Maps from the States
Below are examples of our GIS and mapping work including online Story Maps, interactive mapping applications, and static maps from a select number of states. For a national picture down to the county level, please see America's Civil Courts: Whom Do We Serve?
Alaska
Alaska’s Justice Ecosystem: Building a Partnership of Providers
Year published:
2018
Document Author:
SRLN
Resource: Resource Guide on Serving Self-Represented Litigants Remotely (SRLN 2016)
The Resource Guide provides options for courts and other entities interested in providing services to self-represented litigants using means that are not face-to-face, instead of, or in addition to, in-person alternatives such as walk-in services, workshops, and clinics. It also includes information regarding technology and business process options and describes a study of how eight sites provide remote self-help services to self-represented litigants and its principal findings and recommendations.
Year published:
2016
Document Author:
Self-Represented Litigation Network, John Greacen
Video: Re-Imagining Family Law Procedures (Alaska 2016)
Video featuring the Honorable Vanessa White, Judge of the Superior Court at Palmer Alaska, and Stacey Marz, Director of the Alaska Court System's Self-Help Services.
Re-Imagining Family Law Procedures
See our related page for more information, News: Alaska Court Uses Triage and Targeted Pro Bono Unbundled Legal Advice to Settle 80% of Contested Domestic Cases (Alaska State Court System 2015).
Year published:
2016
Document Author:
Alaska Court System
Poster: Alaska Pledge of Fairness
From Justice Dana Fabe's blog post at http://proceduralfairnessblog.org/2013/07/08/alaskans-receive-courts-pl….
ALASKANS RECEIVE COURT’S “PLEDGE OF FAIRNESS”
Guest Post by Chief Justice Dana Fabe, Alaska Supreme Court
Year published:
2013
Document Author:
Dana Fabe
News: Alaska Bar Association's Unbundled List Offers Court a Neutral Mechanism for Referrals and SRLs Access to the Limited Scope Help They Need (Alaska Bar Association 2016)
Year published:
2016
Document Author:
Alex Smith Davis
Resource: Alaska Unbundled Section Formation Letter (Alaska Bar Association 2010)
The Alaska Bar Association approved the formation on an unbundled services section of the bar in 2010, thereby establishing a mechanism to ensure professional development for lawyers providing these services, creating a neutral mechanism for the court to refer consumers to affordable legal help, and providing access to needed legal services for consumers anywhere in Alaska. The formation request letter is attached.
Year published:
2010
Document Author:
Katherine Alteneder
News: 2015 TIG Grants Included Five Court Partnership Grants – 2016 Should Bring More As We Build a 100% Access Technology Infrastructure (LSC 2016)
LSC's 2015 TIG grants included five grants to projects being undertaken by legal aid and court partnerships, according to the Request for Letters of Intent to Apply for 2016 Grant Funding we should see significantly more partnership awards in 2016. LOIs are currently being accepted through February 29, 2016, and LSC has identified three areas of particular interest:
Year published:
SRLN
Document Author:
News, SRLN, Katherine Alteneder
State Profile: Alaska
Description of self-help services for Alaskans in family law cases.
Year published:
2015
Document Author:
Alaska Court System
News: Alaska Court Uses Triage and Targeted Pro Bono Unbundled Legal Advice to Settle 80% of Contested Domestic Cases (Alaska State Court System 2015)
Various Supplementary Resources:
Listen to a piece about ERP on NPR
Learn more about the self-help services in Alaska for family law cases (opens as PDF)
Early Resolution for Family Law Cases in Alaska's Courts
Year published:
2015
Document Author:
News, SRLN
Webinar: Alaska Family Law Self-Help Center (SRLN 2005)
This webinar on the Alaska Family Law-Self Help Center was presented on May 25, 2005, by the Center's then-co-director (and current SRLN Coordinator) Katherine Alteneder.
Year published:
2005
Document Author:
Katherine Alteneder, Self-Represented Litigation Network