Welcome to GACR Legal Network
Join the Future Leaders of Georgia’s Legal Community With GACR Legal Network
As part of our longstanding mission to foster leadership and learning among college students in Georgia, the Georgia Association of College Republicans has launched a program that has been driving success in both legal and political organizations around the first committee man’s state: The Georgia Association of College Republicans Legal Network (GACR Legal Network).
The University of Georgia is home to the largest College Republican chapter in the country, but with hordes of aspiring attorneys at every major university statewide, College Republicans is expanding its mission. Where else can you find such high concentrations of aspiring attorneys willing to work with some of the most intelligent minds of both the legal and political worlds?
We strive to develop such high quality legal young professionals by providing opportunities for leadership, service, and research in the fields of both law and politics:
- Hands-on legal and political education designed specifically for college students.
- Leadership development strategies to readily prepare you for both the legal and political fields post-graduation.
- We teach you how to be a legal activist, including assisting campaigns like NeverTrump and Americans Conservatives of Legal Aid.
- In addition, we offer networking opportunities with aspiring attorneys around the state.
- Visibility and access to long-standing Republican legal establishments like the Republican National Lawyers Association.
The GACR Legal Network is a student-led initiative that seeks to identify students eager to take their futures into their own hands and become advanced advocates for the beliefs they hold dear. We seek to fulfill this mission by creating a warm environment for skill development and to connect students of any discipline with other like-minded people; including schools, the Georgia Republican Party, and current legal practitioners.
Join the movement and participate in legal activism and other grassroots initiatives at georgiacrs.org. Our mailing list is a great way for students to subscribe for updates and join for opportunities to get involved and other information.
Our Programs and Services
GACR Legal Network programs offer comprehensive legal and political education, leadership development and advocacy training. We´re also quite good at organizing chapters at campuses, like the first legal chapter in Georgia at UGA. We’ve championed a variety of legal activism, including attending General Assembly and lobbying, volunteering for election campaigns, and campus voter registration drives, just to name a few.
- Political and Legal Education – Final Exam: The Legal Network is excellent at bringing current legal and political education to Republicans members around Georgia tells them what they need to know before they take the bar® exam.
- Volunteering for Campaigns– Attorney’s ranking from both political parties have highly regarded specifically for their early involvement with campaign law. Not only that but Members now realize how critical these experiences can be for building their professional networks.
- Competition and Camp Voter Registration Activities
- Organization of Associated Chapters in Georgia
- Presenting one of a kind Summits on Legal and Political Activism
- Organizing Road Trips to trials
- Training and Education for Lawyers and Political Activists
- Collaborating with state and national Republican legal organizations
- Presenting Networking Events and Continuing Legal Education Presentations for lawyers and legal scholar around the state
- Promoting Golf Tournaments for Alumni, Honorees, and Guests
But wait there’s more! Our students can also expect to have exposure to:
- Ensuring student-led chapters can operate for themselves, making them an exclaisive and independent organizations which can empower them.
- Help create experiences in Legal and Political Activism that isn’t found in high school and certainly undergraduates get a head level that even graduates from many modern law schools complain they missed out on the experiences we provide.
- Without doubt experiencing legal activism and arts of organizing intellectually through programs and training provide better demonstrations of institutional capacity than most lawyers or tenants can.
The Georgia Association of College Republicans Legal Network for Good is not only the largest and most vigorous College Republicans legal chapter in the Country as attested by those who (should be) much more likely to know well established and selected alumni. It is now arguably the most alluring and idyllic Legal and Political Experience conceivable for those considering law and legal methodologies. And it does not stop there. It goes well far beyond being ‘quite good’! In short, ALL students especially those with legal aspirations should consider joining.
Leadership and Organization
Meet the student leaders driving GACR Legal Network, ensuring a representative governance structure and dynamic leadership.
We believe it is vital to bring relevant voices into the fold of our nascent organization. To that end, we are entirely student run. Every individual who holds a leadership position, whether that be the State Chairman or any of our executive board members, is an elected or appointed college student. We even break up our executive board into regionally selected representatives (while viably ensuring that all geographical areas are represented within our leadership group).
Currently, GACR Legal Network is led by State Chairman Peter Minetos, who is charged with overseeing our overall goals, vision, advocacy impact, and active recruitment efforts. He is assisted by an executive board of college students from chapters throughout Georgia. The executive board is charged with monitoring and reporting on the activities of GACR Legal Network members to the State Chairman, so that he may remain appraised of all actions taken by legal network organizations and individuals.
Membership and Engagement
Join the Movement: Become a Member Today!
Welcome to the Georgia Association of College Republicans Legal Network. Georgia State and Georgia College are the Association’s only two current chapters, so membership is open to all college and university students in Georgia who have an interest in law or would like a career in politics.
Submitting the membership form below is all that it takes. Every few days we will send out new items we are working on so that everyone has a chance to keep up with things and volunteer.
- Helping out can be as easy as sharing something we post online or attending alumni events with speakers. Alumni Chapter members often have skills that students can learn from or observe, such as using the internet to find statute and legal opinions or running and building a campaign.
- Members also get to meet great high-profile people and get plugged into the right conversations about the future of our party and country.
- We also offer pro bono opportunities and ask that volunteer hours be documented for any public service work and community project we participate in throughout the year.
- There are no mandatory Officer roles in this Association. Membership into the Association is completely free or non-binding as to duration or participation until further notice. If you just want to volunteer at a few events that we cover…that’s totally fine, we would love to have your help with anything we are working on at that time. Again, there is zero membership fee.
Connect with Us
Stay connected with the Georgia Association of College Republicans Legal Network (GACR Legal Network) through our social media channels and email updates to keep informed about our initiatives and events. Stay informed and in the loop by following the GACR Legal Network on some or all of these channels.
- Like us on Facebook: Georgia Association of College Republicans Legal Network
- Follow us on Twitter: @GACRs
- Follow us on Instagram: @gacollegerepublicans
- Subscribe to our email list for updates
- Watch our videos on YouTube: GACRFilms
Unique Advantages of GACR
GACR Legal Network is the largest College Republican legal chapter in the United States. This chapter is organized and led by students in Georgia. In fact, we’re the only 100% student led organization where students decide who becomes a legal leader and what issues to pursue. Because we’ve established direct ties with the Georgia Department of Labor, our members learn what it takes to be active in the American legal system.
GACR Legal Network expands rapidly driven by organization and enthusiasm. We have chapters from Mercer University in Macon to Valdosta State University in South Georgia. Our size enables strong regional presence and an instant growth advantage. We have strong ties to the Georgia Republican Party and Georgia Young Republicans. Through our leaders in politics, members benefit from a deeper insight on practical legal matters.
Membership in the GACR Legal Network entitles members to distinction among law students. If you are a graduate from a Georgia College Republican Chapter then you are a regular member of the GACR Legal Network, which includes all of the benefits granted to members of the GRP legal network.