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Nora Freeman Engstrom Named 2025 Prosser Award Winner

The Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) Section on Torts and Compensation has named Stanford Law School Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom the winner of the 2025 Prosser Award. Named in honor of William L. Prosser, author of the seminal treatise on tort law, the award recognizes lifetime contributions ...

Diane Wood Interviewed by National Law Journal 

ALI Director Diane P. Wood, formerly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, retired in April to focus on her role as Director of The American Law Institute. In an interview with The National Law Journal, she reflected on her path to the bench ...

Richard Hasen on Election Law

Richard L. Hasen, Reporter on Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Remedies and  Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law at the University of California Los Angeles School of Law, co-authored with Matthew Queen, “What Judges Should Know About Election Law” in the latest edition of Judicature.

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Douglas Laycock Honored for Work in Law of Religion and Remedies

The Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center of The University of Texas at Austin School of Law has announced a Festschrift honoring Douglas Laycock. 

Laycock currently serves as a Reporter on Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Remedies as well as an ALI emeritus Council member. He is the Robert ...

Streamlining Justice: Podcast Episode Features Kuhl and Highberger

Carolyn B. Kuhl and William F. Highberger of the Superior Court of California, were featured on the “Order in the Court" podcast by the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School. The episode, Streamlining Justice: A Unified Approach to Civil Case Management, explored the challenges of managing increasingly ...