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Alaska State courts Federal courts Elections and Selection Judgepedia Community Ballotpedia Judgepedia presents the State of Alaska Welcome to Alaska on Judgepedia! Help yourself to great information on one of our many convenient tabs. The structure of the Alaska judicial system is laid out in Article IV of the state Constitution. There are four levels of the state courts: the Alaska Supreme Court, the Alaska Court of Appeals, the Alaska Superior Court, and the Alaska District Court. The United States District Court for the District of Alaska has federal jurisdiction. An alternative system of justice is found in approximately forty Native American Tribal Courts throughout the state. ?           Please visit our pages for great updates! Please click your county for information on your local courts. Supreme Courts in Alaska Alaska Supreme Court Appellate Alaska Court of Appeals Trial Alaska Superior Court Alaska District Court State court projects involving Alaska Alaska Constitution Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct Judicial interest organizations Alaska boroughs The State of Alaska is organized into 16 boroughs, which function similarly to counties in other states. The boroughs include three "unified municipalities"--Anchorage, Juneau and Sitka. There are 11 census areas in the state which have no borough government due to sparse population and are collectively known as the unorganized borough.     To see a list of boroughs in Alaska, please see - Alaska boroughs Jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Appellate Courts Supreme Court of the United States United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit District Courts United States District Court for the District of Alaska Bankruptcy Courts United States bankruptcy court, District of Alaska Federal court projects involving Alaska Judgepedia:WikiProject Bankruptcy Courts Federal Court Vacancy Warning System Judicious education, Alaska law schools Judgepedia:WikiProject Judicial Interest Organizations Other Projects There are lots of projects you can contribute to on Judgepedia.     For more projects, please visit The WikiProject Directory Elections Latest election results: Alaska judicial elections, 2012 Alaska judicial elections Judicial selection in Alaska follows the commission-selection, political appointment method, commonly referred to as "merit selection". Candidates are chosen by a nominating commission and, from those candidates, the Governor makes the final appointment. The judges must face retention elections at the end of each term. Judicial elections in Alaska consist solely of retention elections in even-numbered years. Selection Judicial selection in Alaska Alaska Supreme Court Alaska Court of Appeals Alaska Superior Court Alaska District Court Method Comm. select., Gov. appt. Term - 10 years Method Comm. select., Gov. appt. Term - 8 years Method Comm. select., Gov. appt. Term - 6 years Method Comm. select., Gov. appt. Term - 4 years Learn more about the Judgepedia Community and how to get started! The Judgepedia community is the backbone of our encyclopedia. Our community is made up of readers, editors and staff members across the county. You can contribute to Judgepedia in a number of ways: you can register with Judgepedia and make edits you can email our Editor at editor@judgepedia.org to alert us to errors, share news or ask questions you can email a photo of a judge or courthouse to our Image Coordinator at submitphoto@judgepedia.org if you are a judge or judicial candidate, you can submit your bio to Judgepedia you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter you can donate to the Lucy Burns Institute Editing Judgepedia You can join the 2,038 users on Judgepedia! Becoming an editor on Judgepedia is easy. Visit registering with Judgepedia or send an email to newuser@judgepedia.org. If you are new to wikis, visit our index of help pages to access Judgepedia's help pages. Judgepedia staff In addition to our volunteer editors, Judgepedia has a group of paid staff members. You can learn about our staff members by looking through their bio pages. All links below will redirect you to our sister site, Ballotpedia, an online encyclopedia focusing on United States' officials, candidates and ballot measures at all levels of government. ? Alaska State executives Governor Attorney General Secretary of State Treasurer Auditor Superintendent of Education Commissioner of Insurance Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Commissioner of Labor President of Public Service Commission State legislature State Legislature House of Representatives Senate Chief Examiner Voting and elections Congress State executive officials State legislature State ballot measures Local ballot measures Redistricting in Alaska School district bond issues Vote fraud Laws and history Laws governing ballot measures in Alaska Laws governing recall Laws governing local measures Campaign finance requirements

Alaska The Last Frontier Motto:   North to the Future Population:   721,500 Area of state:   663,267 sq. mi. Admitted to U.S.:   1959 Contribute to Judgepedia Join In: Learn about Judgepedia Join the community Edit Judgepedia Articles You Can Improve: David Stewart Alaska Bar Association Alaska salaries and budgets Reporting Errors: Email the editor Add an error tag See projects in progress