Formed in Spring 2001, The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy is a national organization of law students, law professors, practicing lawyers and others. We want to help revitalize and transform the legal debate, from law school classrooms to federal courtrooms. We want to counter the dominant vision of American law today, a narrow conservative vision that lacks appropriate regard for the ways in which the law affects people's lives. We seek to restore the fundamental principles of respect for human dignity, protection of individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, and access to justice to their rightfuland traditionally centralplace in American law.
Campus chapters are at the heart of the American Constitution Society. The American Constitution Society began with a chapter organized by law students at Georgetown University. There are now more than 50 chapters on campuses across the country.
Through the activities of WCL chapter speeches, debates, symposia, student meetings, research and writing projects we hope to demonstrate that rigorous legal thinking does not require the abandonment of such values. As a law school chapter, we hope to create a community for like-minded students, and introduce them to faculty, practitioners, former and current government officials, and public interest advocates who share similar values.
