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Judge Beverly Cutler, Part 1 |
Judge Beverly Cutler was interviewed on January 25, 2012 by Karen Brewster and Margaret Russell at her home in Palmer, Alaska. Beverly Cutler grew up near Washington, DC and earned a law degree from Yale Law School. She came to Alaska in 1974 as a research attorney for the Alaska Judicial Council. She went on to be an assistant public defender, a District Court judge in Anchorage, and in 1982 was appointed the first judge of the new Superior Court in Palmer. She was the first woman appointed as a Superior Court judge, and retired in 2009. In this interview, she talks about her family and educational background, her research work for the Alaska Judicial Council, working as a public defender, becoming a judge, setting up the court in Palmer, being a single court judge in a small community, her mentors, types of cases she handled, sentencing rules, handling criticism, balancing work and family, and being a woman in the judicial system.
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2012-02-04_PT.1 |
Judges of Alaska |
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Judge Beverly Cutler, Part 2 |
This is a continuation of the interview with Judge Beverly Cutler on January 25, 2012 by Karen Brewster and Margaret Russell at her home in Palmer, Alaska. In this part of the interview, Judge Cutler talks about being a female judge, starting the superior court in Palmer, community involvement of judges, balancing family and career, making difficult decisions, and her views on mandatory sentencing laws.
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2012-02-04_PT.2 |
Judges of Alaska |
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Judge Beverly Cutler, Part 3 |
This is a continuation of the interview with Judge Beverly Cutler on January 25, 2012 by Karen Brewster and Margaret Russell at her home in Palmer, Alaska. In this part of the interview, Judge Cutler talks about working with other judges, difficult cases and decisions, community invovlement of judges, substance abuse in cases, her contributions to Alaska's legal system,and being a role model for other women.
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2012-02-04_PT.3 |
Judges of Alaska |
Jan 25, 2012 |
