The American Law Institute
The preeminent body of judges, lawyers, and scholars that clarifies and restates American law through the Restatements, model codes, and principles
Peer societies
Five societies The American Law Institute is read alongside.
AALS
Association of American Law Schools
A 125 year old federation of the nation's law schools that doubles as the learned society for legal…
20 companies named
ASIL
American Society of International Law
The learned society for international law, founded in 1906 and chartered by Congress, devoted to the study of…
18 companies named
SC
The Sedona Conference
A nonpartisan legal research institute whose working groups build consensus commentary that has become de…
46 companies named
LSA
Law and Society Association
An international association of sociolegal scholars from many disciplines and perspectives, convened to study…
FSLPP
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
A national network of lawyers, law students, and scholars organized around debate on the founding principles…
Who backs ALI
Every company The American Law Institute names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| Arnold & Porter | Other | AHLA ASOR ASIL AALS CA +3 |
| Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | Other | ASIL BAI MRA NAWL NLBA +3 |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates | Other | ABI CBA EEI NLADA NLBA +3 |
| Jones Day | Other | ACB AHLA EEI GCP NLBA +2 |
| Carlton Fields | Other | ACB ACLI GMCC SPACC TBC |
| Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP | Other | ACB EEI NLBA |
| Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | Other | NAWL |
| Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | Other | Only The American Law Institute, so far |
| Freedman Boyd Hollander & Goldberg P.A. | Other | Only The American Law Institute, so far |
| Joseph Hage Aaronson LLC | Other | Only The American Law Institute, so far |
Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026
Law Firm Giving donors. Read September 27, 2026. Current law-firm donor list (undated on the page). The Sidley Austin Foundation omitted (foundation).
Who backs The American Law Institute's peers, but not The American Law Institute
Companies named publicly by at least one of The American Law Institute's five peer societies, and not found in The American Law Institute's reviewed public records.
The outside view
The preeminent body of judges, lawyers, and scholars that clarifies and restates American law through the Restatements, model codes, and principles
- Authority
- Preserve
- Outward
- Volunteer
Their shape
The Citadel
Led from the center, built to endure.
The Citadel runs on clarity and decisiveness, its direction held by a strong center the whole organization moves behind. Its gift is speed and coherence, its challenge is leaning too heavily on the few at the middle.
Also reads toward The Parliament and The Legacy.
Strengths
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