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Upcoming Meetings & Events
Liability Insurance
March 1 - Advisers
March 2 - Members Consultative Group
Model Penal Code: Sentencing
March 23 - Advisers
March 23 - Members Consultative Group
2012 Annual Meeting
May 21-23 - Washington, DC
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Meetings Calendar
Current Projects
Visit the Projects section to learn more about our current projects, including:
Restatement Third, Employment Law
Principles of the Law of Liability Insurance
Principles of Government Ethics
Restatement Third, The U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration
In the Spotlight
The PEB Report on Application of the UCC to Selected Issues Relating to Mortgage Notes is now available.
The American Law Institute Elects 52 New Members
Read the latest issue of The ALI Reporter.
The next deadline for submitting membership proposals is July 15. Visit the Membership section to download the proposal form and instructions, or to view the membership directory.
Featured Publications
Restatement Third, Property (Wills and Other Donative Transfers)
This Restatement presents a comprehensive treatment of the American law of wills, will substitutes, intestacy, gifts, powers of appointment, present and future interests, and construction of donative documents.
Principles of the Law of Aggregate Litigation
This work supplies up-to-date coherence to the law of aggregate litigation. The Principles aim to help judges, legislators, and others make aggregation decisions correctly, and to improve the management of cases in which aggregation is allowed.