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Jude Pate
38:27 - 38:40
"We need more Alaska Native lawyers. How do we make that happen? If we have enough Alaska Native lawyers, then hopefully there'll be enough to populate the benches in state court."
“We need more Alaska Native lawyers. How do we make that happen? If we have enough Alaska Native lawyers, then hopefully there'll be enough to populate the benches in state court.”
- Speaker
- Jude Pate
- Timestamp
- 38:27 – 38:40
- Transcript
- Native Federation Video 2526606721442955
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 23, 2026
From the transcript
That's where you get most people to come and think, you know, get more lawyers. We need more Alaska Native lawyers. How do we make that happen? If we have enough Alaska Native lawyers, then hopefully there'll be enough to populate the benches in state court.
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