Alaska
Common questions
Can a lawyer be admitted in Alaska without taking the bar exam (admission on motion)?
Admission on motion available. Must meet Rule 2 Sec.1(a)-(e) and have active practice in one or more US states/territories/DC for 3 of 5 years preceding application; active practice means >=750 hours/year; no unauthorized practice in Alaska
Does Alaska accept a transferred Uniform Bar Exam score?
Accepted - minimum scaled score 270 on UBE administered in any state, territory or DC within five years preceding Alaska application
What are the pro hac vice requirements and fee in Alaska state courts?
Fee: Annual administrative fee per attorney, per case, per year equal to current Alaska Bar member dues; invoiced annually until case closed or attorney withdraws.
Admission on motion
- Requirements
- Must meet Rule 2 Sec.1(a)-(e) and have active practice in one or more US states/territories/DC for 3 of 5 years preceding application; active practice means >=750 hours/year; no unauthorized practice in Alaska
- Years of practice
- 3 of the 5 years immediately preceding application; active practice means at least 750 hours per year
- Reciprocity
- No reciprocity requirement found.
- Reciprocity states
- Not applicable: no reciprocity
- Fee
- $1,545 (includes 3% transaction fee; effective Jan. 15, 2026)
- Rule
- Alaska Bar Rule 2, sec. 2 (Rule 5 for general requirements)
- UBE score transfer
- Accepted - minimum scaled score 270 on UBE administered in any state, territory or DC within five years preceding Alaska application
- UBE minimum
- 270
- UBE score window
- within five years preceding the date of the application
- MPRE
- scaled score of 80 at an examination taken not more than eight years prior to application
- Other routes
- Alaska Legal Services Corporation waivers (Rule 43); Armed Forces Expanded Legal Assistance Program waivers (Rule 43.1); legal intern/supervised practitioner permits (Rule 44); foreign law consultant licensing (Rule 44.1)
- Foreign attorneys
- Yes - foreign law school graduate may receive waiver to practice for Alaska Legal Services Corporation if foreign school meets ABA standards
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- Military spouse
- Not in the pulled documents
State-court pro hac vice
- Rule
- Alaska Bar Rule 81
- Fee
- Annual administrative fee per attorney, per case, per year equal to current Alaska Bar member dues; invoiced annually until case closed or attorney withdraws.
- Procedure
- Before court filing, submit to Alaska Bar Association: motion to participate with full case number, certificate of good standing (issued within 60 days) from each jurisdiction of admission (unless inactive), payment; Bar issues receipt and keeps copies; receipt and originals then go to court.
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- Local counsel
- Not in the pulled documents
- Limits
- Not in the pulled documents
Language from the source documents
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On motion
An applicant who meets the requirements of (a) through (e) of Section 1 of this Rule and has engaged in the active practice of law in one or more states, territories, or the District of Columbia for three of the five years immediately preceding the date of the applicant’s applicationruledex.com
UBE transfer
transfer a UBE scaled score of 270 or above achieved on a UBE administered in any state, territory, or the District of Columbia within five years preceding the date of the application to the Alaska Bar Association;ruledex.com
Other routes
Rule 43. Waivers to Practice Law for Alaska Legal Services Corporation.courts.alaska.gov
Pro hac vice fee
The fee to appear in Federal Court is $250, payable to the U.S. District Court.admissions.alaskabar.org
Years of practice
has engaged in the active practice of law in one or more states, territories, or the District of Columbia for three of the five years immediately preceding the date of the applicant’s applicationruledex.com
UBE minimum score
transfer a UBE scaled score of 270 or above achieved on a UBE administered in any state, territory, or the District of Columbia within five years preceding the date of the application to the Alaska Bar Associationruledex.com
UBE score window
within five years preceding the date of the application to the Alaska Bar Associationruledex.com
MPRE
pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination by obtaining a scaled score of 80 at an examination taken not more than eight years prior to the applicant’s Alaska application for admissionruledex.com