Because the calendar approaches the tip of the 12 months, I wished to take a second to succeed in out to the ACS community and thank every of you in your help this 12 months.
Your help continues to empower ACS to uphold the rule of regulation, defend our freedoms, and problem threats to our constitutional democracy.
Our nation is dealing with unprecedented and terrifying threats that strike the very core of our founding constitutional rules. In the face of those challenges the ACS community is standing stronger than ever. The community is rising every week, constructing momentum, and empowering its group of attorneys, college students, students, judges, elected officers and advocates to face these challenges head-on. Over the previous 12 months, due to supporters such as you:
Over 25 chapters have launched or revived, for a complete of practically 250 energetic scholar and lawyer chapters. For the primary time ever, this consists of an ACS chapter presence on some undergraduate campuses!
Now we have spoken out, publicly condemning the Trump administration’s use of government orders to focus on regulation corporations and attorneys and weak individuals, communities, and establishments—and we’ll proceed to take action.
Now we have joined with associate organizations to coordinate efforts towards this administration’s illegal actions – from nationwide No Kings and Regulation Day rallies to open letters publicly condemning its assaults on immigrants, residents, freedom of speech, and extra.
We’ve created alternatives to share concepts and study from main consultants by webinars, podcasts, social media movies, technique conferences, and over 1,000 chapter applications and gatherings all through the nation.
We’ve supported wrongfully terminated federal staff by connecting them with volunteer attorneys by the Federal Workers Authorized Protection Community and serving to them discover new employment by our profession placement sources.
We proceed to construct a long-term pipeline of progressive authorized expertise for the judiciary. This consists of turning our focus to state court docket judicial choice, the place chapters in 15 states have put collectively Path to the Bench applications particular to state courts or suggested decisionmakers on state supreme court docket vacancies.
And ACS is working onerous to assist our college students and new attorneys discover clerkships, and to assist the judges in our community discover nice regulation clerks. By initiatives like our Clerkship Help Cohort and Mentor Matching Program in addition to interview preparation, particular person counseling and informational applications we’re making certain the way forward for progressive lawyering.
As we sit up for 2026, welcoming incoming ACS President Phil Brest and celebrating our twenty fifth Anniversary, we’ll proceed to construct energy in a rising ACS group, rise up for the rule of regulation, and make it possible for the Structure works for all of us.
Your help and funding makes it doable for ACS to stay a number one voice for constructive change and a defender of our constitutional values. As we put together for a milestone 12 months, we urge you to resume your dedication to ACS by making a donation. Now we have momentum throughout our nation; we want your help earlier than the tip of the 12 months to maintain it!
