Rule 1. Administrative Director of Courts—Duties

There shall be an administrative director of courts who

shall, under policy guidelines provided by the supreme court:

(a) Supervise the administrative operation of the judicial

system;

(b) Establish the administrative methods and systems to

be employed in the offices of the clerks and other offices of the

courts;

(c) Periodically inspect and examine the administrative

methods and systems in use and make recommendations to the

chief justice for the improvement of such administrative

methods and systems;

(d) Establish a system of prescribed accounting practices

for all courts including uniform procedures, consistent with

existing law, for calculating interest on judgments and

allocating payments to costs, interest, and principal;

(e) Examine the state of the calendars of all courts,

determine the need for assistance by any court and confer with

the justices and judges on the status of their calendars and

administrative matters;

(f) When authorized by the chief justice, make

assignments of judges to other judicial districts where the

courts are in need of assistance and where the judge consents

to the assignment;

(g) When directed by the supreme court, prescribe

methods for the assignment and calendaring of cases in the

superior or district court in any court location;

(h) Collect and compile statistical and other data and

transmit copies of the same to the supreme court to the end that

proper action may be taken in respect thereto;

(i) Prepare budget estimates of state appropriations

necessary for the maintenance and operation of the judicial

system and submit the budget request, as approved by the

supreme court, to the legislature;

(j) Draw all requisitions requiring the payment of state

monies appropriated for the maintenance and operation of the

judicial system;

(k) Collect statistical and other data and make reports

relating to the expenditure of public monies for the

maintenance and operation of the judicial system and the

offices connected therewith;

equest, as approved by the

supreme court, to the legislature;

(j) Draw all requisitions requiring the payment of state

monies appropriated for the maintenance and operation of the

judicial system;

(k) Collect statistical and other data and make reports

relating to the expenditure of public monies for the

maintenance and operation of the judicial system and the

offices connected therewith;

(l) Obtain reports from presiding judges, area court

administrators, and clerks of court in accordance with the

requirements of the supreme court on cases and other judicial

business in which action has been delayed beyond periods of

time specified by law or rules of court and make report thereof

to the chief justice and the supreme court;

(m) Formulate and submit to the chief justice and the

supreme court recommendations of policies for the improve-

ment of the judicial systems; and

(n) Be legal advisor for the chief justice and the supreme

court in all legal matters not adjudicatory in nature, such as:

(1) Preparation of memoranda on statutes which may

affect the judiciary;

(2) Drafting of rules of practice, procedure and

administration;

(3) Conducting and supervising research on procedure

and court administration;

(4) Instruction of court personnel concerning rules or

statutes governing ministerial and other non-adjudicatory

duties;

(5) Preparing of syllabi for the basic legal instruction of

magistrate judges and other lay personnel;

(6) Providing for the publication, annotation and editing

of revisions and supplements to the Alaska Rules of Court; and

(7) Rendering legal opinions in any non-adjudicatory

matters as directed from time to time by the chief justice.

(o) Adopt and publish procedures to govern the

procurement of supplies, services, professional services, and

construction by the judicial branch.

y personnel;

(6) Providing for the publication, annotation and editing

of revisions and supplements to the Alaska Rules of Court; and

(7) Rendering legal opinions in any non-adjudicatory

matters as directed from time to time by the chief justice.

(o) Adopt and publish procedures to govern the

procurement of supplies, services, professional services, and

construction by the judicial branch.

(p) Attend to such other matters as may be assigned by

the chief justice.

Cross References

CROSS REFERENCE: Administrative Bulletin 68 (Calculation of

Interest on Judgments and Allocation of Payment to Costs, Interest and

Principal); Court Form ADM-505 (How to Determine Pre- and Post-

Judgment Interest Rates).