Alaska Justice Forum

• Main Authors: Rieger, Lisa, Atwell, Cassie, Kelley, Pamela
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage 2001
• Subjects: Alaska Division of Family and Youth Services (DFYS); Alaska Judicial Council; Alaska Legal Services Corporation; Alaska Natives; civil law; courts; indigent legal services; jails; juvenile corrections; juvenile jail monitoring; Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA); juvenile probation; Kake; Alaska; legal assistance; paralegal; restorative justice; rural justice; sentencing; tribal courts; Anchorage; Alaska Justice Forum
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3247

The Winter 2001 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum opens with an article on the restorative justice practice of circle peacemaking in the Southeast Alaska village of Kake. This issue also reports on Alaska's progress in achieving compliance with the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, describes a learning project which gives Justice Center paralegal students working experience in the Anchorage Legal Services office, and summarizes major findings of an Alaska Judicial Council report on civil cases heard in Alaska courts. "Circle Peacemaking" by Lisa Rieger / "Juvenile Jail Monitoring in Alaska" by Cassie Atwell / "Alaska Legal Services Service Learning Project" by Pamela R. Kelley / "Judicial Council Analysis of Civil Cases / "Highlights of Settled Civil Cases from September 1997 to May 1999"