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The ACLU of Alaska works tirelessly in the courts to defend your constitutional rights and expand your civil liberties. We specialize in impact litigation, which means that we carefully and thoughtfully represent clients in lawsuits that have the potential to not just help them, but also a large number of Alaskans.

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Aderhold v. Homer

The ACLU of Alaska filed suit on behalf of three Homer City Council members who faced recall based on their proper excercise of the First Amendment right to speak out on public policy issues.
 
July 12, 2017 Free Speech

Huber et al. v. State, Department of Corrections

The Supreme Court of Alaska asked the ACLU of Alaska and the Alaska Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers to file an amicus curiae friend-of-the-court brief explaining their positions on the underlying issue in Huber v. State, Department of Corrections, and two related cases.

July 12, 2017

Smith v. State of Alaska

The ACLU of Alaska submitted an amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief in Smith v. State of Alaska asking the Court of Appeals to hold that excluding Alaska Native villages from jury service violates rural residents' rights to equal protection and due process.

February 24, 2017 Alaska Native Rights

Planned Parenthood v. Alaska

In Alaska, 40-year-old restrictions on clinics forced women who needed to terminate a pregnancy after the 1st trimester to leave the state in order to obtain the care they needed.

November 30, 2016 Reproductive Rights

Planned Parenthood v. Alaska

In 2010, Alaskan voters passed the Alaska Parental Notification Initiative, which prohibits minor women from obtaining an abortion without informing a parent or guardian.
July 22, 2016 Reproductive Rights

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