Your rights matter. With ACSA membership, you gain access to expert advocates and legal assistance when challenges arise.

Regular ACSA membership gives you access to trained and experienced Member Assistance Advocates to protect your due process rights.

A person requesting legal assistance must have been a regular member in good standing for six months at the time their problem arose. Retired members are eligible for legal assistance only if the matter occurred while they were a regular member. You must be an ACSA member to receive this benefit.

Types of Problems

Direct Legal Assistance

Support Request Form

Online Resources

Avoid professional issues before they happen. Find articles with advice from Member Assistance Advocates on ACSA’s Resource Hub.

Ask for Help

Fill out our online assistance form, or log into your member portal and go to Legal Support for direct assistance.

Legal Support is a Regular ACSA Member Benefit

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Types of Problems

Our Advocates are available to assist members of ACSA with problems concerning, but not limited to:

Breach of employment contract
Contract review
Tenure rights
Credential problems
Dismissal

Demotion
Salary policy disputes
Suspension
Retirement

We do not assist members with criminal charges or civil actions.

Direct Legal Assistance

If necessary, our Advocates will authorize two hours of direct legal assistance with one of ACSA’s panel attorneys at no cost to you.

Our lawyers are experienced in school law, and can help determine if further legal action or litigation is necessary. If that isn’t enough, ACSA can provide:

$1,000 in additional legal assistance to members based on a 60%/40% split.
Up to $4,000 in protracted legal assistance for cases in litigation, which is also based on a 60%/40% split.
Free professional liability insurance in excess of your mandated district coverage.

Regular ACSA membership gives you access to trained and experienced Member Assistance Advocates to protect your due process rights. ACSA Professional Legal Assistance can help with issues such as contract review, tenure rights, credential problems, dismissal and suspension, and retirement.