DEADLINE TO APPLY IS MAY 13, 2022.
THE CONVENTION
The 2022 ACS National Convention is taking place on June 16-18 in its new location at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C., with a virtual option for those who cannot attend in person. Join us for the premier progressive legal gathering of the year, bringing together lawyers, law students, scholars, judges, activists, and policymakers to address some of the most urgent and challenging issues confronting our nation.
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
To help make the ACS National Convention accessible to public interest and government lawyers, we may be able to offer shared hotel accomodations to offset the costs of attendance for qualified applicants. Scholarships should defray your costs of attending the Convention but are not intended to cover the entire cost of your trip. If needed, we recommend seeking additional funding from your employer. We encourage you to apply early and share this information with your colleagues!
If you are awarded a shared hotel accommodation scholarship, ACS will book the room reservation and handle room payment (excluding incidentals). Scholarship recipients will receive Convention registration instructions with their award email.
All scholarship recipients must complete three qualifying activities between June 2022 and June 2023 and notify ACS when those requirements are completed. Specific qualifying activities are described below in the Scholarship Requirements section.
SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENTS
Application requirements for a ACS Public Interest Fellowship scholarship are as follows:
- All applicants MUST be current dues-paying members of ACS National. If you are not currently a dues-paying member, you will be prompted to sign up.
- All applicants MUST attend ALL portions of the National Convention, beginning approximately 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 16th and ending on Saturday, June 18th.
- All applicants MUST earn less than $100,000 per year.
- All applicants MUST complete three (3) qualifying activities between June 2022 and June 2023. Possible qualifying activities include:
- Planning a lawyer chapter event
- Joining a lawyer chapter board
- Organizing a new lawyer chapter in a city where we do not have one already
- Speaking to a student chapter
- Writing an ACS blog post
- Recruiting five (5) new dues-paying ACS members
- Volunteering for Constitution in the Classroom
- Mentoring an ACS member
- Volunteering for an ACS Volunteer project