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Amanda Schulz
Magistrate Judge · Alaska District Court, Ketchikan
Biography
Professional career
- The biographical information identifies Amanda M. Schulz as a Ketchikan District Court magistrate in Alaska’s First Judicial District, appointed by the district’s presiding judge in 2010
- Attorney in Ketchikan with Schulz & Skiles by 2009
- Magistrate Judge Amanda M. Schulz is a long‐time Alaska legal professional nominated for a Ketchikan Superior Court judgeship, with a background in law practice and judicial service in the state’s justice system
Education
- University of Idaho College of Law — J.D. (2001)
- University of Idaho bachelor’s degree in 1998 (the About panel specifies B.S.)
Additional information
- Admission history: Idaho in 2001, Alaska in 2002, Arkansas in 2002.
- First Judicial District public administrator
- Residency: Has lived in Alaska for more than 20 years.
- Ketchikan Superior Court judges oversee a regional judicial district that includes Ketchikan, Prince of Wales Island, Metlakatla, Wrangell, and Petersburg KRBD .
- Practice: Over 20 years of legal practice in Alaska, with a career that includes work as a magistrate judge and as a federal prosecutor in Fairbanks KRBD .
- No earlier employer or nonjudicial role is given.
- The career history records magistrate service in Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
- The First Judicial District covers Angoon, Haines, Hoonah, Juneau, Kake, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Prince of Wales, Sitka, Skagway, Wrangell and Yakutat.
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Recording and broadcasting
Statewide
Alaska generally prohibits photographing, filming, and recording in courthouse common areas unless an application is approved, while separate courtroom and adjacent-area rules remain governed by Administrative Rule 50 and Administrative Bulletin No. 45.
Except as specifically authorized by this order, photographing, filming, and recording are permitted in common areas inside the courthouse only upon the issuance of an approved application.Presiding Judges' Statewide Order on Use of Cameras and Electronic Devices in Common Areas of Court Facilities ↗
Courtroom Media Requests
Statewide
Alaska states that media may request permission from a judicial officer for coverage inside a particular courtroom or adjacent area, and the judicial officer rules on those requests.
not intended to interfere with or restrict the rights of the media to request permission from a judicial officer to allow media coverage within a particular courtroom or adjacent areaPresiding Judges' Statewide Order on Use of Cameras and Electronic Devices in Common Areas of Court Facilities ↗
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Presiding Judges' Statewide Order on Use of Cameras and Electronic Devices in Common Areas of Court Facilities
Alaska District Court, Ketchikan
Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory.
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Alaska Court System official judicial roster
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