and objections; admission of exhibits; trial briefs; presentation by counsel; and civility.
Courtroom information posted for Department 730 (Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 7th Floor, Room 730); the sheet itself is headed “Department 78”: civility in litigation; court reporters; filing of documents; service of summons and complaint; case management conferences; law and motion (reserving the hearing date; text-searchable, bookmarked papers; courtesy copies; withdrawal of motions; motions to compel further responses; tentative rulings); ex parte applications; jury fees; mandatory settlement conferences; and trial procedures (trial binders; motions in limine, including those deemed filed and granted; evidentiary exhibits; witnesses; discovery responses and deposition transcripts; reference to evidence; opening statements; final jury instructions and verdict forms; closing arguments).
Department 731's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): public hours; telephonic and video appearances (scheduled at least 30 minutes before the hearing); hearings - ex parte applications (Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 a.m.; e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before, no reservation), law and motion (Tuesday and Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; reserved on the Court Reservation System), case management conferences (daily at 8:30 a.m.), name changes (Friday only), final status conferences (the Friday before trial at 8:30 a.m.), court trials (Friday at 8:30 a.m.) and jury trials (Monday at 8:30 a.m.); documents; miscellaneous matters (in-person appearance for final status conferences and trials; tentative rulings online by 4:30 p.m. the day before); the joint trial documents (the statement of the case, motions in limine, witness and exhibit lists, jury instructions and special verdict form, and a separate trial brief of no more than 5 pages); and the trial (a go date at 8:30 a.m., not trailed; plaintiff's counsel confirms by 3:00 p.m. the court day before).
Department 732's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): courtroom hours; case management conferences (9:00 a.m.); ex parte applications (typically Monday-Friday at 8:30 a.m.); telephonic and remote appearances; motions (Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m.); discovery, discovery motions and discovery disputes; court reporters (a joint summary of testimony where the parties provide none); interpreters; settlement conferences and mediation; notices of settlement and requests for dismissal; trial preparation and procedures (final status conferences generally at 9:30 a.m., ten days before trial; the trial documents; jury trials beginning at 10:30 a.m. on the first day, bench trials daily at 10:00 a.m.; courtroom decorum); and an addendum on Song-Beverly Act discovery.
Department 733's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): civility and professionalism; settlement; motions (hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System); motions for summary judgment or adjudication; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers; filed by 10:00 a.m. the day before); court reporters; discovery disputes; the trial preparation order; and electronically lodged documents that require the court's action - with the department's Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring; trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; a joint statement to be read to the jury; joint and contested jury instructions; verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; the trial binder; witnesses).
Department 734's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): check-in (remote appearances through LA Court Connect strongly encouraged); filings (mandatory electronic filing for represented litigants); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.; for exigent circumstances); trial continuances (by ex parte application or noticed motion); motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System, other than motions in limine); informal discovery conferences (encouraged, not required; requested by stipulation with a joint statement of no more than ten pages); and trials (set on Mondays, with the final status conference before; lead trial counsel attends; motions in limine heard at the final status conference).
Department 833's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), a Writs and Receivers department: case assignments (Local Rules 2.8, 2.9, 3.231 and 3.232); continuances; tentative rulings; ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.); motion hearings (the regular calendar on Wednesdays and Fridays at 9:30 a.m.; dates reserved by calling the courtroom, not the CRS online reservation system); documents due within three days of a hearing; court reporters; petitions and complaints; mandamus trials (set by the court), their trial binders, the administrative record and the joint appendix; evidence in traditional mandamus; and proposed judgments and writs of mandate.
Department 834's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), a Writs and Receivers department: public hours; LACourtConnect; case assignments (Local Rules 2.8, 2.9, 3.231 and 3.232); continuances; tentative rulings; ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.; cut-off 8:45 a.m.); law and motion hearings (Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 a.m.; dates reserved with the department, not the CRS online reservations system); mandamus trials; and the joint appendix.
Department E's courtroom information (Torrance Courthouse, Southwest District), an independent calendar court: general information (courtroom hours; ex parte applications only for irreparable harm, immediate danger or another statutory basis); case management conferences; alternative dispute resolution (the department's voluntary settlement conferences on Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., mandatory settlement conferences, court referral); law and motion (reserved for Monday through Thursday at 9:30 a.m.); discovery (informal discovery conferences); final status conferences (generally Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m.); and trials (jury trials initially set for Tuesday at 10:00 a.m.) - with the department's standing order, the Final Status Conference - Trial Preparation Order (the purpose of the conference, meeting and conferring, trial documents, required trial and trial exhibit binders, failure to comply).
Department P's courtroom information (Torrance Courthouse): the daily calendar call; ex parte applications; case management and trial setting conferences; orders to show cause; law and motion (the motions that require physical courtesy copies); discovery (an informal discovery conference strongly recommended); settlement and contested issue conferences; and trial - with the department's trial orders (meeting and conferring before the final status conference; optional trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; a joint short statement of the case; joint and contested jury instructions; verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; the trial binder).
Department A's courtroom information (Van Nuys Courthouse East), a civil independent calendar court: the court website and local rules; courtroom hours; ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m.); and final status conferences and trials under the department's orders - with its trial setting conference / case management order form (trial setting conference, trial date, final status conference, dispositive motions, alternate dispute resolution, law and motion - ex parte motions at 9:00 a.m., Mondays through Thursdays, none on Fridays - discovery, expert witnesses, fictitious parties, designation of trial counsel) and its Final Status Conference Order (motions in limine, mandatory trial briefs, the statement of the case, witness and exhibit lists, jury instructions, verdict forms, procedures for objections at trial, and time estimates).
Department B's courtroom information (Van Nuys Courthouse East): ADA requests; alternative dispute resolution (the Mediation Volunteer Panel, the Mediation Center of Los Angeles referral program, Resolve Law LA virtual mandatory settlement conferences); case management conferences; continuances; court reporters; courtesy and civility; CourtConnect; courtesy copies (accepted, not required); discovery disputes (an informal discovery conference before any discovery motion); ex parte applications and requests for temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.); interpreters; jury fees (posted no later than 30 days before trial); lodging depositions; mandatory settlement conferences; mini-opening statements; motions (daily at 8:30 a.m.; reserved on the Court Reservation System); motions to withdraw as counsel; notices of related cases; opening statements and exhibits; objections at trial; proposed orders; remote appearances; self-represented litigants; settlements; tentative rulings; trial and final status conference scheduling (trials typically Monday at 9:00 a.m., final status conferences on Fridays, 10 days before); and the final status conference orders (the documents e-filed five court days before, and binders).
Department I's courtroom information (Van Nuys Courthouse East): general information; ex parte applications (Monday-Thursday at 8:30 a.m.); remote appearances; the morning calendar and court hearings; courtesy and civility; filings; tentative rulings; courtesy copies; complaints and answers as attachments; notices of related cases; continuances; self-represented litigants; ADA requests; court reporters; emails; trial and final status conference scheduling (trials typically set Mondays at 9:30 a.m., final status conferences 10 days before at 9:30 a.m.; usually dark for trials on Fridays); hearings - case management conferences, motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System), motions for summary judgment or adjudication, motions to withdraw as counsel, informal discovery conferences, post-mediation status conferences and trial setting conferences; final status conference orders (lead trial counsel in person with the trial binders); and the department's trial orders and exhibit notebooks.
Department T's courtroom information (Van Nuys Courthouse East), a civil independent calendar court: general information (courtroom hours); alternative dispute resolution (the court's settlement programs); ex parte applications and requests for temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions; hearings (all hearings, including trial, final status conferences, law and motion and ex partes, at 8:30 a.m.); the morning calendar; motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System, other than motions in limine); informal discovery conferences; interpreters; jury fees; trial and final status conferences (trials typically set Monday - Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; final status conferences 7-10 days before); and the final status conference orders (the documents filed and lodged, motions in limine, and compliance).
Department U's courtroom information and trial guidelines (Van Nuys Courthouse East, Northwest District): court information and hours; check-in (8:20 AM and 1:30 PM); remote appearances through LACourtConnect; law and motion; case management conferences; final status conferences and trials (trials set for Mondays at 10:00 AM); daily summaries where there is no court reporter; and additional information about civil cases - with the department's Trial Management Order (final status conference orders; the trial schedule, generally 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday; the trial conference; jury selection; witnesses; exhibits; foundation; trial and attorney conduct).
Department W's courtroom information (Van Nuys Courthouse East): check-in (8:15 AM, in person or on camera); ex parte applications (Monday-Friday at 8:30 a.m.; filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before, or by self-represented litigants by 8:30 a.m. the day of the hearing); motions and motions for summary judgment or adjudication (reserved on the Court Reservation System); and trials (set at the case management conference) - with the department's Case Management Conference Order (status conference, final status conference and trial dates; the meet and confer requirements; mandatory trial briefs; jury instructions; pre-trial motions including motions in limine; procedures for making and arguing objections; and sanctions).
Department 107's courtroom information and trial guidelines (Van Nuys Courthouse West, Northwest District): courtroom hours (trial proceedings generally 9:30 to 4:15 p.m.); check-in (8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.); court staff; the local rules; and the department's rules (continuances, daily settled statements where no court reporter is used, stipulations to the five-year expiration, and the other rules it lists) - with its notice of trial, final status conference and case management conference dates (final status conferences at 9:00 a.m., trials at 9:30 a.m.), jury fees, motions in limine, final status conference orders and trial policies (court reporters and fee waivers, ADA requests).
Appendix 2.B to the local rules (referenced by Local Rule 2.3; “eff. 5/17/2013, Revised July 1, 2018”): the ZIP code table for small claims cases — for each ZIP code and city or community (some split by a street boundary), the courthouse where the case is filed.
Appendix 2.C (referenced by Local Rule 2.3; effective May 17, 2013): the ZIP code table for limited civil collections cases — for each ZIP code and city or community, the courthouse where the case is filed (the Chatsworth Courthouse or the Norwalk Courthouse).
Appendix 2.D (referenced by Local Rule 2.3; “eff. 5/17/2013, Revised July 1, 2018”): the ZIP code table for limited unlawful detainer cases — for each ZIP code and city or community, the courthouse where the case is filed. The court's General Order of September 18, 2026 (carded) updates the table for the ZIP codes in its Exhibit 1 (headed “effective 9-22-26”) and supersedes this appendix only as to those locations.
Appendix 3.A (referenced by Local Rule 3.26): the Guidelines for Civility in Litigation — continuances and extensions of time; service of papers; written submissions to a court; communications with adversaries; depositions; document demands; interrogatories; motion practice; dealing with non-party witnesses; ex parte communications with the court; settlement and alternative dispute resolution; and trials and hearings.
Appendix 5.A to the Family Law rules: the court's Family Law non-custody mediation panels — how the Random Select Panel and the Party Select Panel are used, the qualifications for each (State Bar membership and family law experience, at least 40 hours of mediation training with core and practical parts, completed mediations, and eight hours of continuing legal education a year), the Party Select Panel's rate ($150.00 per hour, with a minimum three-hour session), and the requirements for all panel members.
Appendix 8.A to the Criminal Division rules: the capital case checklist and guidelines for counsel, retained in the case file — pretrial (appearance logs, with Penal Code section 987.9 appearances logged separately; lists of motions and orders; exhibits; juror questionnaires), trial (daily transcripts and their correction; juror questionnaires), post-sentence (the record certification hearing, appointed counsel's duties, and the final lists of appearances, motions, jury instructions and exhibits), and counsel's receipt for the guidelines.
Appendix 8.D to the Criminal Division rules: record certification guidelines for appellate counsel for a defendant sentenced to death (California Rules of Court, rules 8.600 and 8.625) — reviewing the entire record for completeness and accuracy, and filing timely requests for corrections and augmentation of the record.