Legal Opinion
Sheley v. Alaska Bar Ass'n
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided October 16, 1980No. 5148PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DIMOND, Senior Justice.
This appeal concerns the constitutionality of Alaska Bar Rule 2(l)(e), which requires an applicant for the Alaska bar examination to establish domicile in Alaska at least thirty days before the first day upon which the examination is to be given. 1 Elizabeth Sheley applied for permission to sit for the February, 1980, examination, but the Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar Association (ABA) denied her application based on her' representation that she could not meet the thirty-day residency requirement. Sheley appeals the Board’s decision on the grounds that the…
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