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35 A.L.I. Rep. 1 (2012-2013)

handle is hein.ali/alireporter0035 and id is 1 raw text is: ULUILAltU IU LLAKITIINU ANU IMrKUYINU IIP1 LAW ALI Director Lance Liebman to Step Down in May 2014 ALI Director Lance Liebman recent- ly announced his intention to complete his service to the Institute at the conclu- sion of the May 2014 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. By that time, Professor Liebman will have served as the ALI's Director for 15 years. He is the fifth Director in the Institute's 90-year history, following William Draper Lewis, Herbert E Goodrich, Herbert Wechsler, and Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr. Director Liebman, the former Dean of Columbia Law School, is the William S. Beinecke Professor of Law at Columbia and is Director of its Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law. Under his leadership, the Institute has completed Restatement or Principles projects in Agency, Aggregate Litigation, Property, Restitution, Sofrware Contracts, Torts, and Trusts, and has begun new projects in Consumer Contracts, Election Law, Employment Law, Foreign Relations Law, Government Ethics, Indian Law, Liability Insurance, Sentencing, and Sexual Assault. Judge Diane P. Wood of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the chair of the ALI's Nominating Committee, has been named the chair of the Search Committee that will recommend a candidate to the Nominating Committee. Gerhard Casper, President Emeritus of Stanford University, and ALI President Roberta Cooper Ramo join Judge Wood on the Search Committee. All names proposed to the Committee will be confidential, as will be the names of the proposers. ALI Director Lance Liebman >' The President's Letter A Farewell on the Horizon I cannot write on this day (shortly after the election) without noting that our offices in Philadelphia and everyone who works for us came through the terrible hurricane Sandy in fine condition. But, as each of us knows, thousands were not so lucky, and on this very cold November day many are still without power and many are without loved ones and homes. The work of the law may seem quite far removed from these basic issues, but I think it is not. Part of what our legal system does is to provide safe and, hopefully, neutral places for people to turn to with the many grievances and losses that result from terrible disaster. What concerns me is that current cuts to our courts, lack of progress in judicial salaries, and partisan contests for the bench will erode the effec- tiveness of the American legal system at the very time we need it most. I am comforted by knowing that, wherever we have mem- bers, we have not only compassionate help for those in need, but important leadership in issues relating to the effectiveness of jus- tice in our country. The October Council meeting, as you may know from my earlier e-mail, was a momen- tous one. Lance Liebman announced to the Council that his service as our Director would end at the 2014 Annual Meeting. His superb contributions are at the founda- tion of our continued success, quality, and relevance in every way. Judge Diane Wood, Chair of our Nominating Committee, is chairing the Search Committee on which I serve with Gerhard Casper. The other important matters about which you should know are the Council's approval of beginning work on new Restatements on continued on page 2

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