Restatement of the Law,
This Restatement deals comprehensively with the legal regulation of children, rather than solely with family law matters.
Drafting of this project is completed; preparation of the official text is in progress.
For an in-depth description of this project, please visit the Children and the Law page of The ALI Adviser.
Elizabeth S. Scott
Columbia Law School, New York, NY
Richard J. Bonnie
University of Virginia School of Law (Retired), Charlottesville, VA
Emily Buss
University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL
Clare Huntington
Columbia Law School, New York, NY
Solangel Maldonado
Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, NJ
Kerry Abrams
Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC
Susan Frelich Appleton
Washington University School of Law, Saint Louis, MO
Barbara A. Atwood
University of Arizona Rogers College of Law, Tucson, AZ
Katharine T. Bartlett
Duke University School of Law (Retired), Durham, NC
Andrew K. Block
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
Sanford L. Bohrer
Holland & Knight LLP (Retired), Miami, FL
Bonnie Brier
Philadelphia, PA
Naomi R. Cahn
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
Anne C. Dailey
University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, CT
Andre M. Davis
Baltimore City Law Department, Baltimore, MD
Christine M. Durham
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Salt Lake City, UT
Maxine Eichner
University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, NC
Allison H. Eid
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, Denver, CO
Ira Mark Ellman
Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law (Retired), Berkeley, CA
Anthony C. Epstein
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC
Barry C. Feld
University of Minnesota Law School, Effie, MN
James Forman
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
Deborah Fowler
Texas Appleseed, Austin, TX
Vernon L. Francis
Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA
Holly J. Fujie
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Martin Guggenheim
New York University School of Law, New York, NY
Josh Gupta-Kagan
Columbia Law School, New York, NY
Kristin Nicole Henning
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
Richard B. Katskee
Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC
Judith L. Kreeger
State of Florida, 11th Judicial Circuit (Retired), Coral Gables, FL
Debra H. Lehrmann
Supreme Court of Texas, Austin, TX
Goodwin Liu
Supreme Court of California, San Francisco, CA
Petra Jimenez Maes
New Mexico Supreme Court (Retired), Santa Fe, NM
Amie C. Martinez
Anderson, Creager & Wittstruck, P.C., LLO, Lincoln, NE
David D. Meyer
Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY
Dorothy E. Roberts
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA
John B. Roe
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois, Ogle County, Oregon, IL
Laura A. Rosenbury
Barnard College, New York, NY
Robert G. Schwartz
Philadelphia, PA
Katharine B. Silbaugh
Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA
Jana B. Singer
University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law (Retired), Baltimore, MD
Catherine W. Smith
Smith Goodfriend, P.S., Seattle, WA
Avani Mehta Sood
New York University School of Law, New York, NY
Jane M. Spinak
Columbia University School of Law, New York, NY
Elizabeth G. Taylor
National Health Law Program, Washington, DC
Cindy G. Thyer
Arkansas Court of Appeals, Little Rock, AR
Amy Totenberg
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Michael S. Wald
Stanford Law School (Retired), Stanford, CA
David N. Wecht
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA
Lois Weithorn
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Barbara Bennett Woodhouse
Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA
BJ Casey
Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology
Jeffrey Fagan
Columbia Law School
Thomas Grisso
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Psychiatry
Sara McLanahan
Princeton University, Office of Population Research
Edward P. Mulvey
University of Pittsburgh Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic
N. Dickon Reppucci
University of Virginia, Department of Psychology
Laurence Steinberg
Temple University, Department of Psychology
Marsha Levick
Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, PA
Raheemah F. Abdulaleem
Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration, Washington, DC
Raquel E. Aldana
University of California, Davis School of Law, Davis, CA
Diane Marie Amann
University of Georgia School of Law, Atlanta, GA
José F. Anderson
University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD
Christopher Edward Appel
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Washington, DC
David J. Aronofsky
The University of Montana (Retired), Missoula, MT
Joseph R. Bankoff
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Jennifer S. Bard
University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, OH
Debra Lyn Bassett
Southwestern Law School, Sacramento, CA
Scott Bernstein
State of Florida, 11th Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL
Brian Bix
University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN
Kristine Bowman
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Steven M. Bradford
HNI Corporation, Muscatine, IA
Tonya L. Brito
University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI
Bryan T. Camp
Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, TX
Elena A. Cappella
Philadelphia, PA
W. Jonathan Cardi
Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, NC
Gilbert Paul Carrasco
Willamette University College of Law, Huntington Beach, CA
Jenny E. Carroll
Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, TX
Frank P. Cervone
Support Center for Child Advocates (Retired), Philadelphia, PA
Stephen Yee Chow
Stephen Y. Chow, PC, Boston, MA
Michael S. Coffee
Washington, DC
John J. Connolly
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Baltimore, MD
Kelsi B. Corkran
Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Georgetown Law, Washington, DC
Michelle Williams Court
U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles, CA
Mary A. Crossley
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA
F. T. Davis
Dentons US LLP, Atlanta, GA
Nora V. Demleitner
St. John's College, Annapolis, MD
Nina Maria Dethloff
University of Bonn, Institute for German, European and International Family Law, Bonn
Charles W. Dortch
Superior Court, Family Division, Camden County, Camden, NJ
Kevin J. Doyle
U.S. District Court, District of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Jennifer Ann Drobac
Indiana University, Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indianapolis, IN
Alice Beck Dubow
Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
David M. English
University of Missouri School of Law, Columbia, MO
Ann Laquer Estin
University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, IA
Katie R. Eyer
Rutgers Law School, Camden, NJ
April L. Farris
Fifteenth Court of Appeals, Austin, TX
Boris Feldman
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, Redwood City, CA
John F. Fischer
Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, Tulsa, OK
Judith K. Fitzgerald
Tucker Arensberg, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA
Joseph Z. Fleming
Joseph Z. Fleming P.A., Miami, FL
Matthew L.M. Fletcher
University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, MI
Kem Thompson Frost
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District, Houston, TX
Kenneth S. Gallant
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law (Retired), Sequim, WA
Edward M. Ginsburg
West Newton, MA
Michael Greenwald
Philadelphia, PA
Charles E. Griffin
Butler Snow LLP, Ridgeland, MS
Joanna L. Grossman
Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, Dallas, TX
Catherine M. Grosso
Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, MI
Patricia Guerrero
Supreme Court of California, San Francisco, CA
Vivian Eulalia Hamilton
William & Mary Law School, Williamsburg, VA
Emily Hammond
George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
David A. Hardy
Second Judicial Court, Washoe County, Reno, NV
Michael A. Harring
Chicago, IL
Leslie Joan Harris
University of Oregon School of Law (Retired), Eugene, OR
Ronald K. Henry
Arnold & Porter (Retired), Washington, DC
Luz E. Herrera
Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, TX
Courtney G. Joslin
University of California, Davis School of Law, Davis, CA
Maha Jweied
Responsible Business Initiative for Justice, Washington, DC
Evelyn V. Keyes
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Retired), Houston, TX
Mark R. Killenbeck
University of Arkansas School of Law, Leflar Law Center (Retired), Fayetteville, AR
Rufus G. King
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC
Deborah Gordon Klehr
Education Law Center, Philadelphia, PA
Michael J. Kramer
Noble Circuit Court, Albion, IN
Cheryl A. Krause
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Philadelphia, PA
Miriam A. Krinsky
Fair and Just Prosecution, Los Angeles, CA
Erin C. Lagesen
Oregon Court of Appeals, Salem, OR
Sybil H. Landau
New York, NY
Máximo Langer
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
Peter F. Langrock
Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP, Middlebury, VT
Jaynee LaVecchia
McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, NJ
George W. Liebmann
Liebmann & Shively, P.A., Baltimore, MD
William Parker Lightfoot
Lightfoot Law, Washington, DC
Meghan H. Magruder
King & Spalding LLP (Retired), Atlanta, GA
Linda A. Malone
William & Mary Law School, Williamsburg, VA
C. Scott Maravilla
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC
Fatma Essam Marouf
Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, TX
Linda C. McClain
Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA
F. Scott McCown
University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX
Anne K. McKeig
Minnesota Supreme Court, Saint Paul, MN
James A. McKenna
State of Maine Office of the Attorney General, Hallowell, ME
M. Isabel Medina
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, New Orleans, LA
Stephanie A. Middleton
The American Law Institute (Retired), Greenbrae, CA
Thomas C. Montoya
Atkinson & Kelsey, P.A., Albuquerque, NM
Steven J. Mulroy
Shelby County District Attorney's Office, Memphis, TN
J. Thomas Oldham
University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX
Jeffrey A. Parness
Northern Illinois University College of Law, DeKalb, IL
LeRoy Pernell
Florida A & M University College of Law, Orlando, FL
Mary Kelly Persyn
Persyn Law & Policy, San Francisco, CA
Steven N. Peskind
Peskind Law Firm, Saint Charles, IL
Cheryl B. Preston
Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Provo, UT
Bernard D. Reams
St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, TX
Kimberly J. Robinson
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
Reginald L. Robinson
Howard University School of Law, Washington, DC
Fernando Rodriguez
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Brownsville, TX
Howard Ruda
Hahn & Hessen LLP (Retired), New York, NY
Margaret M. Russell
Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, CA
Rosemary C. Salomone
St. John's University School of Law, Jamaica, NY
Joshua D. Sanders
Superior Court of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
Andrew Ike Schepard
Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, NY
Colleen F. Shanahan
Columbia Law School, New York, NY
Marsha E. Simms
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (Retired), New York, NY
Kenneth W. Simons
University of California, Irvine School of Law, Irvine, CA
Steven R. Smith
California Western School of Law, San Diego, CA
Deirdre M. Smith
University of Maine School of Law, Pownal, ME
Jonathan M. Smith
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, Washington, DC
Carl A. Solano
Superior Court of Pennsylvania (Retired), Philadelphia, PA
Robert G. Spector
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, OK
Robin Walker Sterling
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Chicago, IL
H. Mark Stichel
RKW Law Group, Baltimore, MD
Mark P. Strasser
Capital University Law School, Columbus, OH
Guy Miller Struve
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (Retired), New York, NY
Mary Ellen Tabor
Iowa Court of Appeals, Des Moines, IA
Anne Minnette Tamar-Mattis
Sebastopol, CA
Louise Ellen Teitz
Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, RI
David B. Thronson
Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, MI
Samuel A. Thumma
Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, Phoenix, AZ
Bea Verschraegen
University of Vienna, Faculty of Law, Vienna
Emily Gold Waldman
Pace University, Elisabeth Haub School of Law, White Plains, NY
Lynn Dennis Wardle
Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School (Retired), Provo, UT
Manning Gilbert Warren
University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law, Louisville, KY
Michael Evan Waterstone
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
Merle Weiner
University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, OR
Steven O. Weise
Proskauer Rose LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Robin Fretwell Wilson
University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, IL
Charles W. Wolfram
Portland, ME
Richard W. Wright
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, Evanston, IL
Mark G. Yudof
University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Retired), Berkeley, CA