IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

                         ORDER NO. 1244

                                   Amending Alaska Bar Rule 12
                                   concerning area discipline
                                   divisions and hearing
                                   committees.

IT IS ORDERED:

     1.   Paragraph (a) of Alaska Bar Rule 12 is amended to read as
follows:  

               (a)  Appointment of Area Division
          Members.  Members of Area Discipline Divisions
          (hereinafter "Area Divisions") will be
          appointed by the chief justice under the
          procedure set out in this rule.  One Area
          Division will be established in each area
          defined in Rule 9(d).  Each Area Division will
          consist of

               (1)  not less than six members in good
          standing of the Bar, each of whom maintains an
          office for the practice of law within the area
          of disciplinary jurisdiction for which he or
          she is appointed; and

               (2)  not less than three non-attorney
          members of the public (hereinafter "public
          member"), each of whom resides in the area of
          disciplinary jurisdiction for which he or she
          is appointed, is a United States Citizen, is
          at least 25 years of age, and is a resident of
          the State of Alaska.

               Area Division members will each serve a
          four year term, with each term to commence
          July 1 and expire on June 30th of the fourth
          year.  No member will serve for more than two
          consecutive terms.  A member whose term has
          expired prior to the disposition of a
          disciplinary or disability matter to which he
          or she has been assigned will continue to
          serve until the conclusion and disposition of
          that matter.  This continued service will not
          prevent immediate appointment of his or her
          successor.  A member who has served two
          consecutive terms may be reappointed after the
          expiration of one year.

               By May 15 of each year, the Board will
          send the chief justice lists of proposed Area
          Division members meeting these qualifications
          together with their resumes.  The chief
          justice will appoint the members of the Area
          Discipline Divisions from these lists.

     2.   Paragraph (d) of Alaska Bar Rule 12 is amended to read as
follows:

               (d)  Failure to Perform.  The chief
          justice has the power to remove an Area
          Division member for good cause.  The chief
          justice will appoint a replacement attorney or
          public member to serve the balance of the term
          of the removed member.

     3.   Alaska Bar Rule 12 is amended to include new paragraph
(k) to read as follows:


               (k)  Procedure for Selection and
          Assignment of Area Division Members by the
          Director.  The Director will select and assign
          Area Division Members as required by this rule
          from a roster of the members appointed by the
          chief justice.  If a member declines to serve
          an assignment, the Director shall select the
          next member in order and place the declining
          member in line for the next assignment.  The
          Director may request that the chief justice
          remove a member from the roster if that member
          declines assignments on two consecutive
          occasions.



DATED:     May 2, 1996   

EFFECTIVE DATE:    July 15, 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