ALASKA BAR ASSOCIATION

Alaska Bar Rule 2, Section 2

It is your responsibility to read and understand Alaska Bar Rule 2, Section 2

Electronic Communications

All information and announcements are posted on our website at https://admissions.alaskabar.org/home. You are expected to regularly visit the Alaska Bar Association's website to review the announcements and information posted there. The Alaska Bar Association corresponds with applicants primarily via the online system. You are required to maintain a current e-mail address and mailing address on your personal Alaska Bar Association Registration Account, and it is imperative that you regularly read all correspondence from this office, whether sent electronically or by postal service. It is your responsibility to ensure that e-mails from the Alaska Bar Association are not filtered as spam and to add @alaskabar.org to your e-mail address book.

Application Checklist

This checklist is only a guide to ensure you submit all the required items. Complete information can be found on our website.

• Application - Complete and submit the electronic portion of your application. Do not submit the electronic application in paper form.
• Filing Fee - Payment of admission fees can be made by credit card or via PayPal. If you need to set up a PayPal account, you can do that by clicking here.
• Authorization and Release Form - must be signed, notarized, and may be mailed. Once you have submitted your application electronically, you may also upload the signed and notarized Authorization and Release form by clicking on the "Upload New Document" button located in the bottom right corner of your user home page.
• Photo Submission Form - must include TWO passport sized (2x2) photos; must be mailed to the Alaska Bar.
• Fingerprints - One properly executed Standard Applicant Fingerprint Card; must be mailed to the Alaska Bar.
• Applicant Verification - A copy of either an IRS Form I-9, a government-issued ID, or a government-issued driver’s license.
• Provide at least three affidavits from employers, clients, associates, attorneys or judges showing that, taken together, establish that you engaged in the "active practice of law" (as defined in Alaska Bar Rule 2, Section 2(c)) for at least 750 hours per year for three of the five years immediately before your application to the Alaska Bar. The affidavits are a distinct form, and are in addition to, the employment and personal references in the application. There is no form that we provide. The five-year period is measured on a rolling basis from the date of application, not by calendar year.
  
  The affidavits must:
  
  
  • Be notarized
  • Identify the affiant's position and how they know your work; and
  • Describe the legal work performed and provide enough detail for the Alaska Bar to determine the amount of qualifying work. For example, approximate hours worked per year, or whether your work was full-time during the period the affiant can personally verify.
  
  No single affidavit must cover the entire three-of-five-year period; the affidavits collectively must demonstrate that you meet the 750-hour-per-year standard for at least three of the five years. Supplemental affidavits may be submitted if needed to establish the minimum practice requirement.

Request the following to be sent directly to the Alaska Bar Association from the authority:
It is YOUR responsibility to arrange to have the following items mailed directly to the Alaska Bar Association from each respective authority. Our email and mailing addresses can be found in the Contact Us link on our website.

• Original certificate of graduation from law school; the certificate must contain:
  • Your name
  • The name of the law school
  • Graduation date
  • Degree received
  • The school's seal

  Note: The Certificate of Graduation is an original letter, on school letterhead, verifying your degree and the date received.

• Certificate of Good Standing from each state or D.C., to which you have been admitted; must have been issued within the previous three months.
• Disciplinary history from each State Bar to which you are admitted; must have been issued within the previous three months.
• MPRE score of 80 or higher from NCBE at an exam taken not more than eight years prior to your application for admission. The score can be submitted any time prior to admission.

Supplemental Application Materials

1. Applicants with a military history must submit a Standard Form 180.
2. Resident aliens must submit with their application an appropriate affidavit specifying sufficient facts to enable the Alaska Bar to verify his or her status with U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services.

The affidavit should contain the following:

• A statement that the individual is swearing under oath to the truthfulness of the information contained in the affidavit and any attachments.
• The information being sworn to
• Signature
• And an attestation of a notary public or other official authorized to administer oaths.