ALASKA BAR ASSOCIATION

Please see more information regarding how to handle these specific situations. If your situation is not addressed here, or if you still have questions, please contact the Admissions Assistant for more information.

Yes. All work history should be included, even if unpaid.

Type "Unemployed" in the Employer Name field, type "n/a" in the Address 1, City, Phone, and Your Occupation/Position fields, select the State or Province and Country in which you were living when unemployed, enter the zip code and the period you were unemployed in the From Mo/Yr and To Mo/Yr.  Click here to see an example.

Yes. Please provide a full explanation in the box provided of the condition and how it is controlled.

You need to submit an new Authorization and Release Form and new photos.

Alaska will accept MPRE scores taken not more than 8 years prior to the applicant’s Alaska application for admission. Please contact us if you have questions about this.

You can get fingerprinted anywhere that offers fingerprinting services. If you are in Alaska, please see list of service providers. If you are not in Alaska, a simple internet search should provide you with contact information for providers in your area.

Yes. Any fingerprint service provider can usually provide you with the card. Ask for the Standard Applicant Card (FD-258). Alternatively, you can email the Bar Office and request that one be mailed to you.

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Payment 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.

It is your responsibility to request that your law school send your Certificate of Graduation directly to us. The Certificate of Graduation is an original letter, on school letterhead, verifying your degree and the date received. If the school uses a seal, it will also include the school seal. Most law schools are familiar with this document, but if they have questions, please have them contact our office and ask for admissions.

You may pay these fees together.

Yes. All applicants are required to submit all listed materials on the Admission by Bar Exam Instructions and Checklist even if they plan on transferring their score following the release of the Bar exam results. An incomplete application (i.e. missing required items) will not be processed, and that applicant’s Bar exam results will not be released until all the required items have been submitted by the applicant.

No. Bar Rule. 2, Section 2(2) states that you must have been actively practicing law “in one or more states, territories or the District of Columbia” for 3 of the last 5 years immediately preceding the date of your application. The practice can have taken place in any state in which you were legitimately practicing.

No.

No, there is no form that we provide. Each affiant would provide his or her own wording, either stating that they have personal knowledge that you have been actively practicing law for five of the last seven years, or attesting to the specific dates that they know you have been actively practicing law. The three affidavits together should establish active practice for 3 of the past 5 years. The affiants should state their position and how they know the applicant.

Once we receive your application, we start the character investigation process. This can take at least 3-4 months, depending on each individual application. There is no way for us to expedite this process as we treat all applications with priority. Once the character investigation is complete, your application will be reviewed at the next regularly scheduled Board Meeting. Since we cannot guarantee a time frame for your application to be completed, it is best that you get your application turned in to us as soon as possible before the time you are hoping to be admitted.

No. Each application is already treated with priority.

The minimum you must submit with your application is the application itself, the application fee, the two passport-size photos, the fingerprint card, and the authorization and release form. Other documentation can be submitted after your initial application date; however, we must have all documentation timely for your application to be reviewed by the Board of Governors.

Once we receive your application, we start the character investigation process. This can take at least 3-4 months, depending on each individual application. There is no way for us to expedite this process as we treat all applications with priority. Once the character investigation is complete, your application will be reviewed at the next regularly scheduled Board Meeting. Since we cannot guarantee a time frame for your application to be completed, it is best that you get your application turned in to us as soon as possible before the time you are hoping to be admitted.

No. Each application is already treated with priority.