AALS session on ways to contribute to the work of the Uniform Law Commission

The Uniform Law Commission, the nation's premier organization involved in statutory law reform, is very much on the lookout for promising ideas by legal scholars on uniform statutes.  One commissioner put it to me this way:  "Law review articles come to at the end a conclusion that 'there oughta be a law!' and there is nice avenue for bringing cool ideas to the ULC for study and maybe implementation."  And so the ULC is at the ready to bring your good proposals to the real world.

At this year's AALS, folks from ULC and others will be gathering with any and all interested to talk about the work of ULC, to answer questions, and to brainstorm about the synergies between academic scholarship and practical law reform.  Stewart Schwab (the former dean of Cornell Law) and I have been involved over the last several months in promoting these connections and we encourage you to learn more about ways you might get involved in the good work of ULC.

Here are the details:

January 9, 2025

8:00 am – 9:30 am

Session Type: AALS Arc of Career Programs

Room: Room 202

Floor: Level Two South

This will be a roundtable discussion about how to turn ideas for laws into state legislation. The speakers will discuss how the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) chooses projects, as well as the study and drafting process for projects. The speakers include two appointed Uniform Law Commissioners, one of whom is the current chair of the Scope and Program Committee, a reporter for a drafting committee, and the research director for a ULC standing committee who also served as an observer/adviser to the drafting committee for the 2022 Uniform Commercial Code amendments.

It is organized by Juliet Moringiello of Widener (and a ULC Commissioner).  Speakers include: Steve Willborn (Nebraska), Laura Napoli Coordes (Arizona State), Carla Reyes of SMU.