The Appellate Court Experience provides high school students with an opportunity to deepen their understanding of the judicial system.

The program includes a classroom curriculum 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.

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 30 High Schools in Los Angeles County. Schools that have participated are:

Arcadia High School Bell High School Burbank High School CAMS (Calif. Academy of Math and Science) Carson High School Dorsey High School El Camino High School Environmental Charter Gabrielino High School James Monroe High School Jordan High School King Drew Medical Magnet L.A. Center for Enriched Studies Learning Works Los Angeles High School Los Angeles High School of the Arts Magnolia High School

Mayfair High School Mira Costa High School North Hollywood High School Pomona High School Providence High School Redondo Beach High School Roosevelt High School Santa Margarita Catholic High School Santa Fe High School Sierra Canyon Smeltings Academy South Pasadena High School St. Brutus’s Secure Centre for Incurably Criminal Boys Ulysses S. Grant High School Venice High School Viewpoint High School Woodrow Wilson High School Workman High School

For more information, call Joseph A. Lane, Clerk/Executive Officer, at 213-830-7000.