Maassen listed initiatives from the past year that he said improved the court system’s accessibility and efficiency, like remote hearings.
Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Peter Maassen delivered his first State of the Judiciary address Wednesday to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature.Maassen moved to Alaska shortly after graduating from the University of Michigan Law School in 1981. He was appointed to the Supreme Court by Gov. Sean Parnell in 2012 after a long career primarily in private practice. Last year, his fellow justices selected Maassen to succeed retiring Chief Justice Daniel Winfree.
“For example, most evidentiary proceedings and criminal cases and other types of cases that involve trial, or evidentiary hearings, are presumptively in-person, whereas a lot of hearings involving things like the status of discovery and scheduling and settlement are presumptively remote,” he said. Maassen said he also recently urged judges around the state to make more use of restorative justice programs.
Maassen also highlighted some other recent changes, including one that simplifies tribes’ legally-mandated access to hearings for Native children in need of aid.
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