Alaska Legal Services Corporation has an opening for a full-time attorney in Dillingham, to provide estate planning and probate services to Bristol Bay Native Corporation shareholders. Estate planning services may include advice, research, investigation, and drafting and execution of wills, advance health care directives, and powers of attorney, and other documents necessary to meet a member’s estate planning needs. The attorney will create and distribute educational materials addressing estate planning, fractionation and probate, and conduct outreach efforts including travel to Bristol Bay villages and hosting clinics to encourage shareholders to draft wills and address fractionation.
Applicants must be admitted to practice law in Alaska or admitted to practice in another state and eligible for an Alaska Bar Rule 43 waiver. Information on Bar Rule 43 can be found at http://www.alaskabar.org. Familiarity with cross-cultural situations is highly desired. Computer proficiency required (Windows operating system, Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Internet, e-mail and data entry).
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Please send cover letter, resume, writing sample, and three references to: Maggie Humm, Deputy Director at [email protected] (reference Dillingham Staff Attorney).