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The first foreign national ever to be appointed to the Council of the American Law Institute (ALI), is an ANU law researcher.
 Professor Jane Stapleton from the Law Program in the Research School of Social Sciences has been a member of and adviser to the ALI, the United States’ premier law reform body, since 2000.
The Institute has 3,000 members of whom 60 are on its Council. Estimates put the number of lawyers in the United States at one million.
Professor Stapleton, who teaches law in the United Kingdom and United States in addition to her research at ANU, said she hoped her breadth of expertise would bring a global perspective to American law.
“I am deeply grateful for the honour that the ALI has bestowed,” she said.
“I am especially conscious of being the first foreigner to be elected to the Council. This historic honour reflects the new global vision of the Institute’s work, which I hope to support with enthusiasm and energetic commitment.”
Sir Anthony Mason, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1987 to 1995 and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the ANU Faculty of Law, said Professor Stapleton’s appointment reflected the high standing of Australian lawyers in the US.
“The ALI is a unique institution without counterpart elsewhere in the world. Jane’s appointment as the first foreign member of its Council is a clear recognition of her outstanding ability and reputation. The appointment is a feather in her cap and a plus for the ANU Law Program,” he said.
The ALI was founded in 1923 and is based in Philadelphia. Its role is to draft and then publish restatements of the law and other proposals for legal reform.
For more information: www.ali.org
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