Jason Brandeis - Anchorage, AK

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont, 2001
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Ohio University, 1997
    B.S.S.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Alaska Public Offices Commission, Associate Attorney
• University of Alaska Anchorage, Associate Professor of Justice and Legal Studies
• American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, Staff Attorney

Representative Cases

• Morse v. Frederick, 551 US 393
  • Court: United States Supreme Court
• State of Alaska v. American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, 204 P.3d 364
• State of Alaska, Dept. of Corrections v. Lundy, 188 P.3d 692 (amicus)
• Anchorage Baptist Temple v. Coonrod, 166 P.3d 29
• Green Party of Alaska v. State of Alaska, Divisions of Elections, 147 P.3d 728 (amicus)

Published Works

Articles

• Author, “Marijuana legalization: Read before you grow, sell, toke,” Alaska Bar Rag, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Jan-March, 2016)
  
• Author, “Ravin Revisited: Alaska’s Historic Common Law Marijuana Rule at the Dawn of Legalization,” Alaska Law Review, Vol. 32, Issue 2 (2015)
  
• Author, “Marijuana Legalization: Where the process stands now,” Alaska Bar Rag, Vol. 39, No. 3 (July-September, 2015)
  
• Author, “Ravin Reviewed: A Brief Recap of Alaska’s Unique Marijuana Law,” Alaska Bar Rag, Vol. 38, No. 3 (July-September, 2014)
  
• Author, “Shifting Marijuana Laws and Policies: Implications for Alaska,” Alaska Justice Forum, Vol. 31, No. 1-2 (Spring/Summer 2014)
  
• Author, “The Continuing Vitality of Ravin v. State: Alaskans Still Have a Constitutional Right to Possess Marijuana in the Privacy of Their Homes,” Alaska Law Review, Vol. 29, Issue 2 (2012)
• Author, “Status of Marijuana Law Confused by Election,” Alaska Bar Rag, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Jan-March, 2017)
• Author, “Marijuana legalization in Alaska: It’s about to get real,” Alaska Bar Rag, Vol. 40, No. 3 (July-Sept., 2016)
• Author, “Federal rules complicate growing Alaska marijuana business,” Alaska Bar Rag, Vol. 42, No. 3 (July-September 2017)
• Author, “Marijuana legalization: can you bank on it?” Alaska Bar Rag, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Jan-March, 2018)
• Author, “Marijuana industry landlords, tenants face complicated rules,” Alaska Bar Rag Vol. 43, No. 3 (July-September 2019)

Bar Admissions

• Alaska
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. District Court District of Alaska

Other Affiliations

• Alaska Bar Association Law Related Education Committee
• International Cannabis Bar Association