Principles of the Law,
This project addresses a serious challenge facing state courts: the adjudication of high-volume, high-stakes, low-dollar-value civil claims. These types of claims, which arise in such areas as debt collection, evictions, home foreclosure, and child support, comprise a significant proportion of state court cases and are shaping the lives of millions of Americans, particularly women and people of color.
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The Council approved the initiation of this project in October 2022.
* Preliminary Drafts and Council Drafts are available only to participants and the Council. Discussion Drafts and Tentative Drafts are available to the public after the Annual Meeting.
** Once it is approved by the Membership at an Annual Meeting, a Tentative Draft or Proposed Final Draft represents the most current statement of The American Law Institute's position on the subject and may be cited in opinions or briefs until the official text is published.
*** Chapter numbers are those used in the most recent draft or in the latest projected overall table of contents and may not correspond to the chapter numbers used in earlier drafts.
David Freeman Engstrom
Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA
Rebecca Aviel
University of Colorado, Sturm College of Law, Denver, CO
David Marcus
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
Lauren D. Sudeall
Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, TN
Emily S. Taylor Poppe
University of California, Irvine School of Law, Irvine, CA
Larisa G. Bowman
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Katherine Alteneder
Access to Justice Innovation, Washington, DC
Abbye Atkinson
UC Berkeley Law School
Jennifer D. Bailey
Bass Law, Miami, FL
Thomas A. Balmer
Supreme Court of Oregon, Salem, OR
Julie Becker
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC
Stephanos Bibas
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Philadelphia, PA
Tonya L. Brito
University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI
J. Brett Busby
Supreme Court of Texas, Austin, TX
Mark D. Chandler
Stanford Law School, Snowmass Village, CO
Salena Copeland
Legal Aid Association of California, Berkeley, CA
Colleen M. Cotter
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Ronald S. Flagg
Legal Services Corporation, Washington, DC
Lisa Foster
Fines & Fees Justice Center, Washington, DC
Steven S. Gensler
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, OK
Abbe R. Gluck
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
D. James Greiner
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Margaret Hagan
Stanford Law School, Legal Design Lab, Stanford, CA
Melissa Hart
Colorado Supreme Court, Denver, CO
Nathan L. Hecht
Supreme Court of Texas (Retired), Austin, TX
Danielle Hirsch
National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, VA
Craig Iscoe
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC
Wallace B. Jefferson
Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP, Austin, TX
Dalié Jiménez
University of California, Irvine School of Law, Irvine, CA
Brittany K.T. Kauffman
IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, Denver, CO
Robert H. Klonoff
Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, OR
Carolyn B. Kuhl
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Jon Laramore
Indiana Legal Services, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
Chinh Q. Le
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
John G. Levi
Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL
Goodwin Liu
Supreme Court of California, San Francisco, CA
Beverly B. Martin
Center on Civil Justice, New York University School of Law, New York, NY
Stacey Marz
Alaska Court System, Anchorage, AK
Bridget M. McCormack
American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution, New York, NY
Missy Meggison
InsideARM, Dunwoody, GA
J.J. Prescott
University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, MI
Tara Raghuveer
Kansas City Tenants, Kansas City, MO
Judith Resnik
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
Erika Rickard
The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, DC
Daniel B. Rodriguez
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Chicago, IL
Eva Rosen
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Colin Rule
Arbitrate.com, San Jose, CA
Rebecca Sandefur
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
James J. Sandman
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Washington, DC
Colleen F. Shanahan
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA
David Slayton
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
D. Brooks Smith
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Duncansville, PA
Amy J. St. Eve
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, Chicago, IL
Jessica K. Steinberg
George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
Elizabeth S. Stong
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY
Frederick Wherry
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Ayiesha Beverly
National Apartment Association, Arlington, VA
José F. Anderson
University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD
Christopher Edward Appel
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Washington, DC
Laura I. Appleman
Willamette University College of Law, Salem, OR
Ronald G. Aronovsky
Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, CA
Shawn J. Bayern
Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, FL
Pamela Bookman
Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY
Keith Bradley
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Denver, CO
Aaron-Andrew Paul Bruhl
William & Mary Law School, Williamsburg, VA
Arthur H. Bryant
Clarkson Law Firm, Malibu, CA
Elizabeth Chamblee Burch
University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, GA
John P. Burton
Rodey Law Firm, Santa Fe, NM
J. Brett Busby
Supreme Court of Texas, Austin, TX
Sergio J. Campos
Boston College Law School, Newton Center, MA
W. Jonathan Cardi
Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, NC
Catherine C. Carr
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA
Gregory A. Castanias
Jones Day, Washington, DC
Janet S. Chung
Washington Court of Appeals, Division One, Seattle, WA
Kevin L. Cole
University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, CA
Brooke D. Coleman
Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, WA
Robert E. Cooper
Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC, Nashville, TN
Michelle Williams Court
U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles, CA
Robert P. Deyling
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Washington, DC
Matthew Diller
Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY
Kevin J. Doyle
U.S. District Court, District of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Christopher R. Drahozal
University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, KS
Robin J. Effron
Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY
Anthony C. Epstein
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC
Allan H. Erbsen
University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN
Jane R. Flanagan
Illinois Department of Labor, Chicago, IL
Pamela Foohey
University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, GA
Susan S. Fortney
Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, TX
Maggie Gardner
Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY
Nancy Gertner
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Daniel C. Girard
Girard Sharp LLP, San Francisco, CA
Joseph Goldberg
Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg PA, Albuquerque, NM
Barry P. Goode
Superior Court of Contra Costa County (Retired), Point Richmond, CA
Christine Chambers Goodman
Pepperdine University, Caruso School of Law, Malibu, CA
Sara Sternberg Greene
Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC
John J. Grogan
Langer, Grogan & Diver, P.C., Philadelphia, PA
Simona Grossi
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Anton G. Hajjar
Chevy Chase, MD
Caitlin Halligan
New York State Court of Appeals, Albany, NY
Kelsey Blake Hanlon
Owen Circuit Court II, Spencer, IN
Gregory R. Hanthorn
Jones Day (Retired), Atlanta, GA
Michael A. Harring
Chicago, IL
Jasmine E. Harris
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA
Ronald K. Henry
Arnold & Porter (Retired), Washington, DC
Stephen J. Herman
Fishman Haygood L.L.P, New Orleans, LA
Luz E. Herrera
Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, TX
William F. Highberger
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Laura J. Hines
University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, KS
Melissa B. Jacoby
University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, NC
Amy Keller
DiCello Levitt, Chicago, IL
Christopher M. Klein
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California, Vancouver, WA
Nina A. Kohn
Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, NY
Erin C. Lagesen
Oregon Court of Appeals, Salem, OR
Jocelyn D. Larkin
Impact Fund, Berkeley, CA
Evan Tsen Lee
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Thomas H. Lee
Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY
Travis Lenkner
Burford Capital, London, England
Seth R. Lesser
Klafter Lesser LLP, Rye Brook, NY
John Leubsdorf
Rutgers Law School, Newark, NJ
Adam J. Levitin
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
George W. Liebmann
George W. Liebmann, P.A., Baltimore, MD
Houston Putnam Lowry
Ford & Paulekas, LLP, Hartford, CT
Daniel P. Maguire
Yolo County Superior Court, Woodland, CA
Cathy Lesser Mansfield
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, OH
C. Scott Maravilla
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC
Christopher J. McFadden
Court of Appeals of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
James A. McKenna
State of Maine Office of the Attorney General, Hallowell, ME
Alan B. Morrison
George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
Colleen P. Murphy
Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, RI
Cynthia E. Nance
University of Arkansas School of Law, Leflar Law Center, Fayetteville, AR
Arden J. Olson
Harrang Long P.C., Eugene, OR
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University School of Law, Saint Louis, MO
Iain D. C. Ramsay
University of Kent Law School, Canterbury, England
Jason A. Rantanen
University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, IA
D. Theodore Rave
University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX
Alexander A. Reinert
Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY
Jennifer K. Robbennolt
University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, IL
Robin L. Rosenberg
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach, FL
Keith A. Rowley
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas, NV
Joshua D. Sanders
Superior Court of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
Andrea Kupfer Schneider
Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY
Christopher A. Seeger
Seeger Weiss LLP, Ridgefield Park, NJ
Norman Eli Siegel
Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP, Kansas City, MO
Linda J. Silberman
New York University School of Law, New York, NY
Kenneth W. Simons
University of California, Irvine School of Law, Irvine, CA
Aaron D. Simowitz
Willamette University College of Law, Salem, OR
Deirdre M. Smith
University of Maine School of Law, Pownal, ME
Douglas G. Smith
Alpheus LLC, Chicago, IL
Henry J. Sommer
National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center, Philadelphia, PA
Adam N. Steinman
Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, TX
H. Mark Stichel
RKW Law Group, Baltimore, MD
Laura Denvir Stith
Supreme Court of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
Jon B. Streeter
California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Four, San Francisco, CA
Catherine T. Struve
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA
Guy Miller Struve
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (Retired), New York, NY
Rick Swedloff
Rutgers Law School, Camden, NJ
Louise Ellen Teitz
Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, RI
Jeffrey E. Thomas
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, MO
Samuel A. Thumma
Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, Phoenix, AZ
Daniel Mack Traynor
U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND
Martha Lee Walters
Supreme Court of Oregon (Retired), Salem, OR
Stephen J. Ware
University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, KS
Nancy A. Welsh
Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, TX
Jonathan L. Williams
Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC
Jane K. Winn
University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, WA
Nicholas J. Wittner
Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, MI
Adam S. Zimmerman
University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, CA