ACC St. Louis Chapter Earns Global Gold Chapter of Distinction Award for 8th Consecutive Year

ST. LOUIS - July 23, 2026 - PRLog -- The Association of Corporate Counsel has once again honored its St. Louis Chapter with the global 2025 Gold Chapter of Distinction Award. This marks the Chapter's eighth consecutive year receiving this prestigious international recognition, placing it among an elite group of chapters selected from more than 60 chapters worldwide.

In addition to the Gold Chapter of Distinction earlier this year, the Chapter was also awarded the global 2025 Best Innovative Programming Award. The award honors the Chapter's creative four-part series, "Checkmate!: How Chess Strategy Can Make You a Better Litigator," hosted in partnership with the World Chess Hall of Fame. The program combined chess lessons taught by Grandmasters in Residence with a CLE capstone on how polarization influences jury verdicts, complete with a live blitz match by a Grandmaster.

The Gold Chapter of Distinction Award evaluates chapters globally on excellence in governance, operations, membership engagement, educational programming, and community involvement. The Chapter earned the 2025 distinction based on its comprehensive Chapter Activity Survey, which highlights impactful initiatives and achievements from the preceding year.

These latest honors add to the Chapter's long history of global recognition from the ACC, which includes:

• 2025 Best Innovative Programming Award: Recognized for the groundbreaking "Checkmate!" chess and litigation strategy masterclass series in collaboration with the World Chess Hall of Fame.
• 2024 Best Diversity Initiative Program Award: Recognized for its Diversity and Inclusion Summer Internship Program, fostering a more diverse and inclusive legal pipeline.
• 2023 Outstanding Achievement Award for "Best Partnership Program": Awarded for its collaboration with the Washington University Olin School of Business to offer executive-level leadership and decision-making programming to members.
• 2023 Outstanding Achievement Award for "Innovative Programming Effort": Honored for the Diversity & Inclusion Committee's unique "Artful Observation with a Diversity Lens" program at the Saint Louis Art Museum.

About the Association of Corporate Counsel – St. Louis Chapter

The Association of Corporate Counsel - St. Louis Chapter, the premier bar association for in-house counsel, was founded in 1987. The Chapter has more than 680 members who represent more than 175 organizations. The Chapter's commitment to its members and community has earned it an impressive list of accolades as a leader in the global network of chapters:

• Chapter of the Year 1995, 2012 and 2015,
• Chapter Challenge Award 2009,
• Legal Service of Eastern Missouri Richard B. Teitelman Distinguished Service Award for pro bono efforts 2014,
• Best Membership Strategy 2018,
• Gold Chapter of Distinction designation 2019-25,
• Best Diversity Initiative Award 2020, 2022 and 2024,
• Innovative Programming Effort Award 2023 and 2025
• Best Partnership Program Award 2023.

To learn more, please visit, https://www.acc.com/chapters/stlouis/.