Rule 2 - Appointment and Compensation of Employees - Practice of Law by Personnel Prohibited(a) The administrative director shall promulgate personnel rules governing all personnel employed by the Alaska Court System. No employee may be exempt from the personnel rules except as specifically set forth in those rules. The personnel rules have the same force and effect as a rule of administration.(b) The administrative director shall receive an annual compensation in an amount equal to $2,000.00 less than the annual compensation provided by law for a justice of the Alaska Supreme Court. Employees in the partially exempt and classified service are entitled to receive compensation in accordance with the salary and classification plan adopted by the administrative director under the personnel rules. The administrative director with the approval of the chief justice shall appoint and fix the compensation of such assistants as are necessary to the exercise and performance of the powers and duties vested in the administrative director.(c) No employee of the court system may be hired without the prior approval of the administrative director of the Court System or the administrative director's designee nor may an employee be hired except in accordance with the personnel rules.(d) During the term of office or employment, neither the administrative director nor any other employee of the Alaska Court System may engage directly or indirectly in the practice of law in any of the courts of this state.Adopted by SCO 412 effective 7/1/1980; amended by SCO 1153 effective 7/15/1994; and by SCO 1502 effective 2/7/2003