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37 Alaska B. Rag 1 (2013)

handle is hein.barjournals/askabar0037 and id is 1 raw text is: Uniform bar exam (UBE) proposed for Alaska On the table is a proposal to adopt the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE), a national bar exam administered by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). The Alaska bar exam currently utilizes two of the three Y/ p; components that make up the UBE: 1) the Multistate Bar Examination (200 multiple-choice questions based on substan- tive law); and 2) the Multistate Performance Test (two essays testing for analytical and writing ability rather than substantive law). In addition to these two components, the Alaska Bar Exam currently includes nine essay questions three one hour es- 4says and six half-hour essays--that test substantive knowledge of Alaska specific law. All nine essay questions are drafted, edited, calibrated and graded by local Alaskan attorneys who serve on the Law Examiners Committee. Most often, those who draft the essays are experienced practitioners in the area of law that their particular essay seeks to examine. The UBE essay portion 0(MEE), which would replace the current essay questions, con- sists of six, half-hour essay questions chosen from 12 possible > legal subjects that are not state specific. The 12 possible legal subjects on the MEE include several subjects not currently tested in the essay portion of the Alaska Bar Exam. Among the nine subjects the Alaska Bar Exam currently test, Business Law, Family Law, and Real Property are not among the six subjects tested on the MEE.'Additionally, Conflicts,'Trusts A ! tand Estates, and the Uniform Commercial Code are tested on the MEE and not currently tested in Alaska. The Board of Governors is reviewing the proposal to adopt the UBE, and is seeking input from the legal community. Com- ments on the proposal should be sent to oregan@alaskabar.org. - The Alaska Law Examinars Committee. Governor appoints Joel Bolger to Supreme Court Gov. Sean Parnell appointed Alaska Court of Appeals Judge Joel Bolger as the 23rd justice of the Alaska Supreme Court on Jan. 25. His appointment follows the retirement of Justice Walter Bud Carpeneti. Judge Bolger first moved to Alaska in 1978. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in economics and ajuris doctor- ate. He began his Alaskan legal career in Dillingham as a VISTA volunteer attorney, and then supervised the Alaska Legal Services Corporation in Kodiak. Then, after serving as an assistant public defender in Barrow, he joined the private practice firm of Jamin Ebell Bolger & Gentry in Kodiak, where he litigated civ- il and criminal cases, advised the borough as- i sembly, medi- i ated disputes, and negotiated business trans-Af actions. Joel Bolger In 1997, Bolg- er was appointed as a district court judge in Valdez, followed by an appointment to the Kodiak Superior Court. Since 2008, he has served as a Court of Appeals judge in Anchorage, authoring in excess of 150 opinions. Bolger has been active in the formal education of judges, magistrates, and lawyers and has served on the Alaska Bar convention steering committee, the CLE Committee and as a judge in the statewide Mock Trial Competition. He has 2 grown children, and his wife is an accountant. His interests include biking, skiing, golf, and music. Judge Bolger's vast experience will be a tremendous asset for Alaska's highest court, said Governor Par- nell. His service at each level of the Alaska Court System has prepared him to serve Alaskans with humility, thoughtfulness, legal expertise, and discernment.

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