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Rule 5. Requirements for Admission to the Practice of Law
Section 1. (a) To be admitted to the practice of law in Alaska, an applicant must
(1) pass the bar examination prescribed pursuant to Rule 4;
(2) pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination;
(3) be found by the Board to meet the standard of character and fitness, as required pursuant to Rule 2(1)(d);
(4) be determined by the Board to be eligible in all other respects;
(5) pay prorated active membership dues for the balance of the year in which he or she is admitted, computed from the first day of admission;
(6) attend a presentation on attorney ethics as prescribed by the Board prior to taking the oath prescribed in Section 3 of this rule;
(7) file an affidavit as required by Bar Rule 64 stating that the applicant has read and is familiar with the Alaska Rules of Professional Conduct; and
(8) take the oath prescribed in Section 3 of this rule.
(b) Within 60 days after completion of the requirements stated in subparagraphs (a)(1), (2) and (6) of Section 1 of this Rule, an applicant must file with the Alaska Bar Association the forms provided by the Board, formally accepting membership in the Association and admission to the practice of law in Alaska.
(c) The Board may conduct a character investigation of an applicant, or may continue such an investigation, after the applicant has been permitted to take, or has passed, the examination prescribed by the Board pursuant to Rule 4. The fact that the Board has permitted the applicant to take the examination, and has given the applicant notice that he or she has passed the examination, shall not thereafter preclude the Board from denying the admission of the applicant on the grounds of character and fitness as set forth in Bar Rule 2(1)(d).
(Amended by SCO 504(4) effective June 1, 1982; amended and renumbered by SCO 609 effective January 1, 1985; amended by SCO 1228 effective July 15,
Section 2. An applicant who fails to comply with the provisions of Section 1 of this Rule shall not be eligible for certification to the Supreme Court for admission and shall be deemed to have abandoned the application.
Section 3. Upon receiving certification of the eligibility of an applicant the Supreme Court may enter an order admitting the applicant as an attorney at law in all the courts of the state and to membership in the Alaska Bar Association. Each applicant ordered admitted to the practice of law shall take the following oath before any state or federal judicial officer:
I do affirm:
I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Alaska;
I will maintain the respect due to courts of justice and judicial officers;
I will not counsel or maintain any proceedings which shall appear to me to be taken in bad faith or any defense except such as I believe to be honestly debatable under the law of the land;
I will employ for the purpose of maintaining the causes confided to me such means only as are consistent with truth and honor, and will never seek to mislead the judge or jury by an artifice or false statement of fact or law;
I will maintain the confidence and preserve inviolate the secrets of my client, and will accept no compensation in connection with my client's business except from my client or with my client's knowledge or approval;
I will be candid, fair, and courteous before the court and with other attorneys, and advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or witness, unless required by the justice of the cause with which I am charged;
I will strive to uphold the honor and to maintain the dignity of the profession and to improve not only the law but the administration of justice.
A certificate of admission shall thereupon be issued to the applicant by the clerk of the court.
(Added by SCO 161 effective immediately; amended by SCO 346 effective April 1, 1979; by SCO 392 effective January 1, 1980; by SCO 402 effective May 1, 1980; and by SCO 504(4) effective June 1, 1982; by SCO 971 effective July 15, 1989; by SCO 1083 effective January 15, 1992; by SCO 1087 effective January 15, 1992; by SCO 1146 effective September 9, 1993; by SCO 1148 effective July 15, 1994; by SCO 1153 effective July 15, 1994; and by SCO 1229 effective April 12, 1996)
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