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48 A.L.I. Rep. 1 (2025-2026)

handle is hein.ali/alireporter0048 and id is 1 raw text is: ALI Director Diane P. Wood; Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; Reporters John Calvin Jeffries of University of Virginia School of Law and Pamela S. Karlan of Stanford Law School; and Associate Reporters Alan K. Chen of University of Denver, Sturm College of Law and Fred O. Smith of Stanford Law School (Constitutional Torts) October 2025 Council Meeting Update At its meeting on October 16 and 17, 2025, the Council discussed and approved, in part or in whole, drafts of five projects as listed below. Complete Council Drafts are available to members in the Projects section of the ALi website; all approvals are subject to the discussion at the meeting and the usual editorial prerogative. CONSTITUTIONAL TORTS The Council discussed Council Draft No. 1, which contains § 1.01, Scope of the Project; § 1.02, Statutory Basis for Constitutional Tort Claims against Persons under State or Local Authority; § 1.03, Source of the Rights That Can Be Vindicated in a § 1983 Constitutional Tort Suit; § 1.04, Methodology; § 1.14, Personal and Official Capacity for Individual Actors; § 1.21, Damages Actions against Federal Officers for Constitutional Violations; § 1.22, Actions against the United States and Federal Agencies for Constitutional Violations; § 1.23, Bivens Actions and the Federal Tort Claims Act; § 2.04, Younger Abstention; § 2.05,. Pullman Abstention and Certification; § 4.12, Interlocutory Appeal; § 4.13, Limitations and Procedures on Interlocutory Appeal; and § 7.01', Applicable Statute of Limitations. The draft's first four sections (Sections 1.01-1.04) contain the introductory material to Chapter 1, The Cause of Action. Section 1.01 sets out the Restatement's scope, stating that it is limited to the law governing federally-created actions for monetary damages for the deprivation of The Quarterly Newsletter of The American Law Institute Volume 48 Number 1 Winter 2025 Reflecting on 2025 and Preparing for the Path Ahead By ALI President David F Levi and ALI Director Diane P. Wood As we conclude 2025 and prepare for the year ahead, we write to express our gratitude for your continued engagement with The American Law Institute and to share some reflections on the past year. This year has been one of continued progress and reflection for ALI. We gathered again for a successful Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., and welcomed new members whose expertise, judgment, and experience strengthens our work. As we look back on these accomplishments, we are reminded that ALI's impact depends on the extraordinary collaboration of our members. As part of our ongoing effort to ensure that ALI's work remains strong and sustainable for the future, we recently implemented an important change in our approach to continuing legal education. Going forward, ALI CLE will focus its efforts on in-person conferences and events that have a proven record of success, including the CLE programs held at our Annual Meeting. Over the past few months, we successfully wound down the production of online-only CLE webinars and on-demand programming. While online CLE has long been a part of our educational outreach, the marketplace for such programs has shifted dramatically in recent years. The rise of large-scale, technology-driven providers, along with other changes in the way CLE is delivered, has made it increasingly difficult for smaller, mission-based organizations like ALI to Continued on page 3 Continued on page 2