Press Release
December 1, 2000
The Justice Center has completed
its 25th year as a research, academic and public education institution.
The Alaska legislature established the Center in 1975 within
the University of Alaska Anchorage with a mission to conduct
research into the justice field and provide higher education
in justice studies. The first graduates of its baccalaureate
program received their degrees in 1978. In 1986 the Center was
expanded to incorporate the state Statistical Analysis Unit—a
federally funded effort to broaden statistical research into
justice concerns at the state level. The paralegal certification
program of the Center received the approval of the American Bar
Association in 1992.
The work of the Center has
included research reports, books, studies for public agencies,
media programs, educational videos, and conferences, ranging
across the spectrum of justice issues manifested in Alaska. There
have been over 500 graduates of the Center’s academic programs.
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