Eligibility for Admission.*

condition; Section 1. Every general applicant for examination (2) the recency of the conduct or condition; shall: (a) File an application in a form prescribed by the Board and produce and file the evidence and documents prescribed by the Board in proof of eligibility for admission; (b) Be a graduate with a degree of Juris Doctor (JD) or Bachelor of Laws (LLB) of a law school which was accredited or approved by the Council of Legal Education of the American Bar Association or the Association of American Law Schools when the applicant entered or graduated, or submit proof that the law course required for graduation for either the JD or LLB degree from such a law school will be completed and that a JD or LLB degree will be received as a matter of course before the date of examination. Certified proof of graduation shall be sent directly from the law school to the Alaska Bar Association and received prior to the date of the examination; (3) the reliability of the information concerning the conduct or condition; (4) the seriousness of the conduct or condition; (5) the circumstances surrounding the conduct or condition; (6) the cumulative effect of conduct, condition or information; (7) the evidence of stabilization or rehabilitation; (8) the applicant’s positive social contribution since the conduct or condition; (9) the applicant’s truthfulness in the admissions process; and (c) Have attained the age of 18 years; and (10) the materiality of any omissions or misrepresentations. (d) Be one whose conduct justifies the trust of clients, adversaries, courts and others with respect to the professional duties owed to them. Conduct manifesting a significant deficiency trustworthiness, diligence or reliability of an applicant is a basis for denial of admission. the honesty, in Any of the following should be treated as cause for further inquiry before the bar examining authority decides whether the applicant possesses the character and fitness to practice law: 8 (e) Not be disbarred or suspended for disciplinary reasons, not have resigned with disciplinary charges pending, or otherwise not be in good standing for disciplinary reasons in any jurisdiction. A person who cannot satisfy this subsection may not submit an application for admission. Section 2. the requirements of (a) through (e) of Section 1 of this Rule and applicant who meets (a) An ALASKA BAR RULES has engaged in the active practice of law in one or more states, territories, or the District of Columbia for three of the five years immediately preceding the date of the applicant’s application may upon motion be admitted to the Alaska Bar Association without taking the bar examination. The motion shall be served on the executive director of the Alaska Bar Association. An applicant will be excused from taking the bar examination upon compliance with the conditions above, and payment of a non-refundable fee to be set by the Board for applicants seeking admission on motion. (b) An applicant is not eligible for admission under this section if the applicant has engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in Alaska. (c) For the purposes of this section, the “active practice of law” shall mean at least 750 hours per year in one or more of the following activities: (1) engaged in representing one or more clients in the private practice of law, which may include pro bono legal services as described in the Alaska Rules of Professional Conduct 6.1(a) and (b)(1)-(2); (2) serving as an attorney in governmental employment, or as a law clerk for a judicial officer, provided graduation from an ABA or AALS accredited law school is a required qualification of such employment; as counsel (3) serving a non-governmental corporation, entity or person and performing legal services of a nature requiring a license to practice law in the jurisdiction(s) in which performed; for (4) teaching law at one or more accredited law schools in the United States, its territories, or the District of Columbia; (5) serving as a judge in a court of the United States, its states, its territories, or the District of Columbia; or (3) meets the requirements of (a), (c), (d), and (e) of Section 1 of this Rule. (b) A person shall also be eligible to take the bar examination as a general applicant if the person (1) has successfully completed not less than one academic year of education at a law school accredited or approved by the Council of Legal Education of the American Bar Association or the Association of American Law Schools, (2) has successfully completed a clerkship program under AS 08.08.207, and (3) meets the requirements of (a), (c), (d), and (e) of Section 1 of this Rule. (c) A person who is a graduate of a law school in which the principles of English law are taught but which is located outside the United States and beyond the jurisdiction of the Council of Legal Education of the American Bar Association or the Association of American Law Schools may be eligible to take the bar examination as a general applicant if the person submits proof that (1) the foreign law school from which the person graduated meets the American Bar Association’s Council of Legal Education standards for approval, (2) the person has either (a) successfully completed not less than one academic year of education at a law school accredited or approved by the Council of Legal Education of the American Bar Association or the Association of American Law Schools, including evidence satisfactory to the Board of Governors that the person has successfully completed not less than one course in United States Constitutional Law and one course in Civil Procedure in the United States, or (6) employed by a Legal Services Corporation program or a not-for-profit law firm, performing legal services of a nature requiring a license to practice law in the jurisdiction(s) in which performed. (b) is a member in good standing of the Bar of one or more states, territories, or the District of Columbia and was admitted to the Bar of that state, territory, or the District of Columbia after written examination, and (d) An applicant not eligible for admission pursuant to this section may qualify for general applicant status. (3) meets the requirements of (a), (c), (d), and (e) of Section 1 of this Rule. Section 3. (a) A person who has not graduated from a law school accredited or approved by the Council of Legal Education of the American Bar Association or the Association of American Law Schools shall be eligible to take the bar examination as a general applicant if the person (1) has been licensed to practice law in one or more jurisdictions in the United States for three of the five years immediately preceding the date of the person’s first or subsequent applications for admission to the practice of law in Alaska, (2) was engaged in the active practice of law for three of those five years, and (d) A person eligible to take the bar examination as a general applicant under (a) through (c) of this section shall request that: (1) certified proof of graduation and/or attendance be sent directly from the law school(s) attended to the Alaska Bar Association, and (2) where applicable under Section 3(c)(2)(b), a certificate of good standing from the Bar of the state, territory, or District of Columbia where the person is licensed to practice law be sent directly the Alaska Bar Association. Proof of attendance and/or graduation and the certificate of good standing must be received prior to the date of the examination. to 9 ALASKA COURT RULES An applicant who meets the requirements of Section 4. (a) through (e) of Section 1 of this Rule or meets the requirements of Section 3 of this Rule, and has achieved a scaled score of 270 or above on a Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) administered in any state, territory, or the District of Columbia within five years preceding the date of the application to the Alaska Bar Association may be admitted to the Alaska Bar Association. (Added by SCO 161 effective immediately; amended by Amendment No. 1 to SCO 161 effective April 12, 1974; by SCO 220 effective December 15, 1975; by SCO 347 effective April 1, 1979; by SCO 401 effective May 1, 1980; by SCO 431 effective November 1, 1980; by SCO 466 effective June 1, 1981; by Ch. 52, § 15 of Session Laws of Alaska 1981; by SCO 593 effective May 3, 1984; amended by SCO 607 effective January 1, 1985; by SCO 971 effective July 15, 1989; by SCO 1005 effective January 15, 1990; by SCO 1042 effective January 15, 1991; by SCO 1051 effective January 15, 1991; amended by SCO 1230 effective April 12, 1996; by SCO 1380 effective April 15, 2000; by SCO 1394 effective October 15, 2000; by SCO 1418 effective April 15, 2001; by SCO 1553 effective October 15, 2004; by SCO 1548 effective November 15, 2004; and by SCO 1704 effective October 15, 2009; by SCO 1814(1) effective January 1, 2014; by SCO 1830 effective October 15, 2014; by SCO 1831 effective October 15, 2014; by SCO 1980 effective March 17, 2022; by SCO 2002 effective February 27, 2023; and by SCO 2031 effective November 18, 2024) *Editor’s Note: Section 9, Chapter 119, Session Laws of Alaska 1978, provides that “Section 1-8 of this Act [Chapter 119, Session Laws of Alaska, 1978] have the effect of changing section 5 of Rule 2 of the Alaska Bar Rules of the Rules of Court by transferring the responsibility for the program of law clerk study under AS 08.08.207 from the Supreme Court to the University of Alaska.”