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# Jennifer S. Henderson

Alaska Supreme Court · Justice

## Profile

- Court: Alaska Supreme Court
- State: Alaska
- Role: Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-10-02

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Jennifer S. Henderson is an American judge and the current Associate Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court, appointed in July 2021 and re‐elected in 2024
- Associate attorney at Farley & Graves, P.C. (2007–2012)
- Assistant District Attorney in Anchorage (2003–2007)
- Law clerk to Ninth Circuit Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw (2002–2003)
- Law clerk to Alaska Supreme Court Justice Warren Matthews (2001–2002)
- Law clerk for Alaska Supreme Court Justice Warren Matthews and Ninth Circuit Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw
- Assistant District Attorney in Anchorage; private practice with Farley & Graves, P.C

### Education

- B.A. in politics, philosophy, and economics from Claremont McKenna College in 1998 (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 2001.

### Additional information

- Henderson was retained to the Alaska Supreme Court in the November 5, 2024 retention election with 60.1% of the vote.
- While on the Superior Court, Henderson chaired the Anchorage Coordinated Resources Project (Mental Health Court) and the Centralized Competency Calendar (2018–2021), and helped create a mediation program for forcible entry and detainer cases.
- Appointed to the Anchorage District Court in November 2012, the Anchorage Superior Court in May 2017, and the Alaska Supreme Court in July 2021.
- She also won a 2020 retention election for the Superior Court.
- Alaska Superior Court (3rd Judicial District) — appointed 2017 by Gov.
- Alaska District Court (3rd Judicial District) — appointed 2012 by Gov.
- Jennifer Erin Stuart Henderson was born June 10, 1976 in La Mesa, California.
- Bill Walker
- Sean Parnell
- At Yale, she edited the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism.
- On the Alaska Supreme Court, she co‐chairs the Access to Justice Committee, chairs the Behavioral Health Task Force and other judicial committees, and participates in the Alaska Bar Association’s Pro Bono and CLE Committees.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### photography filming recording

Scope: 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.

Evidence excerpt: 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](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### courtroom media requests

Scope: 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.

Evidence excerpt: 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 area

[Presiding Judges' Statewide Order on Use of Cameras and Electronic Devices in Common Areas of Court Facilities](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/)
- [Official roster](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/)
- [Alaska Court System official judicial roster](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/)
- [Presiding Judges' Statewide Order on Use of Cameras and Electronic Devices in Common Areas of Court Facilities](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf)
- [Hearings & Trials](https://courts.alaska.gov/trialcourts/hearings.htm)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgemain.html)
- [www.elections.alaska.gov](https://www.elections.alaska.gov/election/2020/Language/LangOEP/2020%20BBY%20OEP.pdf)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgemain.html)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/trialcourts/hearings.htm)
- [www.elections.alaska.gov](https://www.elections.alaska.gov/election/2020/Language/LangOEP/2020%20BBY%20OEP.pdf)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgemain.html)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/trialcourts/hearings.htm)
- [www.elections.alaska.gov](https://www.elections.alaska.gov/election/2020/Language/LangOEP/2020%20BBY%20OEP.pdf)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Presiding Judges' Statewide Order on Use of Cameras and Electronic Devices in Common Areas of Court Facilities](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-4195c4aa8c36145cd11c25b9) — 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. [Official source](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.