Student Chapters

Back to School 2005-2006! Welcome back to the 2005-2006 school year! Student chapters had an outstanding 2004-2005 school year. With our, now, 141 student chapters in 44 states, plus the District of Columbia, we held over 550 programs and events -- that we know of. Submit old events, here. View the student chapter recap of last year, here. Please download the September 2005 ACS Student Chapter Leader newsletter for updates, policies, programming ideas, resources, and opportunities!

ACS Moot Court Competition

The American Constitution Society proudly annouces the ACS National Moot Court Competition in Constitutional Law. Click here to go to the competition website!

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Student Writing Competition

ACS is proud to annouce the topic for the 2006 writing competition, "Addressing Inequality: Moving Toward a More Just Society." For complete rules and topic information, click here.

Congratulations to the 2005 ACS Student Writing Competition winner Jeffrey Nestler and runners-up Scott Medlock and Goldburn Maynard. Download Jeffrey Nestler's winning paper, "The Underprivileged Profession: The Case for Supreme Court Recognition of the Journalist's Privilege." Click here for the full list of finalists and papers.

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DC Pilot Mentorship Program

Sign-up for the ACS DC Student/Lawyer Mentorship Pilot Program. Information for mentors and mentees, including a full description of the program, is now available.

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The Fall 2005 Program-in-a-Box is on Judicial Nominations. The International Law in the U.S. Courts has been postponed until the Spring Semester. For more information on Judicial Nominations program planning, please click here.

Congratulations to the 2004-2005 Chapter Awards recipients:

Chapter of the Year – for Overall Excellence: University of Washington School of Law, Yale Law School.

Network Building Award -- for Largest Student Membership: The University of Chicago School of Law

Network Building Award – Special Recognition: Stanford Law School, Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Tulane University Law School, Harvard Law School, The University of Michigan Law School, University of Iowa College of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center, University of Missouri – Columbia School of Law, William Mitchell College of Law and University of Virginia School of Law

Congratulations to the newest members of the ACS Board of Directors: Karen Dunn, Yale Law School and Timothy Supler, Appalachian School of Law. Their terms will begin in January, 2006.

05-06 STUDENT CHAPTER OFFICERS! Please see below for important ACS documents: Chapter Update Form, Reimbursement Policy, Funding Request Form, Reimbursement Request Form and Student Chapter Handbook. Also, visit this page to submit events (past or future) to the ACS website.

Pictures from last semester? Submit them to campus@acslaw.org.

Questions? Program ideas? Help contacting speakers? Email Joi Chaney, Associate Director for Student Chapters and Amelia Showalter, Student Chapter Fellow at campus@acslaw.org.

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No chapter on your campus? For information on starting a chapter, click here.

Download the October 2004 Student Chapter Leader Newsletter

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Submit Events

To submit an event, click here.

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