Alaska R. Civ. P. 39

(a) By Jury. When trial by jury has been demanded and

not waived as provided in Rule 38, the trial of all issues so

demanded shall be by jury, unless (1) the parties or their

attorneys of record, by written stipulation filed with the court

or by an oral stipulation made in open court, consent to trial by

the court sitting without a jury or (2) the court upon motion by

a party or upon its own motion finds that a right of trial by jury

of some or all of those issues does not exist under the state

constitution or statutes of the state.

(b) By the Court. Issues not demanded for trial by jury

as provided in Rule 38 shall be tried by the court; but

notwithstanding the failure of a party to demand a jury in an

action in which such a demand might have been made of right,

the court in its discretion upon motion may order a trial by a

jury of any or all issues.

(c) Advisory Jury and Trial by Consent. In all actions

not triable of right by a jury the court upon motion by a party

or upon its own motion may try an issue with an advisory jury

or, with the consent of both parties, may order a trial with a

jury whose verdict has the same effect as if trial by jury had

been a matter of right.