2013–14 BIENNIAL REPORT over the years TABLE OF CONTENTS Leadership and Staff ................................................................................................................................................2 Message from Chair of the Board and President ................................................................3 Who We Are ......................................................................................................................................................................4 Shaping Debate .............................................................................................................................................................6 Building Networks ....................................................................................................................................................10 Making a Difference ...............................................................................................................................................14 Supporters .........................................................................................................................................................................18 Financial Highlights ..............................................................................................................................................20 AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY as of 11/17/2014 Board of d irectors staff David M. Brodsky, Brodsky ADR LLC, Chair, ACS Board Caroline Fredrickson, President Timothy W. Burns, Perkins Coie Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein DEpaRTMENT OF POLICY DEVELOpmENT and PROGRammING Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Stanford Law School Kara Stein, Vice President of Policy Development and Programming Maria Echaveste, Berkeley Law School Katie O'Connor, Director of Policy Development and Programming Peter B. Edelman, Georgetown University Law Center, Christopher Durocher, Director of Policy Development and Programming Michael J. Faris, Latham & Watkins Alexandra Lohman, Law Fellow Rebecca Favret, Student Board Member, University of Richmond School of Law Christen Hammock, Programs Fellow Julie Fernandes, Open Society Foundations David C. Frederick, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel DEpaRTMENT OF NETWORK ADVancEMENT Caroline Fredrickson, ACS President Zinelle October, Vice President of Network Advancement Judge Nancy Gertner (Ret.), Harvard Law School Alicia Yass, Director of Lawyer Chapters Linda Greenhouse, Yale Law School, columnist Joanna Ray, Associate Director of Student Chapters for The New York Times Jake Faleschini, Assistant Director of Student Chapters Reuben A. Guttman, Grant & Eisenhofer Connor Clegg, Lawyer Chapters Fellow Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney, City & County San Francisco Catherine Choi, Student Chapters Fellow Dawn Johnsen, Indiana University Maurer School of Law Brad S. Karp, Paul, Weiss DEpaRTMENT OF COmmUNIcaTIOns Sophie Kim, Student Board Member, Harvard Law School Jeremy Leaming, Vice President of Communications William P. Marshall, University of North Carolina School of Law Paul Guequierre, Associate Director of Communications Robert Raben, The Raben Group Nanya Springer, Assistant Director of Communications Judith Scott, James & Hoffman Caroline Cox, Communication Fellow Reva Siegel, Yale Law School Paul M. Smith, Jenner & Block DEpaRTMENT OF STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT David A. Strauss, University of Chicago Law School Jill Dash, Vice President of Strategic Engagement Harry P. Susman, Susman Godfrey David Lyle, Senior Counsel for Strategic Engagement Christine A. Varney, Cravath, Swaine & Moore Lena Zwarensteyn, Deputy Director of Strategic Engagement Zachary Gima, Associate Director of Strategic Engagement Board of a dvisors Rebekah DeHaven, Assistant Director of Strategic Engagement Brooksley E. Born, Retired Partner, Arnold & Porter DEVELOpmENT Myron M. Cherry, Myron M. Cherry & Associates Belinda Macauley, Vice President of Development & Senior Counsel Mario M. Cuomo, former Governor, New York Georgia Noone-Sherrod, Director of Major Donors & Events Drew S. Days III, Yale Law School; former U.S. Solicitor General Rachel Dellon, Associate Director of Development Walter E. Dellinger III, O’Melveny & Myers; former Acting U.S. Solicitor General ADMINISTRATION Christopher Edley, Jr., University of California-Berkeley School of Law Thomas M. Pazzi, Chief Financial Officer Jay W. Eisenhofer, Grant & Eisenhofer Nathan Clark, Director of Administration and Operations Faith E. Gay, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Jake Landis, Associate Director of Interactive Management Shirley M. Hufstedler, Morrison & Foerster; former Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Rachael Hancock, Office Manager & Bookkeeper Frank I. Michelman, Harvard Law School Stephanie Rydell, Administrative Assistant Abner Mikva, former Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals Jess Davis, Intern for the District of Columbia Samantha Fay, Intern William A. Norris, former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals Ellery Weil, Intern for the Ninth Circuit James T. O'Hara, Jones Day Janet Reno, former U.S. Attorney General Stephen D. Susman, Susman Godfrey 2 | 2013–14 ACS BIENNIAL REPORT message from CHAIR OF THE BOARD AND PRESIDENT Dear Friends and Supporters, For the last 13 years, the American Constitution Society has worked to challenge the decades’ long conservative activist legal movement by uniting dedicated and energetic members of the progressive legal community to protect America's fundamental constitutional principles, including that most basic tenet: that the law should be a force to improve the lives of all. The lynchpin of our success during this time is our wide reaching network of lawyer and student chapters. These more than 200 ACS chapters across the country have both helped promote a much needed discussion of the Constitution's true meaning and served as a pipeline for developing the next generation of progressive legal leaders. Over the last several years, ACS chapter leaders have used the growing ACS network ACS Board of Directors Chair David M. Brodsky to be elected or appointed to state and federal courts, be elected to office, take on significant pro bono legal positions, or join the ranks of academe and private practice. ACS has become a critical voice in a battle of ideas between those on the right who see the Constitution through a cramped and self-serving lens and those like ACS who understand the Constitution is not a static document frozen in the 18th century, but one containing fundamental values of individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, access to justice and democracy to be enjoyed by all Americans, not a select few. Through thousands of live events that ACS and our chapters host annually across the country; ACS publications, which serve as an important source for advocates, government officials, practicing lawyers, students, scholars, and the media; op-eds that educate those outside of the legal community on our important issues; and our webinars and ACS President trainings that educate the next generation of progressive attorneys, we are seeding Caroline Fredrickson the ground to reclaim and reinvigorate our shared understanding of a progressive Constitution. Over the next two years and beyond, ACS will remain tireless in our efforts to protect our constitutional values. We look forward to your continued support. Sincerely, DAVID M. BRODSKY, Chair of the Board CAROLINE FREDRICKSON, President American Constitution Society American Constitution Society for Law and Policy for Law and Policy 2013–14 ACS BIENNIAL REPORT | 3 ACS 2 013 –14 BIENNIAL REPORT ACS is shaping the debate and affecting the national 6 The 2014 ACS Convention panel “Reflections on Windsor” looked back at U.S. v. Windsor and how the legal landscape conversation on critical legal and public policy issues for same-sex couples had dramatically shifted. It featured Mary L. Bonauto (left), Civil Rights Project Director at the Gay & through the engagement of its network of chapters, the Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), Pamela Karlan (center), Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division production of high-impact resources, and access to key of the Department of Justice as well as a former ACS Board member, and Roberta Kaplan, Partner at Paul, Weiss LLP. decision-makers and the media. WE ARE: Building a pipeline to foster advancement of ACS members as policymakers and legal decision-makers, through the development of ACS’s more than 200 law school and lawyer chapters around the country, hosting of events and resources on becoming a judge or a legislator, and the cultivation of future leaders through ACS’s Public Interest Fellows, Next Generation Demonstrating the pernicious influence of campaign Leaders and Young Scholars programs; contributions on state judiciaries through the publication Taking on the rhetoric of so-called “originalism,” and “strict of the reports, Justice at Risk and Skewed Justice, which construction,” through ACS publications, including the provided evidence of a link between campaign contributions ACSblog, hosting frequent calls with renowned constitutional and favorable judicial outcomes for donors and in the case experts, and providing talking points and other resources for of Skewed Justice, a relationship between television attack ACS members and policymakers; ads and judicial decision making; hosting numerous events across the country highlighting the findings ofJustice at Risk; Countering efforts to promote a cramped constitutional