IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

                         ORDER NO. 1236

                                   Amending Alaska Bar Rule 26
                                   concerning criminal conviction
                                   and interim suspension.

IT IS ORDERED:

     1.   Paragraph (c) of Alaska Bar Rule 26 is amended to read as
follows:

               (c)  Certificate of Conviction. A
          certificate of conviction for any crime will
          be conclusive evidence of the commission of
          that crime in any disciplinary proceeding
          instituted against an attorney based upon the
          conviction.  The requirement of a certificate
          of conviction may be satisfied by a
          certificate from a clerk of court that an
          attorney has been convicted of a crime in that
          court, by a certified copy of a judgment of
          conviction or another court document
          evidencing the conviction, or by an affidavit
          establishing the fact of conviction which is
          also served on the attorney.  A certificate of
          conviction may be filed with the Court by any
          clerk of court, Bar Counsel, the Board, or any
          District Attorney.

     2.   Alaska Bar Rule 26 is amended to included a new paragraph
(d) to read as follows:

               (d)  Duty to Report.  The clerk of court
          of any court of this state in which an
          attorney is convicted of a crime shall advise
          the Alaska Bar Association of the conviction,
          and upon request shall provide the Association
          with a certificate that the attorney has been
          convicted of a crime in that court, or with a
          certified copy of the judgment of conviction
          or another court document evidencing the
          conviction.

     3.   Existing paragraph (d) of Alaska Bar Rule 26 is re-
lettered (e).

     4.   Existing paragraph (e) of Bar Rule 26 is amended to read
as follows:

               (f)  Reinstatement after Interim
          Suspension. An attorney suspended under
          Section (a) of this Rule may petition for
          reinstatement upon the filing of a certificate
          demonstrating that the underlying conviction
          for a serious crime has been reversed or set
          aside.  The reinstatement will not terminate
          any formal proceeding then pending against the
          attorney, the disposition of which shall be
          determined by the Hearing Committee and the
          Board on the basis of the available evidence.
     
     5.   Existing paragraphs (f) through (j) of Alaska Bar Rule 26
are re-lettered (g) through (k), respectively.

     4.   Alaska Bar Rule 26 is amended to include a new paragraph
(l) to read as follows:

               (l)  Conviction.  Conviction for purposes
          of this rule occurs upon entry of a plea of
          guilty or no contest or upon entry of a
          finding or verdict of guilt.  



DATED:     May 2, 1996   

EFFECTIVE DATE:    May 2, 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