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Now Available: Principles of the Law, Election Administration
ALI’s Principles of the Law, Election Administration is now available. The principles apply to any type of elective office and are structured to be useful to multiple audiences, including state legislatures, state courts, and state officers such as secretaries of state and local election officials.
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Jeannie Suk Gersen on Remote Learning
Continue ReadingJeannie Suk Gersen of Harvard Law School was recently interviewed by Harvard Law Today and featured in The Harvard Gazette. She shared her thoughts on the benefits of teaching and learning through Zoom in light of the school’s decision to switch to remote ...
Lyrissa Lidsky: Woman of the Year
Missouri Lawyers Media has chosen Lyrissa B. Lidsky of the University of Missouri School of Law as its 2020 Woman of the Year.
Dean Lidsky, who joined the university in July 2017, is the first woman to be named dean of the law school. Dean Lidsky leads this ...
Continue ReadingJames Sandman Heads ABA Coronavirus Task Force
In response to the growing legal needs of ordinary Americans arising from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the ABA has created a nationwide task force of volunteer lawyers and judges from across the legal profession.
Continue ReadingThe task force will include up to 20 representatives from ...
Anton Hajjar Writes ‘Letter to the Editor’ for WaPo
Anton G. Hajjar wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post in which he responded to the editorial article “Facebook is looking a lot like a government.”
Continue ReadingMr. Hajjar agreed with a statement from the piece which suggested that there should be a stricter enforcement of general ...
U.S. Supreme Court Cites Contracts 2d
In CITGO Asphalt Refining Co. v. Frescati Shipping Co., Ltd., No. 18-565 (March 30, 2020), the U.S. Supreme Court cited “elemental precepts of contract law” set forth in the Restatement of the Law Second, Contracts, in support of its determination that a “safe-berth” clause contained in a ...
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- In light of the recent disruptions to in-person elections due to COVID-19, and the potential for a larger-than-aver… https://t.co/TvAZoe1Jao@AmLawInstApr 6
- An interview with ALI member and @Harvard_Law professor @JeannieSGersen about her thoughts on teaching remotely wit… https://t.co/4Py0xxNXEs@AmLawInstApr 6
- Stephen Huefner @OSU_law discusses ensuring fair representation for all voters and voting methods in ALI’s Principl… https://t.co/3KxZFaC163@AmLawInstApr 3
- . @MoLawyersMedia has chosen ALI member and @MizzouLaw Dean Lyrissa Lidsky ( @LidskyLidsky) as its 2020 Woman of the… https://t.co/JmFd9SnzgI@AmLawInstApr 2
- Restatement Third of Torts: Liability for Economic Harm, is now available for purchase. In this video Reporter and… https://t.co/Bc0TRl4vcg@AmLawInstApr 2