Historians Committee
Purpose
This committee presents programs and preserves the history of the Alaska Bar.
Vic Fischer signing the Alaska constitution on February 1956.
Upcoming Events
Unconventional Questions: The Hows, Whys, and Why Nots of a Constitutional Convention
On November 8, 2022, Alaskans will be asked once again to answer the question: “Shall there be a Constitutional Convention?” The proposition, required to be on the ballot every 10 years, has been rejected five times by voters. Current circumstances, however, could lead to a different outcome on this vital issue in the upcoming 2022 election. Passions are high now, and a convention would put the entire structure of the State of Alaska on the table for political slicing and dicing.
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Resources for the Bar and Public
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Historian Luncheon Audio/Video Recordings
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
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
