Anchorage Bar Association


	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 YLSanchoarage@gmail.com

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 Happy Hour
The Young Lawyers Section will be holding a happy hour on Friday, January 11, starting at approximately 5:15 at a location to be determined. The first drink will be on YLS. Hope to see you there.