Rule 3 - [Effective until 11/18/2024] ApplicationsSection 1. An application form shall be provided by the Board upon request and upon payment of such fees as the Board shall deem appropriate. Bar examinations shall be held in the months of February and July of each calendar year. The time, date, place or places of each bar examination shall be announced by the Board no fewer than 120 days prior to the first day of such bar examination, and prompt notice thereof shall be provided all applicants and persons who have been provided applications following the date of the last preceding bar examination. Application forms provided by the Board shall be transmitted with a copy of the Alaska Bar Rules governing admission to the practice of law. The Board may provide applicants with such other matter as it may deem pertinent. Section 2. Any person seeking admission to the practice of law shall file with the Executive Director at the office of the Alaska Bar Association an application in the form provided by the board. The application shall be made under oath and contain such information relating to the applicant's age, residence, addresses, citizenship, occupations, general education, legal education, moral character and other matters as may be required by the Board; however, the application must contain the applicant's social security number. Any notice required or permitted to be given an applicant under these rules, if not personally delivered shall be delivered to the mailing address declared on the application unless notice in writing is actually received by the Board declaring a different mailing address. Any notice concerning the eligibility of the applicant sent by certified mail to the last mailing address provided shall be deemed sufficient under these rules. Every applicant shall submit two 2-inch by 3-inch photographs of the applicant showing a front view of the applicant's head and shoulders. The application shall be deemed filed only upon receipt of a substantially completed form with payment of all required fees. Applications received without payment of all fees or which are not substantially complete shall be promptly returned to the applicant with a notice stating the reasons for rejection and requiring payment of such additional fees as may be fixed by the Board as a condition of reapplication. Section 3. An application shall be filed not later than May 1 for the July bar examination and not later than December 1 for the February bar examination. The Executive Director may, for good cause, accept applications for late filing after the May 1 and December 1 deadlines. A total late filing fee of $125.00 shall be paid for applications accepted after May 1 and December 1. Section 4. The application fee shall be in an amount fixed by the Board from time to time. Fees shall be paid at the time the application is filed. Section 5. If an applicant fails to meet the requirements of Rule 2, or to take a bar examination, no refund shall be made unless the application shall be withdrawn within 10 days following notice of its receipt by the Board in which event the application fee, less a reasonable cancellation fee, shall be refunded. Section 6. An applicant who has failed to pass a bar examination required by Rule 2 may reapply for admission to take a subsequent bar examination. Reapplications shall be made by filing a reapplication form as required by the Board by December 1 for the February bar examination and by May 31 for the next July bar examination following failure of the most recent February exam.
Applicants for reexamination shall be required to pay the reapplication fee fixed by the Board. An applicant who does not comply with this Section must reapply pursuant to Sections 1 through 5 of this Rule.
Added by SCO 161 effective immediately; amended by SCO 204 effective, nunc pro tunc,11/25/1974; by SCO 473 effective 7/1/1981; by Ch. 52, § 15 of Session Laws of Alaska 1981; by SCO 5042 effective 3/1/1982; by SCO 1036 effective 1/15/1991; by SCO 1153 effective 7/15/1994; by SCO 1177 effective 7/15/1995; by SCO 1202 effective 7/15/1995; and by SCO 1295 effective 1/15/1998; and by SCO 1652 effective 10/15/2007; amended by SCO 1966 effective 8/2/2021.