3. Contact of interested amici.

It may be useful to contact news media or press or civic organizations to assist you by filing an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief in a particular case that would have general significance. Most organizations will have little or no interest or ability to come in as an amicus at the trial level, both for reasons of finances and because the issues have not generally sorted themselves out to a point where it is clear the outcome of the case will have general significance as is the case with an appellate decision. However at the appellate level, any decision issued by the Supreme Court is almost by definition likely to have general impact, and therefore the Alaska Press Club, the Alaska Broadcasters Association, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, American or Alaska Civil Liberties Union, League of Women Voters or others may have some interest or be willing to file something in support of your position. It never hurts to ask.