Rule 2. Appointment and Compensation of Employees—Practice of Law by Personnel Prohibited

(a) The

administrative

director

shall

promulgate

personnel rules governing all personnel employed by the

Alaska Court System. No employee may be exempt from the

personnel rules except as specifically set forth in those rules.

The personnel rules have the same force and effect as a rule of

administration.

(b) The administrative director shall receive an annual

compensation in an amount equal to $2,000.00 less than the

annual compensation provided by law for a justice of the

Alaska Supreme Court. Employees in the partially exempt and

classified service are entitled to receive compensation in

accordance with the salary and classification plan adopted by

the administrative director under the personnel rules. The

administrative director with the approval of the chief justice

shall appoint and fix the compensation of such assistants as are

necessary to the exercise and performance of the powers and

duties vested in the administrative director.

(c) No employee of the court system may be hired

without the prior approval of the administrative director of the

Court System or the administrative director’s designee nor may

an employee be hired except in accordance with the personnel

rules.

(d) During the term of office or employment, neither the

administrative director nor any other employee of the Alaska

Court System may engage directly or indirectly in the practice

of law in any of the courts of this state.