American Law Institute
Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
In 1923, a committee of esteemed judges, lawyers, and scholars incorporated the American Law Institute (ALI) to address two major obstacles to justice in the United States: the uncertainty and complexity of American laws. For nearly 100 years, the ALI has been providing critical resources to courts, legislatures, and the legal profession to clarify and improve the U.S. legal system. These resources are borne out of rigorous, years-long research by legal scholars, helping to apply precision to ambiguous statutory language, provide prescriptive language for enacting laws, and offer best practices based on analyses of existing laws and practices. The ALI is currently working on a range of issue areas that are at the forefront of legal discourse, including data privacy, corporate compliance, and policing. With Corporation support, the ALI will increase its research capacity and expand the number of topics that its researchers cover.