Juneau Trial Court

SCAM ALERT: There is a phishing scam in Alaska that falsely claims that the court is calling Alaskans about their grandchildren or children being placed in jail and that money is needed to release them from jail. Scammers are using family nicknames in some instances to trick individuals into paying money, making the phone number appear to be from a court system number, and impersonating police officers. Individuals receiving these calls should hang up on the scammer and contact their local police department. If you are able to identify the caller’s phone number, please provide this information to the police.

The Alaska Court System will not call you to request bail or fine payment over the phone. If you have questions about an individual situation, please contact the relevant Department of Corrections location (https://doc.alaska.gov/institutions) or call the local courthouse (https://courts.alaska.gov/courtdir/index.htm )

The court heard oral arguments on the Alaska Redistricting cases on March 18, 2022.

(L-R): Justice Dario Borghesan, Senior Justice Warren W. Matthews, Chief Justice Daniel E. Winfree, Senior Justice Robert L. Eastaugh, and Justice Jennifer Henderson.

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Presiding Judge Administrative Order 21-34

Presiding Judge Administrative Order 21-32 through 21-33.

Current vacancies can be viewed at:
https://public.courts.alaska.gov/web/scheduled/docs/RecruitmentNews.pdf

JOBS FOR JUSTICE!
WE ARE HIRING STATEWIDE!
• 36-hour Work Week (extended weekends)
• Medical, Dental, & Optional Vision Coverage
• $18-$22 per hour minimum starting pay
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Flexible Schedule Options Available

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Presiding Judge Administrative Order 21-30 through 21-31.

Presiding Judge Administrative Order 21-25 through 21-29.

Presiding Judge Administrative Order 21-24.

Presiding Judge Administrative Order 21-23.

Presiding Judge Administrative Order 21-22.

Presiding Judge Administrative Order 21-21.

Presiding Judge Administrative Order 21-20.

Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8322.

08/27/2021 - Order Vacating Presiding Judges' August 5, 2021 Order Establishing a Statewide District Court Eviction Protocol

Did you know you can file a new case or submit a motion in a court case without waiting in line at the courthouse? Learn about how to file by email or fax at https://courts.alaska.gov/courtdir/efiling.htm

Need to do some legal research?
Remote library services are available and encouraged. Law Library staff are providing expanded distance-delivery options until normal operations resume.
We will:
• Send you specific cases if you have citations
• Send you chapters of treatises that we have in our electronic collection or in print
• Send legislative history information
• Send you a table of contents or index from a treatise if you don’t know exactly what you need
• Run a Westlaw search and provide the results list from which you can select cases and then
send the cases you would like to see
• Run a search in HeinOnline or any of our other databases, provide results, and then provide
selected articles
• Help you navigate the electronic materials that are available remotely.
Learn more at https://courts.alaska.gov/library/index.htm

Our Evictions FAQ page has been updated as the CDC eviction moratorium has ended. Check it out at http://courts.alaska.gov/covid19/evictions-faq.htm.

If you're having trouble paying rent, please check out the resources from the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to see if you might qualify for future rental assistance (https://www.alaskahousingrelief.org/renters).

Alaska Legal Services Corporation's landlord tenant helpline is available Monday - Thursday 6-8pm (https://www.alsc-law.org/landlord_tenant_helpline/).

Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8310 - Update Regarding Visitor Health Precautions and Remote Participation

Presiding Judge Administrative Order 21-19

ETA (8/3/21): Kotzebue and Prince of Wales Island

In response to an increase in COVID-19 cases, jury trials are suspended in the following locations:

▸ Anchorage - until at least 08/13/2021 (Order 893: https://courts.alaska.gov/covid19/docs/3rd-pjo-893.pdf)
▸ Juneau - until at least 08/31/2021 (Order 21-16: https://courts.alaska.gov/covid19/docs/1st-ao-21-16.pdf)
▸ Kenai Peninsula - until at least 08/06/2021 (Order 891: https://courts.alaska.gov/covid19/docs/3rd-pjo-891.pdf)
▸ Ketchikan - until at least 08/31/2021 (Order 21-18: https://courts.alaska.gov/covid19/docs/1st-ao-21-18.pdf)
▸ Kotzebue - until at least 08/31/2021 (Order 21-07: https://courts.alaska.gov/covid19/docs/2nd-pjao-21-07.pdf)
▸ Prince of Wales Island - until at least 08/31/2021 (Order 21-19: https://courts.alaska.gov/covid19/docs/1st-ao-21-19.pdf)
▸ Sitka - until at least 08/31/2021 (Order 21-17: https://courts.alaska.gov/covid19/docs/1st-ao-21-17.pdf)

Jury trials in other locations are proceeding as scheduled.

Other hearings and bench trials are still happening, but may be through telephone or video. Please contact your local court if you have questions about your hearing (https://courts.alaska.gov/courtdir/index.htm ).

Please check https://courts.alaska.gov/covid19/ for updates.

Presiding Judge Administrative Order 21-18

Presiding Judge Administrative Order 21-17

Presiding Judge Administrative Order 21-16

If you're coming to court in person, you'll see a poster on the front door with screening questions. If your answer to any of them is "yes" then we ask that you call your local court for next steps instead of entering the courthouse (find your local courthouse's contact info here:https://courts.alaska.gov/courtdir/index.htm )

Jury Duty during the COVID-19 Pandemic - Alaska Court System FAQs about Jury Duty: Alaska Court System

Evictions during the COVID-19 Pandemic - Alaska Court System Eviction FAQs: Alaska Court System

Do you have questions about your lease or have problems with your rental unit? Pro bono volunteers are available to answer questions through ALSC's free Landlord & Tenant Helpline every Monday through Thursday from 6pm to 8pm!

Anchorage callers: 907-743-1000
Statewide callers: 855-743-1001

We are so proud of the Alaska Court System Access to Justice Services and the Family Law Resolution Program, which was recognized with the Erwin Cantor Innovative Program Award by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts on June 4, 2021. The photo is from the awards

Jeannie Sato, Director of Access to Justice Services accepted the award on behalf of the court system and her team. Below is an excerpt from her acceptance speech:

I want to thank everyone at AFCC for this award. I’m really grateful to accept it on behalf of our entire Access to Justice team and our Administrative Director, Stacey Marz.

I started in this position as Director of Self-Help & Language Access services on January 1, 2020, after Stacey became the Court’s Administrative Director. Her mission for the Alaska Court System is that every action we take is aimed at providing access to justice for all, and great customer service.

With that in mind, we reimagined, consolidated, and added to this department, changing from self-help services to Access to Justice Services so we could be sure our staff and departments were looking at things through an access to justice lens. Our department now includes:
-Family Law Self-Help Center Phone help-line.
-Internet and form self-help services in a variety of legal areas
-Language Access
-Jury Services
-Forms
-Dispute resolution

Our family law dispute resolution program has undergone a lot of growth in the past 18 months. We’re expanding options for families to reduce the number of cases that have to litigate based on a continuum and the needs of each family. To that end, we have
-Our Early Resolution Program that triages all new family law cases and modification motions to divert as many as possible to dispute resolution through either mediation, a settlement judge, or volunteer attorneys.
-We previously had a team of court custody investigators, and we re-shaped their department. They no longer conduct custody investigations. Because they all have a mental health background and training, they offer parenting plan dispute resolution in more complicated cases such as those with mental health or substance abuse issues in parents, developmental or mental health issues in children, or cases with domestic violence.
-These parenting plan facilitators have also been trained as coaches for Bill Eddy’s New Ways for Families High -Conflict parenting program and we’ve started a pilot program for high-conflict parents. These parents take an on-line high-conflict parenting class and our facilitators provide three free coaching sessions to help the parents practice using the tools they are learning in the on-line class.
-For our most high-conflict parents, we have a parenting coordinator program. And for low-income families who cannot afford a private parenting coordinator, we have a group of Magistrate Judges who have been trained to provide parenting coordinator services at no cost.
-For those families who end up in litigation, we offer an informal trial option to reduce the stress of trying to both tell the judge your story, and learn the rules of evidence.

Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8280.

Special Order of the Chief Justice Order No. 8275, Update to Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8149, COVID-19 Visitor Health Precautions ->https://courts.alaska.gov/covid19/docs/socj-2021-8275.pdf

The Jury Dashboard is available again! -> https://courts.alaska.gov/jury/

-Complete your juror questionnaire online
-Check on your status
-Upload documents
-Send a request to the court
-Check in for your jury service

Thank you for your service!

Update on online services:
Hearings through Zoom are back! If you have a zoom hearing scheduled, check out https://courts.alaska.gov/covid19/zoom-faq.htm for answers to the most frequently asked questions.

Here's an updated summary of what online services are available and unavailable. Thank you again for your patience!

State court system restores some online services after cyberattack The Alaska Court System has restored some online services following a cyberattack.