Welcome to ALI
Founded in 1923, ALI has a membership consisting of judges, practicing lawyers, and legal scholars from all areas of the United States as well as some foreign countries, selected on the basis of professional achievement and demonstrated interest in the improvement of the law.
ALI, through a careful and deliberative process, drafts and then publishes various Restatements of the Law, model codes, and legal studies to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal work.
Membership Proposals
The deadlines for submitting membership proposals are September 1 for fall consideration and December 15 for winter consideration.
In the Spotlight
The summer issue of The ALI Reporter, our quarterly newsletter, is available online.
Linda Greenhouse, who retired from The New York Times after three decades covering the Supreme Court, recently reflected on her career in the Times: 2,691 Decisions. (An honorary ALI member, Ms. Greenhouse was awarded ALI’s Henry J. Friendly Medal in 2002.)
The Legal Times’ preview of the Supreme Court’s next term refers to Justice Ginsburg’s remarks at the ALI Annual Meeting: Next Term: A Fatter, Faster Calendar for Supreme Court.
Fall Project Meetings
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Trusts Software Contracts Property (Wills and Donative Transfers) Aggregate Litigation Restitution and Unjust Enrichment |
Recent Publications
Intellectual Property: Principles Governing Jurisdiction, Choice of Law, and Judgments in Transnational Disputes
This new work contains principles for resolving transnational intellectual property disputes. The principles adapt traditional legal concepts to the world of the Internet and foster coordination between civil-law and common-law jurisdictions.
A Concise Restatement of The Law Governing Lawyers
This compilation contains Restatement provisions that are especially pertinent to an introductory study of professional responsibility, legal ethics, or legal malpractice.
The Genesis of the GATT
This volume on trade-law history explores the creation of and rationale for the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).