Membership in the AJC is both a personally and professionally rewarding experience. As a Conference member, you will meet and network with peers from around the country. You will also be able to participate in activities geared toward an independent and efficient judiciary.

Current issues that the AJC is working on include:

• Appellate Education
• Reducing appellate court delay;
• Providing leadership on improving judicial salaries, retirement plans and working conditions;
• Developing important ABA policies relating to judicial administration;
• Remedying inadequate resources for appellate courts;
• Improving public perception of the courts;
• Enhancing judicial independence; and
• Promoting Fair and Impartial Courts.

As the American population becomes more sophisticated and as public discourse becomes more critical, the courts and judicial system are being increasingly scrutinized. Membership in the AJC is a way for you, as a vital member of the legal community, to ensure that your voice and concerns are heard and acted upon. Through the national voice that the ABA provides, the AJC plays a leading role in defining, supporting and maintaining the efficiency and independence of the state and federal appellate judiciary.

Each Judicial Division conference has its own bylaws. Click to download and view the AJC bylaws.

Complete an online membership application today. If you are interested in joining the Council of Appellate Lawyers (CAL) or the Council of Appellate Staff Attorneys (CASA), please fill out this form. If you are a student who is interested in Council membership, plesae fill out this form.

Click here to download our brochure and mail or fax your membership application.

If you are not an ABA member, click here to join.

Contact our Service Center by phone at (800) 285-2221.

For more information on membership, please contact the Judicial Division Membership Specialist by e-mail or by calling 312.988.5124.

The current NCSCJ Membership Chair is Justice Robert Edmunds.

The Judicial Division Appellate Judges Conference (AJC) is a nationwide network of over 1,000 state and federal appellate judges, appellate staff attorneys, and appellate lawyers.

The AJC is dedicated to an efficient, independent judiciary. Through dynamic educational programs and leadership, members keep abreast of important issues and speak out through the national voice that the ABA provides. As with all Judicial Division Conferences, the AJC operates independently with its own: membership, bylaws, leadership, committees, publications, programs, newsletter, liaisons to other entities, representative to the Judicial Division Council, representative to the ABA House of Delegates, and liaison from the ABA Board of Governors.