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services in Alaska |
Legal services for individuals who cannot otherwise afford them.
Alaska
Public Defender Agency
Provides legal service, consistent
with constitutional guarantees, to indigent persons who are parties
in certain kinds of state court litigation. The Office of Public
Advocacy represents indigent criminal defendants when the Public
Defender Agency has a conflict of interest.
- AS 18.85. Public Defender Agency: Alaska Statutes governing the Alaska Public Defender Agency.
- A Special Report on the Department of Administration, Alaska Public Defender Agency and Office of Public Advocacy: Eligibility Issues and Other Program Aspects. Alaska Division of Legislative Audit, May 22, 1995. Audit Control Number 02-4507-95.
- A Special Report on the Department of Administration, Public Defender Agency, Case Management Time Study and Performance Review. Alaska Division of Legislative Audit, May 15, 1998. Audit Control Number 02-1430-00.
Alaska
Legal Services Corporation (ALSC)
A private, non-profit corporation
providing free civil legal services to low income Alaskans.
- Partners in Justice. Fundraising site for ALSC.
Office
of Public Advocacy (OPA)
OPA is appointed to represent indigent criminal defendants when
the Alaska Public Defender Agency has a conflict of interest.
For information on other aspects of OPA's mission, see Abused
& neglected children in Alaska.
Justice Center
articles & reports
(in reverse chronological
order)
- Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage. (Summer 2004). "Alaska Justice System Expenditures, 1984-2001." Alaska Justice Forum 21(2): 1-3.
- "Access to Legal Services for Alaskans with Low Incomes." Alaska Justice Forum 19(3), Fall 2002.
- "Indigent Criminal Defense: The National Picture." Alaska Justice Forum 19(3), Fall 2002. (Includes Alaska data.)
- "Alaska Legal Services Service Learning Project" by Pamela R. Kelley. Alaska Justice Forum 17(4), Winter 2001.
- "Criminal Defense in Rural Alaska" by Rachel King. Alaska Justice Forum 15(1), Spring 1998.
- "Indigent Legal Services in Alaska". Alaska Justice Forum 13(2), Summer 1996.
- "Tort Reform and Access to the Courts" by Lisa Rieger. Alaska Justice Forum 13(2), Summer 1996.
Other articles & reports
- "State-Funded Indigent Defense Services, 1999" by Carol J. DeFrances. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report, September 2001, NCJ-188464. Presents data on the 21 states, including Alaska, where state government provides virtually all of the funding for indigent defense services.