Friday, April 30, 2010 - Save the Date!

ACCA-SoCal is pleased to announce that the keynote speaker at its 15^th Annual Gala Dinner & Pro Bono Silent Auction will be Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State (2005-2009).  The event will be held on April 30, 2010, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

From January 2005 to 2009, she served as the 66th Secretary of State of the United States. Before serving as America's chief diplomat, she served as assistant to the president for national security affairs (national security advisor) from January 2001 to 2005.

Rice joined the Stanford University faculty as a professor of political science in 1981 and served as Stanford University's provost from 1993 to 1999. She was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution from 1991 to 1993 and returned to the Hoover Institution after serving as provost until 2001. As a professor, Rice won two of the highest teaching honors: the 1984 Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching and the 1993 School of Humanities and Sciences Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Please click here to learn more about becoming a sponsor of the 15^th Annual Gala Dinner, which includes a preferred table at the event.  Individual table sales and individual tickets will be available for sale in early 2010.  Please check back here at that time to purchase individual tables and/or individual tickets.

As the 7-time winner of ACC's Outstanding Large Chapter of the Year Award, including most recently for 2009, ACCA-SoCal takes pride in defining innovation within ACC by organizing dazzling networking opportunities, worthwhile substantive programs, timely advocacy efforts, and enriching pro bono and community outreach events. With support from 25+ law firms and industry sponsors, ACCA-SoCal produces a broad spectrum of educational programs such as monthly Multi-Venues, monthly networking Roundtables, and quarterly DoubleHeader® programs (which combine CLE and fun entertainment like Lakers games). Our flagship event, the Annual Gala Dinner has featured world renowned speakers, including President Clinton, President Bush (#41), Al Gore, Colin Powell and Tony Blair. In addition to raising tens of thousands of dollars to support local pro-bono legal service providers, our 1,400 members also give-back to the community through programs like Street Law, Adoption Day, LA Works, and Habitat for Humanity. We also support diversity within the legal profession through our signature "ACColades" and "Profiles in Diversity" receptions...and so much more. (We haven’t even talked about the Annual Golf Tournament or Martinis to Midnight.)

ACCA-SoCal Wins Chapter of the Year for Record 7th Time!

ACCA-SoCal is proud to announce that it has been recognized by its parent organization (ACC) as Chapter of the Year (Large Chapter) for 2009. This is the 7th time in 13 years that ACCA-SoCal has received the award. Click Here for more details.

To see a short video about ACCA-Socal, please click here.