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We can be proud of Alaska’s judges

Every election year around now my mother asks me whether she should vote for all the judges who are up for retention. And most years,...

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Alaska’s Extraordinary Retention System Is Worth Fighting For

Protect judicial integrity. Be informed. Finish the ballot. No other public official in Alaska undergoes regular, comprehensive job evaluations like our state judges. We bring...

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Alaska Needs Judges Like Judge Zeman

We are a group of former colleagues, longtime friends, coaches, teachers and a former judge for whom Judge Adolf Zeman worked. Judge Zeman mentored some...

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Voting on Alaska judges matters — and here’s how you can learn more about them

It happens every election: You’re in the voting booth filling in ovals, patting yourself on the back for being a knowledgeable and prepared voter. You...

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Voter Trends Put Judiciary At Risk

In just two weeks, Alaska voters will begin receiving ballots for early voting in the 2024 general election. Nineteen judges, including two justices from the state...

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Alaska Judicial Council recommends judges for retention on November ballot

The Alaska Judicial Council released a report Tuesday that all judges standing for retention met or exceeded performance standards. Alaska judges do not run a...

Editorials

Judge Elaine Andrews: The Selection & Retention of Alaska’s Judges

Retired Alaska Superior Court Judge Elaine Andrews moved to Alaska in 1976 immediately upon graduating from law school. Her first job as a lawyer was...

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Judge Michael Wolverton: 38 years on the Alaska Bench

Michael Wolverton did not come from a family of attorneys or judges; his parents were educators and that was what he planned to do. However,...

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Victor Carlson: Alaska Superior Court Judge & Anchorage LGBTQ+ Icon

Retired Superior Court Judge Victor Carlson was born in 1935 and raised on a farm in rural Michigan. He realized at an early age three...

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Alaska’s Nationally Respected Judicial System Is Under Threat

Alaska’s founders wisely studied the mistakes identified by other states and wrote a constitution they believed would better serve Alaskans. One example: How Alaskans select...

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A Plan to Seek the “Best Available Timber”

Greetings from Alaskans for Fair Courts: When delegates first gathered in 1955 to draft Alaska’s constitution, they were determined to craft a system for selecting...

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Don’t believe divisive rhetoric, AK’s judicial selection system works

Alaska is a special place. Whether you were born here or moved here, whether you live in a city or off the road system, whatever...

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We can be proud of Alaska’s judges

Alaska’s Extraordinary Retention System Is Worth Fighting For

Alaska Needs Judges Like Judge Zeman

Voting on Alaska judges matters — and here’s how you can learn more about them

Voter Trends Put Judiciary At Risk

Alaska Judicial Council recommends judges for retention on November ballot

Judge Elaine Andrews: The Selection & Retention of Alaska’s Judges

Judge Michael Wolverton: 38 years on the Alaska Bench

Victor Carlson: Alaska Superior Court Judge & Anchorage LGBTQ+ Icon

Alaska’s Nationally Respected Judicial System Is Under Threat

A Plan to Seek the “Best Available Timber”

Don’t believe divisive rhetoric, AK’s judicial selection system works

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