Active members who provide 400 hours or more of pro bono services in a calendar year (January through December) as confirmed by the Alaska Pro Bono Program, or as approved by the Alaska Bar Association Pro Bono Service Committee, may pay 30% of the annual active fee for the membership year immediately following the year these services were provided subject to the following limitations:
Annual membership fees are due and payable on or before February 1 of each year; however, an active member, who does not qualify for reduced dues under section 1(a), may pay his or her annual membership fees in two installments. The first installment is due and payable on or before February 1 and the second installment is due and payable on or before July 1. A $25.00 charge shall be assessed against the active member for the installment service and shall be included in the amount of the first payment.
The required fee for other attorneys under Civil Rule 81(a)(2) is the amount required for active members under Section 1 of the Bylaws per case per year until the attorney notifies the Alaska Bar Association that the case in which the attorney is participating is closed or the attorney has withdrawn from the case.
However, the Board, upon a vote of three quarters of the members of the full Board, may approve the disbursement of dues for expenditures which are considered "nonchargeable" within the meaning of Keller v. State Bar of California. If the Board disburses funds for "nonchargeable" expenditures, notice of the expenditure(s) shall be given in the official publication of the Bar and a member may request, in writing to the Executive Director, an appropriate dues refund within sixty (60) days of such notice. The dues refund, which shall be determined by the Board, shall be limited to that pro-rata amount of a member's dues reasonably related to any costs actually incurred with regard to the "nonchargeable" activity. To the extent that any member objects to the determination of the amount of the expenditure, the member must proceed under subparagraph (e).
In addition, the President shall direct the Executive Director to determine the amount of the expenditure(s) reasonably in dispute involving the objecting member(s) and shall order that amount to be held in an interest-bearing escrow account pending final determination by the Board, or if appealed, by the Alaska Supreme Court.
If the hearing master determines that an objection to an expenditure has been frivolously made, the hearing master may assess costs associated with the proceeding against the member(s) filing the frivolous objection(s).
Alaska Bylaws. Bar. Asso., art. III