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The American Law Institute is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law.
Upcoming Meetings & Events
2012 Annual Meeting
May 21-23 - Washington, DC
Employment Law
September 21 - Advisers
September 22 - Members Consultative Group & Liaisons
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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
Register now! The 2012 Annual Meeting will be held on May 21-23 in Washington, DC. Visit the meeting website for the agenda and hotel information.
Restoring Restitution to the Canon – a review of the Restatement Third of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment by Douglas Laycock (Michigan Law Review).
Seven chapters of the Restatement of Employment Law are available for free download. View the list of topics.
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.