Appellate Court Experience (ACE)
Appellate Court Experience (ACE)
Schools wishing to participate in the ACE program should contact CRF at Laura@crf-usa.org.
Lawyers interested in volunteering for ACE should send an email to BShatz@manatt.com.
About Appellate Court Experience
The Appellate Court Experience provides high school students with an opportunity to deepen their understanding of the judicial system.
Founded in 2005, ACE is co-sponsored by the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, the Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF), the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Appellate Courts Section (ACS), and the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers (CAAL).
The program includes a classroom curriculum administered by appellate attorneys from the ACS and the CAAL featuring a pending appeal, followed by a visit to the Court of Appeal to observe oral arguments in the case previously studied in the classroom. After oral argument, the students are introduced to the appellate court process first-hand with an opportunity to interact with the justices and the attorneys.
So far the Second Appellate District's ACE program has served thousands of students from over 50 High Schools in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. Schools that have participated are:
| Arcadia High School | Mayfair High School |
| Applied Technology Center | Mendez High School |
| Bell High School | Millikan High School Peace Academy |
| Beverly High School | Mira Costa High School |
| Buena High School | North Hollywood High School |
| Burbank High School | Oxnard High School |
| Cabrillo High School | Pacifica High School |
| California High School | Parras Middle School |
| Camarillo High School | Pomona High School |
| CAMS (Calif. Academy of Math and Science) | Providence High School |
| Carson High School | Redondo Beach High School |
| Cathedral High School | Redondo Union High School |
| Channel Islands High School | Roosevelt High School |
| Dorsey High School | Santa Margarita Catholic High School |
| El Camino High School | Santa Fe High School |
| Environmental Charter | Santa Margarita Catholic High School |
| Environmental Science High School | Santa Paula High School |
| Fillmore High School | Santa Susana High School |
| Gabrielino High School | Sequoyah School |
| Highland High School | Sierra Canyon |
| Hueneme High School | South Pasadena High School |
| James Monroe High School | Teach Academy of Technologies |
| Jordan High School | Ulysses S. Grant High School |
| King Drew Medical Magnet | Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences |
| L.A. Center for Enriched Studies | Venice High School |
| Learning Works | Viewpoint High School |
| Long Beach Polytechnic High School | Woodrow Wilson High School |
| Los Altos High School | Workman High School |
| Los Angeles High School | |
| Los Angeles High School of the Arts | |
| Los Angeles School of Global Studies (At Miguel Contreras Learning Complex) | |
| Magnolia High School |
For more information, contact Daniel P. Potter, Clerk/Executive Officer, at 213-830-7000.