Becoming a Judge in Alaska: The Judicial Selection Process Explained
Total Credits: 1.5 including 1.0 General, 0.5 Ethics
- Average Rating:
- 147
- Categories:
- Off the Record
- Faculty:
- Chief Justice Joel Bolger | Aimee Oravec | Matthew Christian | Judge Bethany Harbison | Kari McCrea | Philip Shanahan | Susanne Dipietro | Lori Brownlee
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 33 Minutes
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Becoming a Judge in Alaska: The Judicial Selection Process Explained
1.0 General CLE Credits and .5 Ethics CLE Credit
Registration: Free of Charge | CLE# 2020-040
Sponsored by the Alaska Judicial Council
Presenters:
Chief Justice Joel Bolger, Alaska Supreme Court, and Chair of the
Alaska Judicial Council (moderator)
Aimee Oravec, former AJC member
Judge Matthew Christian, Fairbanks District Court
Judge Bethany Harbison, Alaska Court of Appeals
Judge Kari McCrea, Anchorage District Court
Phil Shanahan, Bar Counsel, Alaska Bar Association
Susanne DiPietro, AJC Executive Director
This program features a panel of attorneys and judges who will share their experiences with the merit selection process in Alaska. Topics will include the application packet, ethical conduct for judicial applicants, the Judicial Council interview, the Bar survey, and what to expect as a sitting judge. This program will be useful to attorneys considering a judicial application, and to all members of the Bar to better understand their role in Alaska’s merit judicial selection process.
Intended Outcomes/Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the program, participants will:
- Understand how to prepare for the merit judicial selection process;
- How to participate in the merit selection process, including the need to encourage well qualified and diverse individuals to apply, responding to the Bar survey consistent with ARPC 8.2, and serving as a reference for an applicant;
- Understand ethical rules governing the conduct of judicial applicants, including how applicants should conduct themselves on social media and in public;
- Differentiate between the perceptions of the judicial role and the reality.
Handouts
| Becoming a Judge in Alaska Materials (7.82 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Faculty
Kari McCrea Related Seminars and Products
Judge Kari L. McCrea was appointed to the Anchorage District Court in 2017. She is a graduate of Mitchell Hamline School of Law and clerked for the US District Court- District of Minnesota, before starting a legal career in public defense. Judge McCrea worked as an assistant public defender and supervising attorney with the Alaska Public Defender Agency in Bethel for approximately 10 years before joining the Alaska Court System as a Magistrate Judge in 2015. She is a co-chair of the Alaska Supreme Court’s Fairness and Access Commission and a member of the Code of Judicial Conduct Rule Committee. In addition to her current duties, Judge McCrea sits pro tem on the Court of Appeals and Bethel Superior Court.
Philip Shanahan Related Seminars and Products
Bar Counsel
Alaska Bar Association
Phil Shanahan grew up in the Boston area and graduated from Northeastern University School of Law in 1993. He moved to Alaska shortly after graduation and practiced as a criminal defense attorney in both state and federal courts. After a few years in private practice sharing office space with some of Anchorage’s best and brightest criminal defense and family law attorneys, he joined the Office of Public Advocacy. In 2007 he joined a private criminal defense firm, and opened his own criminal defense practice in 2010. He is a founding member of the Alaska Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and served on its Board of Directors for four years, including one year as a marginally-effective Secretary of the Board. He began his role as Bar Counsel with the Alaska Bar Association in December of 2019.
Phil is a diehard fan of all Boston sports teams, but realizes he has an ethical duty to work with even Yankees fans (when absolutely necessary).