--- title: "Paul Korchin | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/paul-korchin-magistrate-judge-alaska-magistrate-court-haines-ak" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Paul Korchin Alaska District Court, Haines · Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: Alaska District Court, Haines - State: Alaska - Role: Magistrate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-10-02 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Magistrate Judge assigned to the First Judicial District, which covers the communities of Haines, Hoonah, Skagway, and Yakutat ### Education ### Additional information - Appointed in 2022 to this role. - Worked at KNOM in Nome from 1988 to 2009, eventually serving as news director. - LegalReportCard: Offers public case and judge information for Alaska District Court, including Korchin’s docket. - Alaska Court System — Magistrate Judges page: /judges/mj.htm - Local reporting described him as having spent much of his career as a college professor before becoming an Alaska magistrate judge. - Served as a board member / vice president of KNOM Radio Mission. - Magistrate judges in Alaska handle a range of cases, often including criminal matters, civil cases, and certain family law matters, depending on the district’s caseload and statutory authority. - Adjunct faculty member teaching religious studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. - Taught a University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest Campus course on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. - His academic work includes biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies. - Instructor, University of Alaska Fairbanks course RELG-F115, End of Days—Apocalypse Across the Ages. - Published academic reviews/commentary in biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies. ## 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/mj.htm#1) - [Official roster](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm#1) - [Alaska Court System official judicial roster](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm#1) - [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) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/) - [muse.jhu.edu](https://muse.jhu.edu/article/439494/summary) - [projects.propublica.org](https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/270518406) - [www.chilkatvalleynews.com](https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2022/08/11/new-magistrate-to-arrive-in-september/) - [www.courts.alaska.gov](https://www.courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm) - [www.uaf.edu](https://www.uaf.edu/uafgov/files/12-13_141-UNC_Revised-syllabus_RELG-F115_End-of-Days.pdf) - [www.uaf.edu](https://www.uaf.edu/uafgov/files/99-UNC_RELG-F110-IPC-revised-syllabus.pdf) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm) - [Alaska Court System official judicial roster](https://www.courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm) - [Biography enrichment source](https://isac.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/shared/docs/saoc67.pdf) - [Biography enrichment source](https://www.nomenugget.net/archives/2011/7.21.11%20nn.pdf) - [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) - [muse.jhu.edu](https://muse.jhu.edu/article/439494/summary) - [projects.propublica.org](https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/270518406) - [www.chilkatvalleynews.com](https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2022/08/11/new-magistrate-to-arrive-in-september/) - [www.courts.alaska.gov](https://www.courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm) - [www.uaf.edu](https://www.uaf.edu/uafgov/files/12-13_141-UNC_Revised-syllabus_RELG-F115_End-of-Days.pdf) - [www.uaf.edu](https://www.uaf.edu/uafgov/files/99-UNC_RELG-F110-IPC-revised-syllabus.pdf) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm#1) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm) - [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/judges/mj.htm#1) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/trialcourts/hearings.htm) - [muse.jhu.edu](https://muse.jhu.edu/article/439494/summary) - [projects.propublica.org](https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/270518406) - [www.chilkatvalleynews.com](https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2022/08/11/new-magistrate-to-arrive-in-september/) - [www.courts.alaska.gov](https://www.courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm) - [www.uaf.edu](https://www.uaf.edu/uafgov/files/12-13_141-UNC_Revised-syllabus_RELG-F115_End-of-Days.pdf) - [www.uaf.edu](https://www.uaf.edu/uafgov/files/99-UNC_RELG-F110-IPC-revised-syllabus.pdf) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/paul-korchin-magistrate-judge-alaska-magistrate-court-haines-ak", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/paul-korchin-magistrate-judge-alaska-magistrate-court-haines-ak", "name": "Paul Korchin | KnowJudges", "description": "Paul Korchin, Alaska District Court, Haines. 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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.