The American College of Construction Lawyers is one of the premier legal associations in America. Founded in 1990, the College is comprised of the top 1 percent of the construction bar in the United States and also includes lawyers and judges from Canada, Britain, and France. Fellowship is extended by invitation to those lawyers and judges who, after careful investigation, are found to have mastered the practice or the teaching of construction law and dispute resolution in the highly complex technical and legal fields pertaining to the built environment, and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility, and collegiality. The College provides a professional forum for its Fellows to explore and analyze complex legal and industry issues arising nationally and internationally.

The College’s professional meetings and educational programs and publications seek to bring together America’s most outstanding construction law and industry experts to address the legal and technical implications of problems facing the design and construction of the built environment around the world. In 2006 the College published the American College of Construction Lawyers Journal, which was distributed worldwide by Thomson/West, and sponsored in cooperation with Princeton University the first industry symposium on transformational challenges facing global engineering and construction.