28—The Alaska Supreme Court issued an order on Monday lowering the minimum score needed to pass the bar exam and practice ... serious criminal charges in rural Alaska. The change applies ...

Launched this year, the program is a collaboration between the Alaska Business Development Center and the American Bar Association. It offers free tax help to residents who earn $54,000 or less ...

In other words, the Alaska Bar Association membership is 95% white ... A notable exception is Judge Paul Roetman, the only applicant from rural Alaska. Judge Roetman has served for a decade ...

Getting to rural communities can take days and is often delayed by the great distances to cover, the vagaries of the weather and — in the minds of many Alaska Natives — the low priority placed ...