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Stephen E. Sachs to Join Harvard Law School Faculty

Stephen E. Sachs will be joining Harvard Law School as the inaugural Antonin Scalia Professor of Law, effective July 1.

“I am delighted to join the faculty of Harvard Law School, where I took my first law school class from Charles Donahue as a medieval history undergraduate, and ...

ALI Reporter: Spring 2021

The spring edition of The ALI Reporter is now available. This issue includes updates from the January and February Council meetings; details about the upcoming virtual Annual Meeting; a member spotlight on Matthew L.M. Fletcher and Wenona T. Singel; and a feature reflecting on the Institute’s ...

The Continuing Support of Our Founding Donor

This Director's Letter was originally published in the spring 2021 edition of The ALI Reporter.

The preparations underway for our 100th anniversary give us a welcome opportunity to take stock of the many contributors who have enabled our extraordinary successes over the past century. Our very first ...

The Institute in the Courts: Supreme Court of New Mexico Cites Principles of the Law, Policing

In State v. Martinez, 478 P.3d 880 (N.M. 2020), the Supreme Court of New Mexico cited the Principles of the Law, Policing (T.D. No. 2, 2019), in abandoning the prevailing federal rule governing the admission of eyewitness-identification evidence, as articulated in Manson v. Brathwaite, 432 ...

In Memoriam: Spring 2021

ALI regularly reports on the passing of members in its quarterly newsletter, The ALI Reporter. Below is the In Memoriam section from the spring 2020 edition. 

Elected Members
Rennard Strickland – Eugene, OR
Dick Thornburgh – Pittsburgh, PA
Harry A. Woods, Jr. – Oklahoma City, OK

Life Members
Herschel Lee Abbott ...