Alaska doesn’t guarantee legal help for Alaskans facing civil suits, so nonprofits bear an increasing burden. This Senate bill aims to provide more funding for the Alaska Legal Services Corporation. (via AlaskaBeacon)
The front of the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau is seen on Wednesday, April 12, 2023.
While the Alaska Constitution guarantees a defense attorney to someone in a criminal charge, there’s no such guarantee in a civil lawsuit. “This gap has now reached a crisis level because existing funding for Alaska Legal Services has not kept pace with community need. And this is really what SB 104 is meant to address,” she said.
Patrick Reinhart, executive director of the Governor’s Council on Disabilities and Special Education, testified in March to the Senate Judiciary Committee that the corporation and the Disability Law Center of Alaska perform vital work in the state. Because of budget struggles, the corporation now turns away half of the cases that come to it, Nelson said.If Senate Bill 104 passes the House and Senate and becomes law with the assent of Gov. Mike Dunleavy it would result in about $450,000 more funding for the corporation each year, the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development
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