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95 ABA Journal Alaska articles.

Judge makes court instructions easier to understand for those with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

A judge in Barrow, Alaska, is trying to make courtroom proceedings easier to understand for defendants who suffer brain damage caused by their mothers’ drinking during pregnancy.

Judge Michael Jeffery…

Lawyer writes Congress with his money-saving idea: Fire me and my co-workers

The inspector general for an economic development commission in Alaska has a money saving idea: His agency, he tells Congress, should be defunded.

Mike Marsh, the inspector general for the…

Ex-judge charged with stealing drug evidence while on the bench

A former Pennsylvania court judge has been charged on multiple counts of theft and drug possession.

The charges against retired Washington County Common Pleas judge Paul Pozonsky, who stepped down…

Sovereign Citizen Couple Plead Guilty in Plot to Kill Federal Judge

A couple who were active in the sovereign citizens movement have pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill a federal judge who presided in a tax case that cost them their…

Law Office Worker Can Sue ‘Diva’ Lawyer Who Lunged and Raised His Fist, Columnist Says

A law office worker who felt threatened by a lawyer who lunged, cursed and raised his fist can file a lawsuit, according to a newspaper columnist who owns a management…

Palin Emails Show Upset at ‘Frivolous Suits’ and Personal Legal Bills

Sarah Palin complained about “frivolous suits” and mounting legal bills in the months before she resigned from her position as Alaska’s governor in July 2009, according to emails released on…

Alaska Mom Convicted of Child Abuse for Hot-Sauce Discipline Portrayed on ‘Dr. Phil’

An Anchorage, Alaska, mom who punished her adopted son with hot sauce and a cold shower has been convicted of misdemeanor child abuse.

Sentencing for Jessica Beagley is scheduled for…

Child Abuse Trial Begins for Mom Charged After Sending Video of Hot Sauce Discipline to Dr. Phil

An Alaska woman and her police officer husband intended to help two Russian orphans by adopting the twin boys, her lawyer told a jury.

But after she sent a video…

Fishing Captain Fights Court Battle for Moon Rock He Says He Saved from Museum Trash

A piece of the moon presented to the state of Alaska in 1969 by President Richard M. Nixon was missing for almost 37 years.

But it surfaced against last year,…

Media Frenzy Over 24,000 Palin Emails Released Today

Dozens of reporters flooded a state office building in Juneau today to cart away banker’s boxes stuffed with nearly 24,000 pages of emails released by Alaska state officials from former…

2 Informants Helped FBI Make Case in Alleged Plot to Kill Top Alaska Federal Judge, Court Docs Say

Two confidential informants helped the FBI bring a criminal case against defendants accused of plotting together to kill the top federal judge in Alaska.

Both informants were paid for their…

US Alleges Plot to Kidnap, Murder, Burn Homes re Top Alaska Federal Judge, His Wife, Multiple Others

Developing: New charges in a case against five defendants accused of crimes related to an alleged conspiracy to kill the top federal judge in Alaska and his wife describe an…

Feds Arrest 5 in Alleged Conspiracy to Kill Alaska’s Chief US District Court Judge and Family Member

Authorities have arrested an Alaska couple and claimed members of a group called the Sovereign Citizens Movement over an alleged plot to kill a federal judge and his family.

Lonnie…

Mom in Spotlight for Hot Sauce and Cold Shower Discipline Is Charged with Child Abuse

An Alaska mother who sought help from a national television show in disciplining a difficult child has now been charged with abusing a 7-year-old boy she and her husband adopted…

The Only State Without a Law School, Alaska Needs One, Lawmaker Says

The only state without a law school, Alaska needs one to help make legal services more available and affordable, a lawmaker contends.

Rep. Scott Kawasaki is calling for both a…

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