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The Administration series contains seven subseries. The Board of Directors subseries includes SAC corporate papers, minutes for 1988-1991 and 1999-2001, strategic plans, and the 2000-2001 Board revitalization process. The Clippings subseries highlight SAC activities in the public eye through the three decades of existence and is a primary source for finding details on SAC activities in Ann Arbor and around the state. Included in this subseries are the contents of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, damaged by the 2002 fire, documenting the Black History case. This case received national attention and was cited in the New York Times and other major newspapers. The Office Management subseries contains general information used for the public relations and partial information on fundraising activities. No budgetary information was available in the records as accessioned. The Publications subseries includes the SAC newsletter, "Active Voice" from 1975 to 2002. There is also a copy of "The Fourth 'R', Student Rights, A Handbook for Michigan Public School Students and Their Families," an article entitled "Access Denied," and two relevant articles that appeared in the Administrative Law Quarterly.

Ruth Zweifler, Executive Director, 1975-2004 series has eight subseries. The Biographical subseries contains a vita and several published profiles. Two subseries contain articles she wrote and articles that cite Zweifler and her activism in Ann Arbor and in Michigan. Zweifler frequently wrote letters to the editor of various newspapers. These can be found in the Clippings subseries under Administration in chronological order. The Correspondence subseries covers 1978-2003 and reflects the expansion of Zweifler's influence on student advocacy statewide. Staff meetings subseries contains minutes for 1999-2001 that show the effect of funded projects on the staff, expanded to include a part-time staff attorney and grant supported personnel. Topical files contain other material related to her career and achievements.

The Program series contains seven subseries. The Casework subseries includes information on the primary activity SAC: student advocacy casework. There were several large cases involving entire school districts: Baldwin and Fennville which are documented here. In the beginning, SAC dealt mainly with individual student cases. There is information in this series including forms, summaries and statistics. The Lawyers' Committee subseries includes information on its creation, minutes, and a topical subseries. The Expulsion Data Collection Project was one of their major activities. The committee also dealt with zero tolerance and 504 policies, among others. The Volunteer subseries contains two training manuals, written twenty-three years apart, reflecting changes in techniques over the decades. Volunteers were recruited and trained to support the student and involved parents to find a resolution to school problems, often stemming from suspension or expulsion. The Website development subseries includes copies of pages from the site as it was accessed on August 10, 2004 at http://www.studentadvocacycenter.org. The website made available sample letters, forms, Attorney Listserv, and Quick Guides for many different types of appeals to school districts.