January 2021 Council Meeting Updates

At its meeting on January 21 and 22, 2021, the Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed below.* Compliance and Enforcement for OrganizationsThe Council approved Council Draft No. 5, which contained Chapter 4 on...

October 2020 Council Meeting Updates

At its meetings on October 13 and October 22-23, 2020, the Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of seven projects and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed below.* Children and the LawCouncil approved Council Draft No. 6, containing §1.60 from...

Restatements: Views of a Founding Father

This Director’s Letter was originally published in the fall 2020 edition of The ALI Reporter.On June 30, 1923, William Draper Lewis addressed a gathering of the Maryland State Bar Association at Atlantic City, New Jersey. His speech was entitled, “The Work of...

ALI’s Contributions in a Time of Crisis

This Director’s Letter was originally published in the summer 2020 edition of The ALI Reporter.This year has been an extraordinarily difficult one. We are ensnarled in a pandemic that has caused a staggeringly large number of deaths and deep suffering and has laid...