An application can be obtained from our website. Applicants are notified by email and text message if they have been selected for an interview. After the interview, if an applicant is accepted, the member will be invited to a pinning and induction ceremony.

Residents of Alabama enrolled in the 7th-11th grades for the current season.

Parents of younger students may apply for our Future Junior Leader program. This program helps to prepare students to be accepted into the society when they are of age.

Email us at asjldirectore@gmail.com for Future Leader Information.

We select our members based on recommendations from other members, community leaders or teachers who consider the applicant an outstanding student and recognize them as a great role model for peers.

An interview is required once an application is approved. Interviews are held in May and July to select members for the upcoming season. Applicants should wear business attire to the interview. Interviews are held in Baldwin County, AL.

We look for members who have demonstrated respectful habits and would be excellent representatives of the Alabama Society of Junior Leaders.

Our members plan and host the annual ASJL Cotillion Ball in conjunction with Mardi Gras season. The members help to select decor, plan the ceremony and help select the music, theme and ticket design. The 2025 ASJL Cotillion Ball is February 1, 2025 at the Foley Civic Center.

. During this elegant event, our members are introduced to the community and are recognized for outstanding accomplishments. In our purpose of preserving traditions, our member ladies wear white formals with long white gloves, and our gentlemen wear tuxedos.

Social dance is not a part of the regular meetings for members, however, there is one mandatory rehearsal day for members and escorts to learn a Grand March and Waltz which is part of the ball ceremony. Members choose an escort for the ball. Escorts are not required to be members of the society but must be approved by the board. Escort gentlemen must wear tuxedos and escort ladies must wear floor length gowns which cannot be white. Members wear sashes to the ball so that they can be recognized as members.

The ball will be held in Baldwin County, Alabama in February of the current Mardi Gras season.

Annual membership is priced at $300, with the option for smaller payments during the summer to facilitate affordability for those in need. All membership dues must be settled in full by August 1st. Upon acceptance of membership, a non-refundable deposit of $100 is required, with the remaining balance due by the same date.

A dress code is enforced for meetings, requiring gentlemen to wear dark sports coats, ties, and khaki pants, while ladies are expected to wear modest dresses.

For the ball, gentlemen must don a tuxedo, while ladies are to wear floor-length white formal attire along with long white gloves.

Members will be exempt from purchasing tickets for the ball, though tickets will be available for purchase by all guests. Proceeds from ticket sales contribute to covering the costs of the venue, food, and entertainment.

An induction ceremony will be held the 2nd Sunday in August for all new members. The time is between 1:30-3:00 pm in Foley, AL. New members who live outside of Baldwin Coumty should plan to attend.

Meetings are announced at the pinning ceremony but are normally held once per month on Sunday afternoon from 1:30-3:00. Meetings are not mandatory, but members should attempt to attend as many as possible, so that they can be involved in the planning process for events.

Meetings are educational opportunities for members to gain job interview skills, learn about community leader positions, get tips on how to dress appropriately for different occasions, and learn more valuable life skills as well as advanced etiquette used in the corporate world.

Officers will be voted in by the membership and will be required to attend meetings. Meeting minutes will be emailed to members who could not attend due to living outside Baldwin County.

All members who will attend the ball will be required to attend 1 mandatory meeting the second Sunday in January and 1 mandatory rehearsal the day before the ball. Dates will be announced at the induction ceremony.

Q. If I become a member, but do not live in Baldwin County, am I required to attend meetings? A. There are only 3 mandatory events that members must attend in order to remain in good standing and participate in the ball. The pinning ceremony, the January meeting, and the ball rehearsal. Officers must attend all meetings.