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Four rules every Alaska page has to respect

Rule 7.1: three tests for misleading. A communication is false or misleading if it (a) contains a material misrepresentation or omits a fact needed to keep it from misleading, (b) is likely to create a reasonable but unjustified expectation about results the lawyer can achieve, or (c) compares the lawyer's services with other lawyers' services unless the comparison can be factually substantiated. An assistant may quote one sentence from your page alone, so a results line has to hold up without the paragraph around it.

Rule 7.2(c): name and office address. Any communication made under Rule 7.2 must include the name and office address of at least one lawyer or law firm responsible for its content.

Rule 7.4: specialist and certified. A lawyer may say they do or do not practice in particular fields, but may not state or imply being a specialist or certified except as the rule allows. Patent lawyers may use "Patent Attorney," and Rule 7.4(b) permits a certification claim only when the certifying program is accredited by the ABA and the organization is named. The comments note that Alaska left out the ABA's admiralty exception. More in whether a lawyer can call themselves a specialist online.

Rule 7.3(c): targeted solicitations. Written, recorded, or electronic solicitations to someone known to need legal services in a particular matter must carry the words "Advertising Material," with exceptions such as replies to a potential client's request. A practice page is not a solicitation, but an email to a named prospect can be.

What the Alaska Bar Association has said about AI

The Board of Governors adopted Ethics Opinion 2025-1, "Generative Artificial Intelligence & The Practice of Law," on April 23, 2025, after the Ethics Committee approved it on April 3. Lawyers may use generative AI if they understand how the tool works and whether it protects client information. They must verify output and citations, check a tool's data policies before entering confidential information, and disclose AI charges early if they bill for them.

The opinion does not address marketing. Your pages answer to Rules 7.1 and 7.2 whoever drafts them. For other states, see which states have issued AI ethics opinions.

Alaska questions need Alaska answers

Some Alaska estates can be collected without a probate case. The Alaska Court System's self-help page explains that an Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property, form P-110, can be used when at least 30 days have passed since the death, no probate case or request to appoint a personal representative has been filed, and the person owned no real property unless it passed automatically by tenancy by the entirety or a transfer on death deed. Alaska registered vehicles must total $100,000 or less and other personal property $50,000 or less, after debts and liens.

When a probate case is needed, the court system says to file in the court location in the judicial district where the person lived. A national page that sends every Alaska family to probate court skips the step many of them can use first.

Where Alaska legal work concentrates

The Alaska Court System is organized into four judicial districts. Anchorage, Palmer, Kenai, and Kodiak are in the Third District. Fairbanks and Bethel are in the Fourth. Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka are in the First, and Nome, Kotzebue, and Utqiagvik are in the Second. A firm that takes clients statewide should say which court locations it appears in, since a page written for Anchorage readers may not answer a question from Bethel.

What we build for Alaska firms

• Practice-area pages written to Rule 7.1, with the office address and responsible attorney named
• District-aware pages that name the court location a reader would actually use
• Answer posts for the questions Alaska clients ask, each linked to the right practice page

For estate planning firms, the affidavit thresholds above decide whether a family needs probate at all. For personal injury firms, Rule 7.1(b) on unjustified expectations is the line that results language has to clear.

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