IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

                         ORDER NO. 1230

                                   Amending Bar Rule 2, Sec. 2
                                   concerning eligibility for
                                   examination.

IT IS ORDERED:


     Paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 2 of Bar Rule 2 are amended
to read as follows:

               (a) An applicant who meets the
          requirements of (a) through (d) of Section 1
          of this Rule and

               (1)  has passed a written examination
          required by another reciprocal state,
          territory, or the District of Columbia for
          admission to the active practice of law, and

               (2)  has engaged in the active practice
          of law in one or more states, territories or
          the District of Columbia for five of the seven
          years immediately preceding the date of his or
          her application, may, upon motion be admitted
          to the Alaska Bar Association without
          examination. The motion shall be served on the
          executive director of the Alaska Bar
          Association and sponsored by a member in good
          standing 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. For
          the purposes of this section, þreciprocal
          state, territory or districtþ shall mean a
          jurisdiction which offers admission without
          examination to attorneys licensed to practice
          law in Alaska, upon their compliance with
          specific conditions detailed by that
          jurisdiction, providing the conditions are not
          more demanding than those set forth in this
          Rule.

               (b)  An applicant is not eligible for
          admission under this section if 

               (1)  the applicant was admitted to the
          practice of law in the reciprocal state,
          territory or district without taking a written
          examination;

               (2)  the applicant has engaged in the
          unauthorized practice of law in Alaska; or

               (3)  the applicant has taken and failed
          to pass an Alaska Bar examination, unless this
          occurred before the applicant engaged in the
          five years of practice required by (a)(2) of
          this section.

DATED:     April 12, 1996   

EFFECTIVE DATE:    April 12, 1996   



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                                   Chief Justice Compton


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                                   Justice Rabinowitz


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                                   Justice Matthews


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                                   Justice Eastaugh
     

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                                   Justice Fabe