Historians Committee
Purpose
This committee presents programs and preserves the history of the Alaska Bar.
If you would like to volunteer to serve on the committee email info@alaskabar.org.
Upcoming Events
The Taproot: Perspectives on the Pipeline in Alaska Legal History
Co-sponsored with AK Bar Historians Committee
Friday, October 3, 2025
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Snowden Training Center & AK Bar Zoom
820 W 4th Ave, Anchorage
1.5 General CLE Credits
Registration fee: Free
Free light lunch to those who register by October 1.
Register here.
The Historian Committee presents The Taproot: Perspectives on the Pipeline in Alaska Legal History, a CLE exploring the profound legal, cultural, and historical impacts of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Featuring distinguished panelists Willie Iggiagruk Hensley, Warren Matthews, James Reeves, and Philip Wight, the program will provide unique insights into the legal challenges, policy decisions, and societal changes shaped by one of Alaska’s most defining developments.
Resources for the Bar and Public
Looking for more resources? View our page here for more helpful links for Bar Members and our Community.
Historian Luncheon Audio/Video Recordings
November 1, 2024 -Regulating the Homeless Then and the Unhoused Now: Territorial Law and Modern Law for Those Who Live on the Streets Outside the Law **Due to technical difficulties, the recording is missing the first 10-15 mins of the presentation.**
2023 Historians Luncheon – A Fairbanks Murder Mystery: Ted Stevens, Johnny Warren and the Unsolved Murder of Cecil Wells
2022 Historians Luncheon – Unconventional Questions: The Hows, Whys, and Why Nots of a Constitutional Convention
2021 Historians Luncheon – 50th Anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
2020 Historians Luncheon – Centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment: Why Doubling the Size of the Electorate to Include Women Mattered
2019 Historians Luncheon – Watching the Watchmen: Independence, the Indigent, and the Public Defender Agency at Fifty
2017 Historians Luncheon – Raising the Bar: The Fairer Sex Practices Law in Early Alaska
2015 Historians Luncheon – The Lost Alaskans: Morningside Hospital & Mental Health in Territorial Alaska
2014 Historians Luncheon – The Bar Rag: 30 Years of Not Taking Ourselves Too Seriously
2013 Historians Luncheon – The Legacy of Gideon: 50 Years in the 49th State
2002 Historians Luncheon – Constitutional Convention
