Alaska Bar Ass'n Bylaws art. VII, § 1

(a) Standing Committees. The Board shall define the

powers, duties, functions, and scope of each standing

committee in its Standing Policies. The President, subject to

Board approval, shall appoint eligible Bar members to fill all

vacancies or expired terms on standing committees and shall

name and designate the chair of each committee. Committee

members shall serve staggered, three year terms. Committee

members may be reappointed for successive terms. The Board

may appoint additional members to a committee, remove

members from a committee for good cause, or dissolve a

committee when it considers the work of a committee has been

completed or when it considers that a committee is no longer

necessary. Each committee may select such other officers as it

considers advisable and may designate subcommittees from

among its membership. Each committee shall meet at such

times and places as may be designated by its chair. The

Association’s standing committees are:

(1) the Continuing Legal Education Committee, a 15

member committee responsible for presenting legal education

seminars to the membership, and includes one Judicial

representation and two Young Lawyer representations serving

staggered 2-year terms;

(2) the Ethics Committee, a committee responsible for

the issuance of opinions providing guidance to Association

members in complying with the Alaska Rules of Professional

Conduct;

(3) the Historians Committee, a committee responsible

for preserving the unique history of the Alaska Bar;

(4) The Law Related Education Committee, a committee responsible for presenting programs and producing publications to aid the public in understanding of the law and

the legal system; the committee is divided into subcommittees

in the communities of Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Kenai,

Mat-Su and such other communities as the president sees fit to

appoint;

(5) the Tutor Committee, a committee responsible for

tutoring assistance to failing bar examinees;

(6) the Pro Bono Service Committee, a committee

responsible for identifying and promoting activities which

would facilitate the provision of pro bono services and

encourage all attorneys to provide pro bono service; at least

three of the members shall be from communities from outside

of Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks;

(7) the Alaska Rules of Professional Conduct Committee, a committee responsible for reviewing suggested

amendments to the ARPC and making recommendations for

amendments to the Board of Governors;

(8) the Lawyers’ Assistance Committee whose members

provide services to members of the Bar, their families or

business associates when it appears a Bar member is suffering

from substance abuse or from a mental or emotional disorder

affecting his or her practice. The committee may also conduct

interviews and provide recommendations for applicants for

admission. Communications between Bar members and the

Committee shall be kept confidential by the Committee, as set

forth in Rule 8.3(c) of the Alaska Rules of Professional

Conduct and Rule 26(i) of the Alaska Bar Rules; and,

(9) the Committee for Fair and Impartial Courts, a

Committee responsible for recommendations to the Board for

activities that the Bar can undertake to explain and promote the

concept of judicial independence, and to undertake to educate

the public about and promote the concept of judicial independence.

(10) the Scholarship committee, a committee responsible

for implementation of the scholarship program. At least one

member of the committee will be a member of the Board of

Governors.

(b) Special Committees. The President may appoint

special committees with limited purposes and of limited

duration. The terms of membership on such committees shall

be established by the President at the time the committees are

appointed.

(c) Committee Actions Endorsed. No action, report, or

recommendation of any standing or special committee is

binding upon the Association unless first approved by the

Board.