The Alaska Law Review and University of Alaska-Anchorage Justice Center will hold the 2024 Symposium on Expanding Access to Justice in Alaska. The conference will be held on October 16, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. AKDT at the University of Alaska-Anchorage. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
The conference will include various panelists and cover topics ranging from structural barriers to legal reform, tribal law, Alaska’s legal services shortage, legal ethics, and so on. 3.25 General CLE Credits are available for Panels 1, 2, 3 and 5; .75 Ethics CLE Credits are available for Panel 4. Please RSVP at https://accesstojustice.rsvpify.com by October 11th.
You can access the speaker biographies and draft articles for the Symposium here.
| Check-in and Breakfast
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
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Please plan to arrive by 8:45 AM to ensure adequate time to check in.
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| Keynote Address
9:00 AM – 9:25 AM |
Nikole Nelson
CEO, Frontline Justice
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| Panel 1: Perspectives on Tribal Jurisdiction
9:25 AM – 10:10 AM |
Alex Cleghorn
Chief Operating Officer, Alaska Native Justice Center
Kirsten Matoy Carlson Professor of Law, Wayne State University; Faculty Scholar, ABF/JPB Access to Justice Scholars Program
Erin Dougherty Lynch Senior Staff Attorney & Managing Attorney, Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage office
Rachel Weckhorst Espejo General Counsel Team, Tlingit & Haida
Moderator: Kathrine Coonjohn J.D. Candidate, Lewis & Clark Law School
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| Panel 2: The Role of Technology in Expanding Legal Access in Courts
10:10 AM – 10:55 AM
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JJ Prescott
Henry King Ransom Professor of Law, University of Michigan; Co-Director, Empirical Legal Studies Center; Co-Director, Program in Law and Economics
Jeannie Sato Director of Access to Justice Services, Alaska Court System
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Break
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10:55 – 11:10 AM
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| Panel 3: Accessing Environmental Justice in Alaska
11:10 AM – 11:55 AM |
Teresa Clemmer
Legal Director, Trustees for Alaska
Carole Holley Managing Attorney, Earthjustice, Alaska Office
Vi Waghiyi Environmental Health and Justice Program Director, Alaska Community Action on Toxics; Member, White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council
Moderator: Charisse Arce Senior Attorney, Earthjustice, Alaska Office
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| Panel 4: Power-Conscious Advocacy
11:55 AM – 12:40 PM |
Antonio Coronado
Project Lead, Innovation 4 Justice
Christine Pate Legal Program Director, Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Moderator: Rick Haskins-Garcia Director of Law and Policy, Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center
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| Panel 5: North to the Future: Access to Justice and the Future of Justice Work
12:40 PM – 1:25 PM |
Rebecca Sandefur
Director and Professor, Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University
Matthew Burnett Senior Program Officer, American Bar Foundation; Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown Law
Joy Anderson Co-Director, Community Justice Worker Resource Center, Alaska Legal Services Corporation
Mara Kimmel Executive Director, ACLU of Alaska
Moderator: Pearl Pickett Native Law Supervising Attorney, Alaska Legal Services Corporation
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Please click here for a full recording of the 2024 Symposium.