Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Licensing of Out-of-State Lawyers and Alaska Arbitrations

Alaska doesn’t require local bar admission for lawyers who represent parties in arbitration, so long as the attorney doesn’t represent that he or she is licensed by the Alaska Bar Association.  See Bar Rule 63 (defining the unauthorized practice of law); AS 08.08.230 (making unauthorized practice of law a misdemeanor).
California, on the other hand, provides […]

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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

“Moral Turpitude” and Licensed Professions in Alaska

9th Cir: DWI is not crime of moral turpitude, but DWI without a license is 
Some statutes and many employee handbooks provide that conviction of a crime of “moral turpitude,”or even simply an act of “moral turpitude,” is grounds for dismissal.   In Alaska, for instance, a school district may non-retain a tenured teacher because of ”immorality, which is defined as […]

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