Stanford Law School’s American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) has been named the Chapter of the Year for 2011 by the national association. This news came just months after the Stanford Law chapter of the Federalist Society received similar recognition. The ACS chapter also received a Network Building Award for Largest Membership and a Special Recognition of Programming Award. “In addition to promoting dialogue and debate on progressive issues here at Stanford Law, we’ve tried to push the organization to think strategically about how we can better communicate with people outside the ivory tower and outside the legal profession,” says Julia Cherlow, JD ’12 (BA ’07), co-president.

ACS, founded in 2001, is one of the nation’s leading progressive legal organizations with a rapidly growing network of lawyers, law students, scholars, judges, and policymakers. The awards were, in part, in recognition of efforts by the Stanford Law chapter in organizing “Winning Hearts and Minds,” a leadership conference that brought together progressive students from around the Bay Area, held over the last two years. “Our focus this year has been on building an intellectual and professional infrastructure for progressive students that reaches well beyond 
the confines of the law school,” says Adelina Acuña, JD ’12 (BA ’06), co-president.

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