Principles of the Law,
Policing
This project aims to tackle some of the hardest questions, where courts, legislatures, and police are most in need of guidance. This project will include principles on Search and Seizure, Police Encounters, Use of Force, Evidence Gathering, and Police Questioning, among others.
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Status Details
Portions of several Chapters have been drafted. Membership has approved Chapters on Use of Force, Police Encounters, Eyewitness Identification, and Police Questioning.
For an in-depth description of this project, please visit the Policing page of the The ALI Adviser.
Project Video
Project Reporter Barry Friedman discusses the project in this short video:
Reporter
Barry Friedman
New York University School of Law
New York, NY
New York, NY
Associate Reporters
Brandon L. Garrett
Duke University School of Law
Durham, NC
Durham, NC
Rachel A. Harmon
University of Virginia School of Law
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA
Tracey L. Meares
Yale Law School
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT
Maria Ponomarenko
University of Minnesota Law School
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis, MN
Christopher Slobogin
Vanderbilt University Law School
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN
Project Fellow
Christy E. Lopez
Georgetown Law Center
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Advisers
Art Acevedo
City of Houston Police Department
Houston, TX
Houston, TX
Hassan Aden
The Aden Group
Alexandria, VA
Alexandria, VA
Scott Bales
Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at Univ. of Denver
Denver, CO
Denver, CO
Kevin Bankston
New America
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Michael Bosworth
MacAndrews & Forbes
New York, NY
New York, NY
Richard F. Boulware, II
U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Michael R. Bromwich
The Bromwich Group
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Brian Buchner
National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement
Tucson, AZ
Tucson, AZ
David Cole
American Civil Liberties Union
New York, NY
New York, NY
Gregg Costa
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Houston, TX
Houston, TX
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar
Supreme Court of California
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
Michael A. Davis
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA
Brandon del Pozo
Burlington Police Department
Burlington, VT
Burlington, VT
Adrian Diaz
Seattle Police Department
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA
James M. Doyle
Bassil Klovee and Budreau
Boston, MA
Boston, MA
Zachary T. Fardon
United State's Attorney's Office Northern District of Illinois
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Andrew G. Ferguson
University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Kenneth C. Frazier
Merck & Co., Inc.
Kenilworth, NJ
Kenilworth, NJ
George Gascon
San Francisco District Attorney's Office
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
Mitchell S. Goldberg
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Vanita Gupta
The Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Robert C. Haas
Cambridge Police (formerly)
Dover, MA
Dover, MA
William C. Hubbard
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Columbia, SC
Columbia, SC
Sherrilyn Ifill
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc
New York, NY
New York, NY
Craig Iscoe
Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Adalberto J. Jordan
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Miami, FL
Miami, FL
Nola Joyce
Philadelphia Police Department
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Orin S. Kerr
University of University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA
Miriam A. Krinsky
Fair and Just Prosecution
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
David Kris
Culper Partners LLC
Mercer Island, WA
Mercer Island, WA
Raymond J. Lohier, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
New York, NY
New York, NY
Cynthia Lum
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
Fairfax, VA
John G. Malcolm
The Heritage Foundation
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Anne M. Milgram
New York University School of Law
New York, NY
New York, NY
Sylvia M. Moir
Tempe Police Department
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ
Alexandra Natapoff
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Clark M. Neily
CATO Institute
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Brittany Packnett
Campaign Zero
Florissant, MO
Florissant, MO
Samantha Pailca
Microsoft, Corp.
Redmond, WA
Redmond, WA
Sue Rahr
Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA
Charles H. Ramsey
Philadelphia Police Department
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Henry R. Reeve
Office of the District Attorney Eighteenth Judicial District
Centennial, CO
Centennial, CO
Norman L. Reimer
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Gary L. Sasso
Carlton Fields P.A.
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL
S. Andrew Schaffer
New York University Law School
New York, NY
New York, NY
Joanna C. Schwartz
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Darpana Sheth
Institute for Justice
Arlington, VA
Arlington, VA
Samuel Sinyangwe
Campaign Zero
New York, NY
New York, NY
Stephen Wm. Smith
Stanford Law School, Center for Internet and Society
Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA
Sean Smoot
Illinois Police Benevolent and Protective Association
Springfield, IL
Springfield, IL
Christopher Soghoian
Office of Senator Ron Wyden
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Darrel Stephens
Major Cities Chiefs Police Association
Charlotte, NC
Charlotte, NC
Geoffrey R. Stone
University of Chicago Law School
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Seth Stoughton
University of South Carolina School of Law
Columbia, SC
Columbia, SC
Frank Sullivan, Jr.
Indiana University, Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis, IN
J. Scott Thomson
Camden County Police Department
Camden, NJ
Camden, NJ
Nina Vinik
The Joyce Foundation, Gun Violence Prevention Program
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Samuel Walker
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE
Omaha, NE
Robert Wasserman
Policy Partners
West Tisbury, MA
West Tisbury, MA
Andrew Weissmann
New York University School of Law
New York, NY
New York, NY
Harlan Yu
Upturn, Inc.
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Robert Alan Zauzmer
U.S. Attorney's Office
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Liaison
Jim Burch
Police Foundation
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Members Consultative Group
Raheemah F. Abdulaleem
Executive Office of the President
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Ronald J. Allen
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
James M. Anderson
RAND Corporation
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA
José F. Anderson
University of Baltimore School of Law
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD
Donald B. Ayer
Mc Lean, VA,
USA
Miriam H. Baer
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Nannette A. Baker
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO
Susan A. Bandes
DePaul University College of Law
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
William W. Barrett
Williams Barrett & Wilkowski, LLP
Greenwood, IN
Greenwood, IN
Debra Lyn Bassett
Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Stephanos Bibas
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Ronald G. Blum
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
New York, NY
New York, NY
Andrew S. Boutros
Dechert LLP
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Steven M. Bradford
HNI Corporation
Muscatine, IA
Muscatine, IA
Peter Bray
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
Houston, TX
Houston, TX
David M. Brodsky
Brodsky ADR LLC (Retired)
New York, NY
New York, NY
Jean-Jacques Cabou
Perkins Coie LLP
Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Elena A. Cappella
Philadelphia, PA,
USA
Catherine L. Carpenter
Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
W. Tucker Carrington
The University of Mississippi School of Law
University, MS
University, MS
Nicole B. Casarez
University of St. Thomas
Houston, TX
Houston, TX
Jennifer Chacón
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
University of Richmond School of Law
Richmond, VA
Richmond, VA
Steven L. Chanenson
Villanova University School of Law
Villanova, PA
Villanova, PA
Gabriel J. Chin
University of California, Davis School of Law
Davis, CA
Davis, CA
Colm F. Connolly
U.S. District Court, District of Delaware
Wilmington, DE
Wilmington, DE
Beverly Winslow Cutler
Alaska Superior Court, Third Judicial District
Palmer, AK
Palmer, AK
Kelly Dermody
Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
Bernice Bouie Donald
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Memphis, TN
Memphis, TN
Michael R. Dreeben
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Joshua Dressler
Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH
Kristi K. DuBose
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama
Mobile, AL
Mobile, AL
Ronald Eisenberg
Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Ilana H. Eisenstein
DLA Piper US LLP
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
J. William Elwin, Jr.
Chicago, IL
Anne S. Emanuel
Georgia State University College of Law (Retired)
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA
Anthony C. Epstein
Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Katie R. Eyer
Rutgers Law School
Camden, NJ
Camden, NJ
Roger A. Fairfax, Jr.
George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Mary Fan
University of Washington School of Law
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA
Daniel M. Filler
Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Gerald M. Finkel
Finkel Law Firm LLC
Charleston, SC
Charleston, SC
Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Michigan State University College of Law
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI
Mary Anne Franks
University of Miami School of Law
Miami, FL
Miami, FL
Eric M. Freedman
Hofstra University School of Law
Hempstead, NY
Hempstead, NY
Paul L. Friedman
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Daniel C. Girard
Girard Sharp LLP
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
Dorothy J. Glancy
Santa Clara University School of Law
Santa Clara, CA
Santa Clara, CA
Christopher S. Gontarz
Lynch & Pine
Newport, RI
Newport, RI
Hervé Gouraige
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Newark, NJ
Newark, NJ
David C. Gray
University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD
I. Michael Greenberger
University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD
Linda Sheryl Greene
University of Wisconsin Law School
Madison, WI
Madison, WI
Michael Greenwald
Philadelphia, PA,
USA
Charles E. Griffin
Butler Snow LLP
Ridgeland, MS
Ridgeland, MS
Lisa Kern Griffin
Duke University School of Law
Durham, NC
Durham, NC
John J. Grogan
Langer, Grogan & Diver P.C.
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Aya Gruber
University of Colorado Law School
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO
John O. Haley
Washington University School of Law
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO
Ronald J. Hedges
Dentons US LLP
New York, NY
New York, NY
Ronald K. Henry
Arnold & Porter
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Edwin E. Huddleson
Washington, DC
Herman N. Johnson, Jr.
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
Huntsville, AL
Huntsville, AL
Richard Gibbs Johnson
Richard G. Johnson Co., L.P.A.
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH
Peter A. Joy
Washington University School of Law
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO
Joshua Karsh
Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Orin S. Kerr
University of University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA
Cecelia M. Klingele
University of Wisconsin Law School
Madison, WI
Madison, WI
Joseph P. Klock, Jr.
Rasco Klock Perez Nieto
Coral Gables, FL
Coral Gables, FL
Michael J. Kramer
Noble Circuit Court
Albion, IN
Albion, IN
Cheryl A. Krause
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Erin C. Lagesen
Oregon Court of Appeals
Salem, OR
Salem, OR
Peter F. Langrock
Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP
Middlebury, VT
Middlebury, VT
William J. Leahy
NYS Office of Indigent Legal Services
Albany, NY
Albany, NY
Peter E. Leckman
Langer, Grogan & Diver P.C.
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Bill Lann Lee
Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA
Cynthia K. Lee
George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Andrew D. Leipold
University of Illinois College of Law
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL
Benjamin Lerner
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Wayne A. Logan
Florida State University College of Law
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL
Margaret Colgate Love
Law Office of Margaret Love
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Erik Luna
Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
C. Scott Maravilla
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Paul Marcus
College of William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Williamsburg, VA
Williamsburg, VA
David Charles Mason
Missouri Circuit Court, 22nd Judicial Circuit
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO
Mary Massaron
Plunkett Cooney, P.C.
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Alfred D. Mathewson
University of New Mexico School of Law
Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque, NM
James R. Maxeiner
University of Baltimore School of Law
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD
Jason Mazzone
University of Illinois College of Law
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL
David McCord
Drake University Law School
Des Moines, IA
Des Moines, IA
Michael H. McGinley
Dechert LLP
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
James C. McKay, Jr.
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Theodore A. McKee
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Joseph McLaughlin
Sidley Austin LLP
New York, NY
New York, NY
Benjamin C. McMurray
Utah Federal Defender Office
Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, UT
Marjorie A. Meyers
Federal Public Defender's Office, Southern District of Texas
Houston, TX
Houston, TX
Natasha Minsker
Minsker Consulting
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento, CA
S. David Mitchell
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
Columbia, MO
Columbia, MO
Jennifer L. Mnookin
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Paul Mogin
Williams & Connolly LLP
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Paul W. Mollica
Outten & Golden LLP
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Kimberly J. Mueller
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento, CA
Richard L. Neumeier
Morrison Mahoney LLP
Boston, MA
Boston, MA
Michael M. O'Hear
Marquette University Law School
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee, WI
Jan P. Patterson
Baylor Law School
Waco, TX
Waco, TX
David E. Patton
Federal Defenders of New York
New York, NY
New York, NY
Brian J. Paul
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis, IN
Mary Margaret Penrose
Texas A&M University School of Law
Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth, TX
Lucian T. Pera
Adams & Reese LLP
Memphis, TN
Memphis, TN
Kristina Pickering
Supreme Court of Nevada
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
W. Michel Pierson
Maryland Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD
Ellen S. Podgor
Stetson University College of Law
Gulfport, FL
Gulfport, FL
Edward M. Posner
Philadelphia, PA
Gerald S. Reamey
St. Mary's University School of Law
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX
Noelle M. Reed
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Houston, TX
Houston, TX
Judith Resnik
Yale Law School
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT
L. Song Richardson
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA
Sarah E. Ricks
Rutgers Law School
Camden, NJ
Camden, NJ
Alice Ristroph
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Ira P. Robbins
American University, Washington College of Law
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
James L. Robertson
Wise Carter Child & Caraway, P.A.
Jackson, MS
Jackson, MS
Jack M. Sabatino
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division
Trenton, NJ
Trenton, NJ
Janet L. Sanders
Massachusetts Superior Court
Boston, MA
Boston, MA
Jon M. Sands
District of Arizona
Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Lynn Hecht Schafran
Legal Momentum
New York, NY
New York, NY
Richard Henry Seamon
University of Idaho College of Law
Moscow, ID
Moscow, ID
Matthew R. Segal
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation of Massachusetts, Inc.
Boston, MA
Boston, MA
Morris Silberman
Florida Second District Court of Appeal
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL
Kami Chavis Simmons
Wake Forest University School of Law
Winston Salem, NC
Winston Salem, NC
Kenneth W. Simons
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA
Wenona T. Singel
Office of the Governor, State of Michigan
Lansing, MI
Lansing, MI
David Alan Sklansky
Stanford Law School
Stanford, CA
Stanford, CA
Virginia E. Sloan
Washington, DC,
USA
Jonathan M. Smith
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
David A. Sonenshein
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Arthur B. Spitzer
American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Amy J. St. Eve
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Jeffrey W. Stempel
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
H. Mark Stichel
Astrachan Gunst Thomas, P.C.
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD
Elizabeth S. Stong
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Dean A. Strang
StrangBradley, LLC
Madison, WI
Madison, WI
Guy Miller Struve
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
New York, NY
New York, NY
Jeannie Suk Gersen
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA
Frank Sullivan, Jr.
Indiana University, Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis, IN
John S. Summers
Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Mary Ellen Tabor
Iowa Court of Appeals
Des Moines, IA
Des Moines, IA
Jerome T. Tao
Nevada Court of Appeals
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Michael Vitiello
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento, CA
Bill Wagner
Wagner McLaughlin, P.A.
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL
Sarah N. Welling
University of Kentucky College of Law
Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY
Robin E. Wosje
The Justice Management Institute
Arlington, VA
Arlington, VA