On reading a newsletter that just arrived by snailmail, I was delighted to see the names of 3 IntLawGrrls contributors in the list of new members to the 93-year-old American Law Institute; in its own words, “the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and improve the law.” A glance at the Institute’s site revealed that a couple other ‘Grrls also have been welcomed to ALI membership in the last year.

Heartfelt congratulations to these newly elected:

► Susan A. Bandes, Centennial Distinguished Professor of Law, DePaul College of Law, Chicago, Illinois (posts)

◄ Naomi R. Cahn, Harold H. Greene Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C. (posts)

► Chiara Giorgetti, Associate Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the LL.M. Program, University of Richmond School of Law, Virginia (posts here and here)

◄ Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine, School of Law (posts)

► Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society Professor of Law, and Faculty Director, Human Rights Center, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, and Co-founder and Associate Director, Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland (posts here and here)