Alaska Court System Legal Resources

Supreme Court Orders (SCOs) are available in print at the Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau law libraries.

All SCOs are Adobe Acrobat PDF documents unless otherwise indicated.

SCO Library

SCOs since the Fall 2024 publication of the main edition of the Alaska Rules of Court (mossy-green version)

• 2041
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Child in Need of Aid (CINA) Rule 15(f)(2) to correct reference to disposition.
• 2040
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Alaska Professional Conduct Rules 1.2 and 1.16 and Comments concerning the scope of representation and mandatory grounds for declining and terminating representation.
• 2039
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Criminal Rule 16(e) concerning discovery violations.
• 2038
  non-legislative style
  Order regarding pending criminal cases filed before January 1, 2023 and Criminal Rules 45 and 16(e)(1).
• 2037
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Alaska Bar Rule 53(d) to change the limits on payments from the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection.
• 2036
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Administrative Rule 16 to add Juneteenth as a Judicial Holiday.
• 2035
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Appellate Rules 216, 216.5, and 218 to revise titles and extension language;
  Amending Appellate Rule 221 to streamline the procedures for settlement discussions in civil appeals;
  Amending Appellate Rules 303, 403, and 404 to clarify when a party can file a petition for rehearing; and
  Amending Appellate Rule 503 to eliminate the requirement to file a proposed order.
• 2034
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Appellate Rule 215(c) to include missing reference and Criminal Rule 16(d)(3)(A)(ix) to correct a typographical error.
• 2033
  non-legislative style
  Adding a Note to Civil Rule 26 concerning indirect court rule amendments made by Chapter 39 SLA 2024 (SB 134); and
  Adding a Note to Evidence Rules 402 and 501 concerning indirect court rule amendments made by Chapter 39 SLA 2024 (SB 134).
• 2032
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Administrative Rule 23(d) concerning compensation for pro tempore judicial service.
• 2031
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Bar Rules 2, 3, 43, 43.1, 43.3, 43.4, and 44 concerning admission and practice waiver requirements.
• 2030
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Criminal Rule 6(s) and adding a Note to implement the direct court rule amendments made by Chapter 11 SLA 2024 (HB 66); and Adding a Note to Civil Rules 4 and 5 concerning indirect amendments made by Chapter 11 SLA 2024 (HB 66).
• 2029
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Appellate Rule 212(c)(9) and adopting Appellate Rule 517.2 concerning amicus curiae participation.
• 2028
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Amending Appellate Rules 201.1 and 202 concerning the finality of an attorney’s fee order in workers’ compensation appeals; amending Appellate Rules 210 and 604 concerning procedures for preparing the record and transcripts in trial court and administrative agency appeals; and amending Appellate Rule 508 concerning the time to file an attorney’s fees motion.
• 2027
  legislative style | non-legislative style
  Rescinding and readopting Administrative Rule 33 concerning training judges for magistrate judges.

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