By Bob Needham
Michigan Law
Professor Julian Davis Mortenson has been elected to membership in the American Law Institute (ALI), a prestigious distinction for judges, lawyers, and academics.
Mortenson is among 45 new members of ALI. He joins numerous other Michigan Law professors in the group, which works to modernize and improve the law in the United States.
“I’m honored by the chance to participate in the ALI’s important work,” Mortenson said. “It’s a remarkable assemblage of talent and experience with a venerable history of insight and influence, and I hope to live up to the example set by all those who are already members and everyone who has come before.”
Mortenson, the James G. Phillipp Professor of Law, is a legal historian, constitutional litigator, and award-winning teacher who specializes in the constitutional and political history of early America. He teaches constitutional law, presidential powers, administrative law, legislation and regulation, international law, and international commercial arbitration.
Mortenson’s constitutional law casebook, Constitutional Law: An Integrated Approach, has been widely adopted and is going into a second edition. His current book project, which is under contract with Harvard University Press, develops a comprehensive account of presidential power at the American founding.
Representative matters in Mortenson’s litigation practice include service as lead counsel in a pre-Obergefell suit that required Michigan to recognize the marriages of more than 300 same-sex couples, as lead appellate counsel for the Arab American Civil Rights League’s challenge to the Muslim ban, and as a principal drafter of the merits briefs in the landmark habeas corpus case of Boumediene v. Bush.
“I’m delighted to congratulate Professor Mortenson on his election to the American Law Institute—one of the highest honors in legal scholarship,” said Neel U. Sukhatme, David A. Breach Dean of Law. “This recognition reflects the rigor, originality, and influence of his work as well as his deep commitment to teaching and the advancement of the law. His election exemplifies the scholarly excellence and public impact that define Michigan Law.”
ALI members—who come from all areas of the US and many foreign countries—are chosen on the basis of professional achievement and demonstrated interest in improving the law. The group’s principal activities involve developing and publishing “Restatements of the Law, Model Codes, and Principles of Law” for use in courts, legislatures, legal scholarship, and legal education.
“The election of new members is among the most important responsibilities of the Institute,” said ALI President David F. Levi. “This distinguished group once again brings the reach and experience needed to help the ALI address emerging legal challenges while continuing to pursue its mission of clarifying, simplifying, and reforming the law. As I welcome these new members, I do so with great confidence in the institute’s future.”
Michigan Law
Professor Julian Davis Mortenson has been elected to membership in the American Law Institute (ALI), a prestigious distinction for judges, lawyers, and academics.
Mortenson is among 45 new members of ALI. He joins numerous other Michigan Law professors in the group, which works to modernize and improve the law in the United States.
“I’m honored by the chance to participate in the ALI’s important work,” Mortenson said. “It’s a remarkable assemblage of talent and experience with a venerable history of insight and influence, and I hope to live up to the example set by all those who are already members and everyone who has come before.”
Mortenson, the James G. Phillipp Professor of Law, is a legal historian, constitutional litigator, and award-winning teacher who specializes in the constitutional and political history of early America. He teaches constitutional law, presidential powers, administrative law, legislation and regulation, international law, and international commercial arbitration.
Mortenson’s constitutional law casebook, Constitutional Law: An Integrated Approach, has been widely adopted and is going into a second edition. His current book project, which is under contract with Harvard University Press, develops a comprehensive account of presidential power at the American founding.
Representative matters in Mortenson’s litigation practice include service as lead counsel in a pre-Obergefell suit that required Michigan to recognize the marriages of more than 300 same-sex couples, as lead appellate counsel for the Arab American Civil Rights League’s challenge to the Muslim ban, and as a principal drafter of the merits briefs in the landmark habeas corpus case of Boumediene v. Bush.
“I’m delighted to congratulate Professor Mortenson on his election to the American Law Institute—one of the highest honors in legal scholarship,” said Neel U. Sukhatme, David A. Breach Dean of Law. “This recognition reflects the rigor, originality, and influence of his work as well as his deep commitment to teaching and the advancement of the law. His election exemplifies the scholarly excellence and public impact that define Michigan Law.”
ALI members—who come from all areas of the US and many foreign countries—are chosen on the basis of professional achievement and demonstrated interest in improving the law. The group’s principal activities involve developing and publishing “Restatements of the Law, Model Codes, and Principles of Law” for use in courts, legislatures, legal scholarship, and legal education.
“The election of new members is among the most important responsibilities of the Institute,” said ALI President David F. Levi. “This distinguished group once again brings the reach and experience needed to help the ALI address emerging legal challenges while continuing to pursue its mission of clarifying, simplifying, and reforming the law. As I welcome these new members, I do so with great confidence in the institute’s future.”
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