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  Young Lawyers Section

The Young Lawyer Section (YLS) of the Anchorage Bar Association is a social and service section of the Anchorage Bar Association geared toward introducing beginning attorneys to the legal practice and the Anchorage legal community.  Attorneys and law clerks 35 years of age and younger and those in their first five years of practice are eligible to be members of YLS.  YLS members are encouraged to be members of the Anchorage Bar Association.




YLS Activities

 
YLS has over 100 members who engage in the following activities:
  • Host swearing-in receptions for lawyers newly admitted to practice in Alaska
  • Provide attorney volunteers for six landlord-tentant clinics a year
  • Organize the annual "Race Judicata" ~ a 5 km run fundraiser for Anchorage Youth Court
  • Sponsor and organize the Alaska High School Mock Trial Competition
  • Conduct a clothing drive for interview clothes for youth
  • Throw a holiday party for homeless youth at Covenant House
  • Participate in monthly meetings at the Glacier Brewhouse
  • Coordinate social networking events for YLS members
 

To join the YLS e-mail list and/or to obtain additional information about YLS, please contact us at YLSanchorage@gmail.com

  
Upcoming Events

YLS 2010 Spring Happenings
      
  • February 25 - After-Bar Party @ Humpy’s 4:30 p.m.
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  • March 3 – YLS Luncheon @ Orso’s 12:00 p.m.– Guest speaker: Greg Peters from ALSC to do Wills Clinic Training
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  • March 17 – Anchorage Bar Association St. Patrick’s Day Party!
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  • Late March/April – “Break-up Mixer” – Date TBD
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  • April 2 & 3 - Mock Trial Competition
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  • April 7 – YLS Luncheon @ Orso’s 12:00 – Guest speaker: Newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Craig Stowers
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  • Swearing In Reception @ Bernie’s 4:30 – Date TBD
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  • May 2 - Race Judicata – Fundraiser for Alaska Youth Court
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  • May 5 – YLS Luncheon @ Orso’s 12:00 – Guest speaker: Attorney Russ Winner
Join the Anchorage Bar Association
If you are a new lawyer but not yet a member of the Anchorage Bar Association, please consider joining and supporting the organization that supports YLS.  Go to the Membership page for application forms.  Your first year of membership after passing the bar is free.

YLS Board of Directors

President - Elizabeth Apostola
elizabeth.easley@gmail.com

Vice President - Leslie Need
leslieneed@gmail.com

Secretary - Meghan Kelly
Mkelly1209@gmail.com

Treasurer - Leila Kimbrell
lrkimbrell@gmail.com