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34 Alaska B. Rag 1 (2010)

handle is hein.barjournals/askabar0034 and id is 1 raw text is: King Day events in Anchorage and Juneau a success By Jon Katcher For many years East Coast com- munities have celebrated Martin Luther King Day by using this special day not to relax and recreate but to assist the needy. For them, it's a day on, not a day off. Every year in cities like Philadelphia tens of thousands of people participate in a variety of community service projects. Russ Winner, while attending the Obama Inauguration, learned ofthese activi- ties and returned to Anchorage with a truly inspiring idea: Why can't the Alaska Bar Association come together to serve the public on MLK Day by offering a free legal clinic on that day? Russ presented the idea to the Bar's Board of Governors, and it immediately passed a resolution in support. Pro Bono Director Krista Scully, with her usual initiative and drive, helped form and lead a committee to develop an Anchorage program. In partnership with the Alaska Court System, the two organizations planned an event to assist people navigate the often thorny justice system. Various members of the Bar stepped up to assist in putting Continued on page 30 Law clerk Lars Johnson gets help with the courthouse quiz drawing from a young visitor during Martin Luther King outreach. Criminal defense lawyers form new organization By: Darrel For many yeaL, LIU m - m- sociation for Justice (formerly the Alaska Academy of Trial Lawyers) was a combined organization for both plaintiffs lawyers and criminal defense attorneys. However, some of the AAJ members began to realize thatAAJ had grown considerably over the past few years as a preeminent organization for plaintiffs' lawyers, but that the criminal defense mem- bership had fallen off considerably. It seemed that AAJ had reached a This evolution has been seen in the professional legal associations of many other states as their bars have grown and progressed. Therefore, a core group of crimi- nal defense attorneys believed that the time was right for the criminal defense bar to stand on its own, to come together, to be united, and to fight for the fundamental rights of all of Alaska's citizens. They worked diligently for many months to create the new Alaska Association of Crimi- nal Defense Lawyers (AKACDL), an Alaska non-profit corporation. The goal of this new organization is to focus on the very specific and challenging needs of criminal defense attorneys in Alaska. The organization has exciting plans for the future: * First and foremost, the goal is continuing education, for new attor- neys as well as seasoned practitioners, and for public defenders as well as private practitioners. In Spring 2011 AKACDL will resume (in the great tradition of the Alaska Academy of Trial Lawyers) the All-Stars Litiga- tor's Conference. AKACDL intends to present numerous nationally recognized out-of-state speakers at a grand two-day event in Girdwood. Before then, AKACDL plans to offer several half-day seminars, as well as regular luncheon meetings, all very reasonably priced. AKACDL will also look into working with our sister or- ganizations in the Pacific Northwest for potential CLE opportunities. The organization also: Jan Crawford CBS News Chief Legal Correspondent Keynotes at the convention Page 32 join the Luddite Revolution ................2 Managing patent translation................4 3 histories of the courts in Alaska-..... I6 Diary of a death penalty pro bono m ission in Texas ......................... 14 A visit with the Arnetts.....................28 Continued on page 3 I IN THIS ISSUE 'nillYilll'll n ilIllif ell MI alilli

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