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Registration is now open for the Mid-Year
Meeting happening from January 31-February 2,
2025 in Phoenix, Arizona!
Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to catch up with colleagues and experience all the exciting events planned.
Register today using this link
It’s time to get excited!
Planning for the Annual Meeting is underway.
We have the following exciting events planned:
Remember, because the meeting is being held in CANADA, travel plans should be made now! Anyone traveling to the Annual Meeting is required to present a valid passport upon entering Canada. Other restrictions and items may be required depending on your own personal status. For more information on renewing or obtaining a passport, visit USA.gov for more information.
Hotel reservations are already underway for this meeting and can be made by using this link. You don’t want to miss out on this meeting and all the events that will happen. Make your hotel registration today!
More details to follow soon!
Keep checking back!
Because the meeting is being held in CANADA, travel plans should be made now! Anyone traveling to the Annual Meeting is required to present a valid passport upon entering Canada. Other restrictions and items may be required depending on your own personal status. For more information on renewing or obtaining a passport, visit USA.gov for more information.
Hotel reservations are already underway for this meeting and can be made by using this link. You don’t want to miss out on this meeting and all the events that will happen. Make your hotel registration today!
Stay tuned for more event details that will soon be shared!
ACA Mid-Year Meeting
Louisville, Kentucky
January 31-February 5, 2024
Registration is now open and you are invited to attend the following exciting ACA events:
Welcome Reception ǀ Patrick O’Shea’s – Champion’s Room
Board Meeting & Annual Meeting ǀ Stoll, Keenon, Ogden PLLC
Louisville Slugger Museum ǀ Mussel & Burger Bar
Hell or High Water – Speakeasy “Under Whiskey Row”
Although many of these exciting events are complimentary, you must register so that we have an accurate head-count. Please REGISTER here.
An ITINERARY is available for additional information here.
Click here for a list of additional restaurants, museums, and tours in and around Lousiville that you may want to review when planning your trip.
A major role of the Association is awarding one or more scholarships to second year law students each year. The winners must demonstrate aptitude, achievement, public service, financial need, and commitment to the study of law and the legal profession. The students are chosen from law schools on a rotation of geographical areas around the United States. The scholarships, all of which the Association attempts to maintain at least $5,000, are then presented to the winners at the Annual Meeting in August.
Welcome Message from
President, Andrew M. Schpak
American Counsel Association Members:
It is the start of another ACA year. First, let me thank Joy Phillips for her hard work and impressive success over the past year. During her time as President, we grew our membership, put together successful and well-received events and programming, and formalized our internal operations. She did an amazing job, and I’m thankful to have had the opportunity to work with her and learn from her. It will be hard to top the activities she planned for our meetings in February in Louisville, Kentucky and those last month in Chicago.
Much of the work of ACA is done through committees, so we would appreciate you completing the Committee Preference Form which is available here and returning it by September 24th so we can complete committee assignments. This would also be a good time to review & update your profile on the ACA website under “Manage Your Membership”.
Your Officers and Board look forward to seeing you at our upcoming meetings, which will take place when the ABA meets in Phoenix, Arizona on January 29 – February 3, 2025, and Toronto, Canada on August 6-12, 2025.
We would also like to take this opportunity to encourage you to consider contributing to the Pamela Bresnahan Scholarship this year. We have raised $2,900 so far and hope to raise an additional $2,100 to award the scholarship at the $5,000 level at the Annual Scholarship Dinner in Toronto on August 11, 2025.
In the meantime, please let us know how we can better serve you, our ACA Members. I appreciate the opportunity to serve as your President for 2024-2025 and look forwarding to talking to you and seeing you soon.
Sincerely,
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American Counsel Association
Is Ranked Band 1 by Chambers & Partners
Chambers and Partners has ranked the American Counsel Association Band 1 in both its Chambers Global Guide (2020-2025) and its Chambers Canada Guide (2019-2025).
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As a member of the ACA, you receive the following benefits:
- Inclusion in the ACA Membership Directory for referral opportunities;
- The ability to exchange information and get to know other members in the legal field by attending our two meeting events each year;
- Participation in a personal interest Committee providing you with additional opportunities to network with other professionals as well as participation in programming sessions that enhance your skill set and serving your personal growth;
- Enhancing your network of legal professionals across the globe;
- Affiliation with the European Circuit of the Bar as well as many other benefits.
One of the greatest joys of being part of this Association is continuing to aid deserving law students. Each year, the American Counsel Association provides scholarships to academically gifted and financially needy second-year law students. Approximately one-third of the Association’s dues fund the ACA Scholarship Programs. Each year the ACA Scholarship Committee oversees administration of the scholarship program. Law School Deans submit nominations which are reviewed by the Committee. The process takes place during the summer prior to the ACA Annual Meeting, at which time the Association announces the scholarship recipients for the upcoming academic year. You would be amazed at what a difference these scholarships make to these incredible deserving law school students!
Thank you for your continued support of the Association.